Lance Armstrong Injury Update Video

Lance Armstrong (37) gave us a video update of the surgery on his shattered collarbone, which is being held together with a metal plate and twelve screws. The break wasn’t a clean one, but shattered pieces. Lance says in the video:

"In almost 20 years of pro cycling I’ve very rarely had crashes. I’ve been very lucky and very blessed when it comes to that. For this to happen now is a new experience for me."

"Initially we thought this was a simple fracture. When we came home we took additional X-rays, additional CT scans and realized the collarbone was actually in a quite a few pieces."

"We don’t know how my recovery will go, and we’ll just take it day by day and ultimately get back on the bike and sort things out."

We can’t help but suspect that someone deliberately caused Armstrong to crash to get him out of the race before he won his eighth Tour de France.

Get well soon Lance, and remember you’ll heal slower now that you’re older.

Click the link below to see the video.