Ezra Caudell is still in the hospital receiving active treatment three days after crashing at the Philadelphia Cycling Classic, his team Modern Adventure Pro Cycling has confirmed.
The American went down on Kelly Drive on Sunday afternoon, roughly 90 kilometers from the finish, in a crash that also involved Belgian sprinter Milan Menten of Lotto-Intermarché. Caudell was knocked unconscious at the roadside but had regained consciousness by the time he reached the hospital.
“Ezra is still in the hospital and is receiving active treatment for the multisystem trauma he sustained in his crash during the Philadelphia Cycling Classic,” the team said in an update on Tuesday.
“He has a fantastic team that is dedicated body and soul, and his family is at his bedside.”
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Multisystem trauma refers to serious, often life-threatening injuries affecting more than one vital organ or body system at the same time.
Emergency response on the ground
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker addressed the incident within hours of the finish, saying the city’s first responders had reached the crash site immediately.
“City first responders, including our Fire Department, on-site medical personnel, and my leadership team responded immediately to the incident,” Parker said in a statement.
Both riders were transported to local hospitals for treatment. Menten’s condition has not been detailed publicly.
First Philadelphia race in a decade
The Philadelphia Cycling Classic was being run for the first time in 10 years, an eight-lap, 14-mile circuit built around the Manayunk Wall and finishing on Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Germany’s Tim Torn Teutenberg of Lidl-Trek took the men’s race, covering the 120 miles in just under four hours and 21 minutes.
“It was a super good atmosphere today,” Teutenberg said afterwards, comparing the crowds on the Manayunk climb to Belgium’s Tour of Flanders.
A rookie road season
Caudell joined Modern Adventure Pro Cycling, an American ProContinental team led by George Hincapie, ahead of the 2026 season after coming through the mountain-bike ranks in the United States. His first year in the road peloton had already taken him to the UAE Tour, Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, Paris-Roubaix, the Tour of Denmark and the Arctic Race of Norway.
The team has not given a timeline for further medical updates.
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