From The Age, a newspaper in Melbourne, Australia:
ROBBIE McEwen will miss this year's Tour de France and around three months of racing, but the veteran sprinter has vowed to fight back from an accident that was initially considered career-threatening.
McEwen had two screws inserted in his left leg in a Belgian hospital yesterday after he sustained three fractures just below his knee in an accident during Thursday's second stage of the Tour of Belgium.
Ending fears the injury might force him to retire, the 36-year-old said yesterday he was aiming to return to racing in September.
"Thanks everyone for your support. I promise you this, I will be back," McEwen posted on his Twitter page after having surgery.
"I'll be back round September probably."