On May 21, Ivar Slik, 2022 Unbound Gravel champion, collided with a delivery vehicle on a dirt road in north-west Arkansas, sending him to hospital via an air ambulance with a severe concussion, broken nose and other injuries. A week on, Slik had been moved out of intensive care after several days, continued treatment for a severe concussion and underwent surgery for a broken nose earlier in the day on May 28.
“The operation went well,” fellow Dutch cyclist Thijs Zonneveld told Cyclingnews Tuesday afternoon.
