Stefan Küng has confirmed he will return to racing later this week at the Swiss Road Championships after a three-and-a-half-month absence to recover from a fractured femur. The 32-year-old plans to make his comeback in the elite men's time trial on Thursday, looking for his 10th career national title, with nine of those in the ITT.
Küng suffered a severe fracture to his left proximal femur in a crash at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on February 28. He was transferred from a Belgian hospital the next day to Switzerland, where he had surgery. It was only his sixth racing day with his new Tudor Pro Cycling team.
