Following Stig Broeckx's terrible accident at the Belgium Tour, Lotto Soudal skipped the final stage of the race. Tomorrow, Tuesday, and the day after tomorrow, Wednesday, the team will start in Gullegem and Luxembourg.
Manager Marc Sergeant said:
“The past days have been a rollercoaster of emotions for all of us. It is very difficult to cope with the helpless feeling we all have. I have experienced that staying home doesn’t help to cope with the uncertainty and restlessness. After deliberation, with amongst other the team’s mental coach Nathan Kahan and a trauma psychologist, we decided to race the next days. Not as much to get a result, but as a team, together, for each other and for Stig. We can best support each other and give each other strength, show resilience and fight, by coming together and talking to each other, with riders and staff. Hope connects us now. Or like Stig’s girlfriend put it: “Despite everything I keep thinking in the most positive way, that’s something he really taught me after all those years together.”
Broeckx's condition is still very serious and the next few hours will decide whether surgery is needed.
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