Matthews returns to racing at the Dauphiné three months after disastrous training crash
Michael Matthews is set to return to the peloton this weekend at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, a.k.a. the Dauphiné, a little over four months after his last race and three months since a disastrous crash in training left him with a laundry list of injuries.
Matthews started his season in Mallorca, taking victory on his second race day at the GP Castellón, and third with his Jayco-AlUla teammates at the Trofeo Ses Salinas TTT, but his spring was then interrupted in early march by a crash that left him seriously injured: two broken arms, including an open fracture in his left, a fracture and severed tendons in his right thumb, and a sinus fracture in his face. He required multiple surgeries to fix both arms, and his rehabilitation was expected to be long and challenging.
But three months later, Matthews is ready to return to the bunch, with plans still in place to race his ninth Tour de France this summer.
