Jumbo-Visma confirm Van Hooydonck's 'health situation is not critical' after car accident

Belgian Nathan Van Hooydonck of JumboVisma pictured during a press conference at the UCI Road World Championships Cycling 2023 in Glasgow United Kingdom on Friday 04 August 2023 UCI organizes the worlds with all cycling disciplines road cycling indoor cycling mountain bike BMX racing road paracycling and indoor paracycling in Glasgow from 05 to 13 August BELGA PHOTO DAVID PINTENS Photo by DAVID PINTENS BELGA MAG Belga via AFP Photo by DAVID PINTENSBELGA MAGAFP via Getty Images
Nathan Van Hooydonck of Jumbo-Visma (Image credit: Getty Images)

Jumbo-Visma continued their dominance of the Vuelta a España with another stage win delivered by Jonas Vingegaard atop the steep summit finish at Bejes on stage 16, but the best news of the afternoon was confirmation that their teammate Nathan Van Hooydonck was awake following his involvement in a car accident earlier in the day.

The Belgian was rushed to hospital in a reported life-threatening condition and later placed in an induced coma after falling ill while driving and crashing his car into other vehicles early on Tuesday morning.

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