Thijssen improving after Gent Six Day crash

Gerben Thijssen signs in for the 2019 Gent Six Day
Gerben Thijssen signs in at the 2019 Gent Six Day (Image credit: Luc Claessen/Getty Images Sport)

Lotto Soudal said on Thursday there was "some slight optimism" about the condition of Gerben Thijssen, who crashed with another rider during the Gent Six Day and suffered a head injury, fractured ribs and a broken collarbone.

The 21-year-old collided at speed with 19-year-old Oliver Wulff Frederiksen and knocked unconscious in the opening night's Madison. Thijssen was attended to behind privacy screen on the track infield before being transported to a nearby hospital where he was diagnosed with three small haemorrhages on his brain.

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