Keizer crashes

Martijn Keizer
(image credit: Thomas Ducroquet CC BY-SA 3.0) 

Dutch rider Martijn Keizer crashed heavily in the Grand Prix Cycliste La Marseillaise and fractured his hand and collarbone today, team officials announced via Vacansoleil-DCM's Twitter feed.

VacansoleilDCM Vacansoleil DCM 

#martijnkeizer crashed at #lamarseillaise . Might have a broken collarbone according to SD Van Der Schueren. #vcd

VacansoleilDCM Vacansoleil DCM 

#martijnkeizer broke collarbone and hand according to SD van Poppel. More news will follow on our website tonight

At the time of writing, no further information had been made available on the website.

Ever since being created in 1980, the GP Cycliste La Marseillaise has had a reputation for bringing bad luck to those who win it - according to superstition (and cyclists are a superstitious bunch), any rider who is victorious in this race will experience little success in the rest of the season. However, Bernard Hinault, who won this, the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in 1982 might disagree.