Tibia fracture for Jhonatan Narváez after World Championships crash

Jhonatan Narváez had looked quietly dangerous and untroubled throughout the men's elite road race at the Glasgow World Championships before a brutal crash ruled him out of victory contention. Now, the extent of the injuries sustained have been fully revealed.

The Ecuadorian who rides for the INEOS Grenadiers in the World Tour peloton, saw his Rainbow Jersey dreams brought to a crashing halt as he lost his front wheel on one of the many corners of the Glasgow circuit, slipping out in the rain a going hard into the barriers at the side of the road.

Although initial tests didn't seem to find any major injuries, subsequent testing on the 26-year-old has now found a fracture at the end of his tibia.

Four to five weeks is the rumoured kind of timescale Narvaez can expect for his recovery, but the Ecuadorian is currently back in his homeland, resting, recuperating and readying himself for a return to racing.