15-07-2008 20:26:43

Cuba's best road cyclist, Pedro Pablo
Pérez, six times Vuelta a Cuba (Tour of Cuba) winner is in a serious
condition after having a car accident Monday morning.

At the moment, the athlete who had qualified for the Olympic Games in
Beijing, is in the Abel Santamaria Hospital in Pinar del Rio province
with a cranial contusion, according to medical reports from doctors of
the Comandante Pinares Clinic, where the cyclist was first attended. The
prognosis is being reserved.

Pedro Pablo was driving a Lada car when he had a road accident; traffic
authorities are investigating the cause of the accident.

Karen van Burkleo