Doctors give Tour hero Joop Zoetemelk the prospect of a full recovery | Cycling

Joop Zoetemelk, pictured here in June of this year.

Ⓒ Matty van Wijnbergen

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sport">About two months after being hit by a car on his racing bike, Joop Zoetemelk still has a lot of trouble with his right hand and arm. During his fall he broke his little finger on that side, but especially the damage to his nerves and muscles causes a lot of pain and limitations. “I can’t hold a pen or knife yet, I can hardly move those fingers,” says Joop Zoetemelk after a check-up in the hospital. “That left arm, in which I broke two bones, is doing better.”

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