Cycling: The reigning Enduro World Champion Jared Graves announced today via his Facebook account that he will have to cancel the start of the Enduro World Series next weekend in Rotorua / New Zealand.
Two weeks ago, the Australian fell badly and injured both shoulders. Although he can ride a bike, it doesn't seem to be enough to tackle the demanding stages of the EWS.
The original wording:
"So...time to let the cat out of the bag, to cut a long story short, 12 days ago while back home training I had a big crash where I wrapped myself around a tree and ended up with both shoulders separated and significant muscle tearing around my shoulder blade in my back. Ive bee out and about riding lightly and slowly, but its not possible for me to race this weekend for EWS#1 in Rotorua. Been a very rough 2 weeks and pretty gutted to miss my first major race as world champ. Unfortunately it isn't April 1st either" –Jared Graves