Duggan TdG stage 3Tour de Georgia, Stage 3

That was one of those race days I’d just as soon forget. Which, fortunately, is turning out to be pretty easy to do. All I know is I woke up sometime that night in a strange bed wondering what the heck happened, where I was, and why I was so sore. Never a great sign, by the way.

Apparently I was in a nasty high speed crash that involved a descent and big crack in the road midway through the 3rd stage of Georgia. Either way, when I woke up, it was all news to me.

Then, in the last two days, I have had collarbone surgery, watched my team win the team time trial, and wear the yellow jersey…all from my hospital bed. It’s not been much fun, I can assure you. Especially when you add the fact that it will be pretty difficult in my current condition for me to start my biggest event of the season, the Giro d’Italia. That makes things feel even worse. But if I have learned anything from cycling, it’s that to enjoy the highs in sport and in life, you have to endure the low points as well.

I want to thank all my friends, family and fans for the tremendous outpouring of support following my crash. It really made me feel very good and happy to know that so many stand behind me and that I truly have some amazing people in my life. What a strange feeling it is to have gone through such a traumatic event and have no memory whatsoever of the events immediately preceding or after the crash. It’s like I have a 48-hour window of memory that has just disappeared.

I also want to assure everybody that I am healthy and will be back racing at 100% very soon and that there is nothing to worry about!

Thanks so much for your thoughts and prayers!

Timmy (pictured above during the first part of stage 3)