Sutherland breaks leg in electric scooter crash at Israel training camp

Rory Sutherland (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Israel Start-Up Nation rider Rory Sutherland has suffered a fractured leg after crashing an electric scooter while at the team's training camp in Tel Aviv, Israel.

The Australian was returning to the team hotel after a meal in the city on Tuesday evening, and came off the scooter after hitting a kerb on the pavement. 

"He used one of these scooters to come back from the city and unfortunately he went towards the kerb," team manager Kjell Carlström told Cyclingnews. "It wasn't anything the other guys thought was that serious. But well, there you go.

"We don't know the prognosis yet, but he has already been operated on. Hopefully we'll know more after a couple of hours, and we'll see exactly what the situation is."

Dani Ostanek
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