Rolland suffers crash while training at home

Pierre Rolland in action at the 2019 Criterium du Dauphine. (Image credit: Getty Images)

Pierre Rolland will miss his Vital Concept-B&B Hotels team’s forthcoming training camp in Oliva after he suffered a crash while training at home. The Frenchman fell on his face and briefly lost consciousness but said that his 2020 racing programme will not be affected.

“I was only two kilometres from home when it happened and I was able to alert my wife before briefly losing consciousness,” Rolland said, according to his team website.

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