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Junior Prodigy Forced out of Road Worlds after Being Hit by Driver During TT Training
Jim Cotton
Seff Van Kerckhove fractured vertebrae hitting a car head-on during TT training, four days before Montréal. He was on his extensions when it happened — the position that makes a time trial fast is the one that removes your hands from the brakes.
His brother Matisse described the car crossing the road into a driveway, unseen by its driver, with Seff unable to brake in time from the aero position. It's the second time in nine months a car has put him in hospital with spinal fractures, after a December 29 collision in Belgium. Van Kerckhove was a leading contender for both the time trial and road race titles in Montréal, defending his junior TT bronze from Kigali. The bike that made him a favourite is the same one that took away his margin to react.
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Junior time trial favourite ruled out of Montréal Worlds after vertebrae fractures in training collision with car | Velora CyclingBelgian top junior Seff Van Kerckhove misses World Championships after training collision

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