Accident happened on ride to hotel after final stage
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Matti Breschel (Tinkoff - Saxo)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
A bandaged Matti Breschel post-crash(Image credit: Brian Holme)
Matti Breschel stowes away his bidon(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Matti Breschel (Tinkoff-Saxo).(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Matti Breschel (Tinkoff-Saxo) came through the Tour Oman unscathed but following a ride back to the team hotel after the final stage, a flying mattress brought down the Dane. Breschel escaped without suffering any serious injuries although has several abrasions post-crash.
"After the stage, we were riding back to our hotel and on a descent when I was going 70 kilometers an hour, a mattress flew into my front wheel and brought the bike to a standstill," Breschel said via a team press release.
"I hit the asphalt pretty hard and lost a lot of skin on my legs and face and the wound on my knee had to be stitched up. It’s still too early to say, but I trust it doesn't influence my preparations for the classic campaign and I'll stick to my regular training program. I'm not concerned at this moment."
Breschel's next race will be Paris-Nice as he builds his form for the cobbled classics and looks to improve upon his sixth place at the 2009 Tour of Flanders.
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