The 22-year-old was spending time in England to visit his family ahead of his next planned block of racing. While on a training ride on July 2, a driver hit Lukas, causing several injuries including a broken collarbone that was also dislocated, a fractured sternum, a fractured vertebra, a broken rib, and a small puncture in one lung.

He remained in the hospital for two nights for immediate assessment and treatment before he was released. He returned to the hospital for surgery on July 8 on his collarbone which was successful.

“Because it's the distal part of the collarbone, so the part closest to the shoulder, and there's quite a few ligaments around there which have been damaged, they've had to do some work as well,” Lukas said. “It's not just been putting a plate in. So I think that's going to take a little bit longer than usual and the fact that it’s a broken sternum and the broken rib too, so waiting for them to heal. With a straightforward collarbone fracture, it's a matter of weeks, but then this time I might have to wait a little bit longer. We're hopeful that it's going to be no more than a couple weeks before I can get back out on the turbo.”

The punctured lung is healing well on its own and Lukas’s surgeon and the team medical staff do not expect Lukas will need further surgery for any of his injuries. EF Pro Cycling head doctor Jon Greenwell’s initial estimate is that Lukas will need about six to eight weeks to recover.

Lukas will stay in England for the next two weeks to continue healing and to meet with his surgeon for follow up appointments before he returns to his training base in Andorra.

A week after the crash, Lukas is understandably feeling a lot of emotions.

“The immediate thing is, obviously, I’m happy it wasn't worse, and also it’s just generally scary that a car can do that to you so easily. And then the second part is the longer term of missing out on the racing which I was really looking forward to doing. Races like Austria and Poland and just using up a nice bit of summer form, which obviously won't be happening now,” he said.

In the meantime, Lukas will stay with his parents and the family dog.

“You never want to crash, but I've got them to look after me for these early weeks, which is pretty important and to just help me do the basics,” he said. “I’m able to get around the house. It's probably just for today, tomorrow, and maybe the next day it’s going to be more that pain is a limiting factor in terms of moving around. I can go on little walks and stuff, which is nice. I've taken my dog out on a little walk with my parents. I can't do much more than, you know, 10, 15 minutes, but it's nice to get some fresh air.”