Micro-fracture of the knee for Corioni
By Tim Maloney , European Editor published
Fassa Bortolo's Claudio Corioni, who had to pull out of the Tour de France on Stage 8, has been...
Fassa Bortolo's Claudio Corioni, who had to pull out of the Tour de France on Stage 8, has been diagnosed with a microfracture of his left knee by Professor Terragnoli in Brescia. The team's doctor, Massimo Besnati, said that "Corioni will have to have anti-inflammatory therapy and should rest completely for three weeks. He risked breaking the tendon in his knee if Claudio had kept riding."

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