Wilco Kelderman and Andreas Schillinger reported their condition after seven Bora-Hansgrohe riders were hit by cars on Saturday.

Kelderman suffered a concussion and fractured vertebrae, while Schillinger suffered several fractured vertebrae.

Kelderman, who joined the German team this season from Team Sunweb, posted on Instagram that he will be out for several weeks due to injuries. He was named leader of Bora-Hansgrohe in the Tour de France, but apparently ran for 30 minutes on his home trainer on Tuesday.

"Thanks for all the messages and support. I'll be out for a few weeks while my neck fracture heals."

"I'll be out for a few weeks until my neck fracture heals. Also, a speedy recovery to my colleagues at Beulah Hansgrohe who were also involved in the accident."

Meanwhile, Schillinger told radsport-news.com (opens in new tab) that the helmet saved his life and that no return date has been set and that he will certainly miss the Clasica de Almería and the opening weekend scheduled for early in the season He added.

"I have a cut on my helmet from a chain ring," he said. The helmet saved my life."

"At the moment I don't think I'll be able to race again before then. I'm letting everything happen and waiting to see what happens in Hamburg. The most important thing is that the pain is gone and everything is completely healed."

The 37-year-old, who will have to wear a neck brace for at least 10 days, has shoulder pain and swollen knees in addition to fractures of the transverse processes of her cervical and thoracic spine. Beulah Hansgrohe is working with doctors at the Hamburg BG Hospital to help the rider recover.

"They'll go over there and take another closer look at the findings," Schillinger said. 'We'll just have to wait and see what they come up with. At the moment, I'm in a lot of pain."

Schillinger continued about an accident in which a motorist crossed the road without stopping and involved a group of riders. Rüdiger Selig, Markus Burghardt, Anton Palzer, Max Schachmann, and Michael Schwarzmann were also involved, and Selig suffered a concussion.

"We were going about 40-45 km/h down a long, slightly downhill straight. 'The car crossed the road without braking. I saw it, but the car was probably going 30-40 km/h."

"I couldn't believe it was going down a big road without stopping. At that moment there were no other cars on the other side of the road, so she hit us full on. After that, the woman was in complete shock."