Ezra Caudell, 19, receiving ‘multi-system trauma’ care after Philadelphia Cycling Classic crash

Ezra Caudell stays in hospital and is receiving care for “multi-system trauma” after a crash throughout Sunday’s Philadelphia Cycling Classic.

The incident occurred after a collision with Lotto Intermarché rider Milan Menten early within the race, with Caudell knocked unconscious and each riders taken to hospital.

Caudell, 19, is one in all America’s most promising younger street prospects and rides for George Hincapie’s Modern Adventure Pro Cycling Team, who offered the replace on his situation on Tuesday night.

“Ezra remains hospitalized and is actively receiving care for multi-system trauma he sustained as a result of his crash at the Philadelphia Cycling Classic,” the group wrote.

“He has an incredible team working diligently and family at his bedside.  We are grateful for the thoughts and ongoing outpouring of support.”

Philadelphia mayor Cherelle L. Parker wrote after the race that: “We are also closely monitoring two cyclists from the men’s race who were injured and required treatment at local hospitals.

“City first responders, including our Fire Department, on-site medical personnel, and my leadership team responded immediately to the incident, and I am grateful for their service.

“My team and I are at the hospital now. Our thoughts and prayers are with both cyclists, their families and teams. Let’s lift them up as a city in prayer tonight.”

Caudell was the youngest rider to begin the celebrated Paris-Roubaix this spring, the place he completed 121st, whereas he additionally raced on the Arctic Race of Norway and Tour of Denmark this summer season. He completed seventh within the street race on the males’s senior nationwide championships this June.

Lotto Intermarché haven’t offered an replace on Menten’s situation, which isn’t regarded as critical.

The Philadelphia Cycling Classic, one in all America’s most prestigious one-day races, was resurrected this weekend after a ten yr hiatus. Lidl-Trek’s Tim Torn Teutenberg gained the lads’s race in a dash, with Chiara Consonni taking the ladies’s title in a photograph end.

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