Loeb to miss Turkey after breaking arm
(eurosport.co.uk)
Updated: 2006-09-28 11:16 Sebastien Loeb's title hopes
have been put in jeopardy by a broken leg suffered during mountain bike training
in Switzerland. The Frenchman will miss the Rally of Turkey in a fortnight's
time, and his team boss Marc van Dalen refused to say when he would be back.
"It is a really tough blow. I was going down a dirt track in a forest and my
front wheel got stuck. I went over the handlebars and landed on my shoulder,"
said Loeb.
The 32-year-old needs just six points from the final four races to wrap up
his third straight world title.
The final event of the season takes place in Britain at the beginning of
December, by which time Loeb will almost certainly have returned.
"He underwent surgery on Wednesday and will not be available to compete in
Turkey. We can't really look beyond that at the moment," said Kronos team
manager Van Dalen.
"We feel bad for him because he's an exceptional individual. But he's an
athlete and athletes recover faster than us."
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