The cyclist Iván Romeo, one of the young pearls of Spanish cycling and current national champion in distance and chrono in the junior category, is recovering at home after being run over while training by a car that skipped a give way.
Romeo recounted what happened through his social networks: “Yesterday when I got home from training I suffered a fall due to a car that skipped a give way. Luckily, only a broken rib, some point on the face and several blows . On each bike there is a person, who seems that sometimes we forget. To recover and we return to the march. I am well, in each and enjoying with the family. Thank you for the messages and Happy Holidays to all “, He pointed out, along with a photo in which he appeared in a hospital bed with a collar, a spot in the chin area and an abrasion on his left shoulder.
At 18 years old, Iván Romeo is one of the young pearls of the emerging Spanish quarry in the world of cycling, as he has shown in 2021 with the double in the Spanish championships as well as a Top-20 in the demanding Course de la Paix and another Top-20 in the long-distance event of the World Cup in Flanders, where he fell short of the Top-10 in the time trial. Some achievements that have not gone unnoticed by Hagens Berman Axeon, who have signed him for the next season in which Romeo hopes to continue showing his qualities on the bike and make a place for himself in the peloton.