Niki Terpstra rode a motorcycle for the first time since her big crash during a motor race in mid-June. The Dutch rider, a Total Direct Energy rider, swerved to avoid a wild goose while training and crashed into a rock.

Terpstra took to Twitter and Instagram on Monday to detail the status of his injury rehabilitation, which is expected to keep him out of racing for 10-12 weeks.

"Really happy to start rehab with physical therapist treatment and exercises under team supervision.

"Thanks to my smooth recovery, I was able to ride my bike for the first time. It's not smooth or fast - it's still a long way to go - but I've taken the first step."

Terpstra also posted a photo on Instagram of herself working out in the gym with a physical therapist.

The 36-year-old winner of the 2014 Paris-Roubaix and 2018 Tour de Flanders was airlifted to a Dutch hospital and spent time in intensive care before being released four days later.

The crash was Terpstra's second major setback since moving to Total Direct Energie from Detunink Quickstep at the start of 2019. After a solid start to the Classics season with the French team, including third place finishes in the Cune Brussel-Cuneux and Le Samin, he crashed in the Tour de Flanders and was out of the race for more than a month with a concussion.

He recovered and made it to stage 11 of the Tour de France, but was involved in a pile-up on the road to Toulouse, fracturing his shoulder blade and abandoning the race.

Terpstra finished second in the Paris-Tour at the end of the season and raced 20 days this year before the season was interrupted by the COVID-19 epidemic. He had set his sights on the Tour in September when racing resumes and the Cobblestone Classic in October, but it now appears unlikely that he will participate in the Grand Boucle.