Lance Armstrong crashed during the first stage of Spain’s Vuelta Castilla y Leon Monday. He was taken to a hospital, where it was confirmed that broke his right collarbone.
Armstrong was involved in a pile-up with other riders on the 168.3-km course between Paredes de Nava and Baltanas.
A Twitter update from Johan Bruyneel, the manager of Astana (who was not at the race), said: “Clean collarbone fracture without complications. Should be fast recovery …”
Armstrong, who hadn’t raced in Spain for five years, entered the ambulance trying to hold his right arm. He was treated at the Rio Carrion hospital in Palencia.