NTT Pro Cycling announced that Nicholas Dlamini underwent surgery Saturday morning at a hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.

In a social media post, the team said Dlamini is currently recovering from surgery and will provide a more complete update at a later date.

Dlamini was training in the Silvermine area of Table Mountain National Park near Cape Town when he was stopped on the side of the road and forcibly subdued by one of four SANParks rangers.

Video footage of the incident went viral on social media, causing outrage. The park rangers then twisted Dlamini's left arm behind his back until a "bang" could be heard.

However, outrage over the incident was not limited to social media and the cycling community; the South African government also condemned the incident and called for an investigation.

Alain Winde of Première called on SANParks to conduct an "urgent" and "thorough" investigation.

"The intransigence with which SANParks officials have responded to this situation must be accompanied by consequences," Winde wrote in a statement posted on social media.

"Their aggression was not only evident in their attitude toward Nic Dlamini, but also toward the other cyclists who were at the site where the incident was documented.

"Under any circumstances, there is no excuse for such a reaction," Winde wrote.

Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Barbara Creasy wrote on social media that she had instructed SANParks to suspend all officials involved in the incident. She also urged the agency to conduct an independent investigation.

"I just visited @nic_dlamini in the hospital and heard firsthand about his horrific experience," she wrote.

Meanwhile, Dlamini's NTT Pro Cycling team called on SANParks to investigate the incident and take concrete action.

"NTT Pro Cycling fully condemns violence in any form and would like to make it clear that we are extremely distressed by this treatment of our teammate," the team wrote in an official statement.

The team asked SANParks to "explain the level and magnitude of physicality used by those involved to subdue Nicholas.

The team also asked SANParks to immediately institute disciplinary proceedings against the officials involved and to apologize fully "both to Nicholas and to the witnesses who were clearly intimidated by the officials while filming this incident."

The team also asked SANParks to "engage with the larger cycling community in Cape Town to build positive relationships for the future" in light of the "tremendous response to the incident."

NTT Pro Cycling also asked SANParks to account for the injuries the incident caused to the 24-year-old's arm as well as to his promising 2020 season.

"This is a major setback for the Capetonian, who was training for the 2020 season. The 24-year-old had just finished a very promising 2019 that included his first Grand Tour, the Vuelta a España, and had his sights set on further participation in the sport's big races in 2020."

"This unnecessary injury will have a serious impact on that as well as his chances of competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics," the team wrote.