The Caja Rural cyclist Josu Etxeberria is admitted to the ICU of the University Hospital of Navarra as a result of the injuries suffered this Wednesday when he was run over while training. According to his team on He ends the message by wishing her “much encouragement and a speedy recovery.”
The accident took place around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday at kilometer 4 of the NA4120 (Gulina-Aróstegui), in Iza, reports the Provincial Police, which has taken charge of the investigation.
Etxeberria, 23 years old and a resident of Iturmendi, was transferred to the Navarro University Hospital by helicopter. The driver of the vehicle, a 21-year-old man from Berrioplano, was unharmed.
Incorporated into the ranks of Caja Rural in 2019 from the reserve team, last year he also suffered a fall in the Tour de Loise (France) that caused him to break six vertebrae and forced him to undergo surgery.