Plapp undergoes surgery after colliding heavily with barrier fence as slippery Paris roads creates chaos for men’s and women’s racers
Australian cyclist Lucas Plapp slid and crashed during the 2024 Paris Olympics men’s time trial and was rushed to hospital for surgery.Australian cyclist Lucas Plapp slid and crashed during the 2024 Paris Olympics men’s time trial and was rushed to hospital for surgery.Australian Olympic road cyclist Lucas Plapp is in a stable condition in a Parisian hospital after a nasty crash in slippery conditions during the men’s individual time trial on Saturday.
Plapp is a two-time Australian time trial champion, and has won the last three editions of the national road race championships. He also won a bronze medal in Tokyo on the track, as part of the team pursuit squad that The 32.4-kilometre race against the clock was set along a beautiful Parisian course, passing a number of the city’s landmarks. But heavy rain on Friday night and Saturday morning left the course teacherly slick, particularly in cobbled sections.Lucas Plapp underwent abdominal surgery after joining a growing list of racers to fall afoul of Paris’s rain-slicked roads.Plapp was not the only rider to come unstuck, with a number of slips across both the men’s and women’s races.
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