Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) returned to competition at the Paris-Camembert one-day French Cup race in northern France on Tuesday, having been injured in a crash on the final stage of the Volta a Catalunya in late March. The French Tour de France hopeful hurt his ribs in the 70kph downhill crash but escaped without any fractures, and was able to train in the build-up to Tuesday`s Paris-Camembert, which was won by AG2R teammate Benoît Cosnefroy after he attacked from a breakaway group in the final kilometre. `I`m back racing on my original programme with Paris-Camembert,` Bardet said on his team`s website.ADVERTISEMENT `I realise now how lucky I was with my Volta a Catalunya crash. It was a really violent impact, but I came away without any serious damage - and, most importantly, without any fractures. `The first few days afterwards were very painful,` he admitted, `but I was able to get back to training quite quickly. The whole thing was not too damaging, even if immediately after it happened it felt like it could have been pretty complicated.` Bardet comfortably finished the 182km race in 42nd place - despite experiencing some mechanical problems, according to L`Equipe - just over a minute down on teammate Cosnefroy.
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