Kelly Benefit’s Canadian strongman, David Veilleux, breaks his collarbone at Texas training camp.
- By VeloNews.com
- Published Mar. 10, 2009
- Updated Apr. 15, 2010 at 12:30 PM EDT
Kelly Benefit Strategies’ David Veilleux will miss a few weeks’ racing after breaking his collarbone in a crash during a team training camp in Texas.
Veilleux was reaching back to put his sunglasses in his jersey pocket when he hit a pothole and crashed. He is returning to his native Quebec, Canada to recover and is expected to miss the Redlands Bicycle Classic and the Tour of Uruguay. His team expects him to return to racing at New York’s Tour of the Battenkill April 18-19.
“He’s a tough kid — that’s why we call him Le Carcajou. In English it means Wolverine,” said team performance director Jonas Carney. “He may look cute and fuzzy, but Wolverines are aggressive and tenacious animals. When David returns to racing he’ll be more dangerous than ever.”
FILED UNDER: Road TAGS: Tour of the Battenkill