Due to this crash, Bouhanni sustained a head injury, a hematoma to the ribs and numerous abrasions. But his main injury can be the impact this crash might affect Nacer Bouhanni confidence since at the first sprint since he crashed since Turkey, the sprinter crashed again.
"He crashed in the second race after his comeback and is definitely feeling dejected and prostrate. I'm afraid he might start asking himself 'why always me?'. Clearly it's all bad luck, but the damage is done. In addition to the physical trauma, there is also the psychological one”, said Arkea sports director Emmanuel Hubert.
Psychological trauma can pay a big effect in high level sports and Bouhanni according to his team manager wasn't very fond of cycling since the crash that lead him with broken vertebrae on the neck. Now with another one, things are a bit uncertain about the future of the French sprinter.
"Nacer already said a few months ago that he didn't want to know about cycling anymore. Now we have to re-motivate him. We know that the job of a sprinter is not the easiest, so for now we think it's best for him to make a gradual return to training. Then, we'll also need a bit of luck: hopefully this will manifest itself later, perhaps when Bouhanni is at the start of the
Tour de France 2023…', revealed the Arkea sports director.