Pozzovivo: They`ve ended my career
(Cyclingnews.com)

Domenico Pozzovivo fears that his professional racing career may be over after colliding with car while training in the south of Italy.  The 36-year-old Bahrain-Merida rider suffered multiple fractures in his leg, upper and lower arms and collarbone, including compound fractures to the tibia bone in his lower right leg and the humerus bone in his upper right arm. He also has several suspected fractured ribs and a bruised lung. `He`s taken a big hit,` Bahrain-Merida doctor Emilio Magni told La Gazzetta dello Sport. `The first goal, considering that Domenico is 36, is to make a full recovery, then we`ll think about him as an athlete.`ADVERTISEMENT Pozzovivo underwent surgery late on Monday, with orthopedic surgeons stabilizing the lower leg fracture with an external rod system. The complex elbow fracture has been cleaned and set. Because Pozzovivo was hit from the front, he also needed several stitches in a facial wound on his forehead. `They`ve ended my career,` were the first words Pozzovivo uttered to his wife after the crash in the Calabrian countryside. `He`s in pain and out of danger but it`s serious,` his wife told La Gazzetta dello Sport. `When he woke up after surgery he said: I want to go home.` You can read more at Cyclingnews.com