Magnus Bäckstedt. Foto: Magnus Bäckstedts hemsida
– ::: Oturen verkar inte ha någon ände för Magnus Bäckstedt. Vid ett träningspass på velodrom idag så vurpade han och hans lärling 20-årige Fredrik Johansson. De höll mycket hög fart på pace bakom en derny. Johansson är fortfarande på sjukhus.
Pressmeddelande från Magnus Bäckstedts presschef:
Liquigas rider Magnus Backstedt must be starting to wonder just what he did to
warrant such bad luck in 2006. The big Swede crashed on the opening stage of his
first race of the season, suffering an almost career threatening knee injury.
After rehabilitation Backstedt fought his way back to fitness so quickly that his
Liquigas team had him on the start line of the Tour de France in Strasbourg.
He finished his season well and was looking forward to a busy winter on the track
only for everything to come unstuck once again.
While preparing behind the derny for the madison, Backstedt and his young Swedish protegé
Freddie Johansson of the Plowman Craven Racing Team tangled on a high speed change. As
a result both riders were taken to hospital.
Backstedt suffered a severely separated shoulder due to the impact, but was discharged on
Friday night. The injury will take some weeks to heal and doctors are still considering
whether to operate on the 2004 Paris Roubaix winner.
Twenty year old Johansson remains in hospital with some neck injuries and a broken bone in
his hand. He will undergo a CT scan and further tests on Monday.
Backstedt told us ”It was just one of things that can and does go wrong with madison
changes sometimes. As soon as I sat up from the crash I knew I’d done something pretty
serious to my shoulder.”