Chambery CF rider Matteo Jorgenson has said that a disc brake rotor was the cause of a deep cut that he received to his leg in a crash at the Paris-Roubaix Espoirs under-23 race in France on Sunday. The 19-year-old - who rode for US Continental team Jelly Belly in 2018 ahead of joining French team Chambery CF for this season - collided with another rider during the race, which was won by British Team Wiggins Le Col rider Tom Pidcock. `I didn`t believe they could do this until it happened to me,` wrote Jorgensen in a tweet, accompanied by a picture of his injured leg while he waited for surgery at the hospital in Cambrai.ADVERTISEMENT In response to Twitter user @MR_Ciclismo, who asked whether there was proof that the injury was due to a disc brake, though he had not seen what caused it, Jorgenson said that it could not have been anything else. `When I got up, I saw [the other rider`s] rear [disc brake] rotor and my shoe completely soaked in my blood. Nothing else could have cut so clean and four centimetres deep,` Jorgenson added. The Chambery CF team - a feeder team to WorldTour outfit AG2R La Mondiale - later sent out its own tweet, showing a smiling Jorgenson following successful surgery on his leg. - Matteo Jorgenson (@matteojorg) June 2, 2019 - Matteo Jorgenson (@matteojorg) June 3, 2019
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