Three riders on the Androni Giocattoli (opens in new tab) team were injured and shocked after being hit by a car on Friday on the first day of their December training camp in Benidorm, Spain.

The Italian-based professional team, which will be known as Drone Hopper Androni Giocattoli in 2022, said that Colombian riders Brandon Rojas and Juan Diego Alba and Spanish rider Martí Vigo were involved in the accident It was revealed that.

According to the team, Rojas, 19, suffered a cut to his throat area and a bruised right knee after being "literally bounced off the windshield of a car."

According to the team, the accident was caused by a car backing onto the road as the players approached a slight downhill. The team described the collision as "violent and unavoidable."

Rojas was taken to the hospital, where an afternoon examination revealed no broken bones. He did, however, require three stitches for a neck wound, but was not hospitalized overnight. Rojas will rest for a few days before resuming practice with the team.

Alba and Vigo fortunately suffered only minor bruising.

Many teams again opted to hold their December training camps on the east coast of central Spain due to the winter weather and quiet roads.

Deceuninck-QuickStep took place near Calpe, where Rémi Cavagna fractured the L1 vertebra in his lower back after a crash. The Frenchman, along with teammate Mauri Vansevenin, hit the deck, and the young Belgian broke his thumb.

Cavagna was taken to a hospital in Valencia and will undergo surgery on Monday, while Vansevenin returned to Belgium for "further conservative treatment," the team announced Friday.

Cavagna's examination showed no signs of neurological damage.