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Skijumper Roglic fan

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I think Mäder was one of the best, and he yesterday died from a terrible, violent fall the day before. It was in his home country. I think, everyone now should do what they want to do, and how they feel.

Possibly there won‘t be any real racing today, at all. And maybe that‘s good. I don‘t know.

I mean, apparently, a really good human, a really good person has died. In a violent way. I understand that probably many riders at the moment in TdS are too shocked and too much in grief to really race with concentration and motivation.

It‘s about pleasure for riders, staff, and spectators. But what happened is so terrible that it doesn’t allow any pleasure any more, at this year’s edition of the race…
 
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Danskebjerge

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When footballer Christian Eriksen died (and was revived), the match was continued - a decision which by many was regarded as wrong, especially because his team mates felt bad about the situation. But no-one talked about changing the schedule of the entire tournament. I agree with those who say that there should only be one day with a changed format. That's the usual procedure, and I don't see why this case is different.

But Eriksen didn't get his heart failure from risks related to the sport? Doesn't really matter. There is no particular risk connected to what happened on the Swiss descent the other day. The roads are not more or less safe because of this accident.

I think yesterday's decisions about the changes of the stages were right.
 
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jonas334455

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Can you expand on that? Because he was clearly broken and unable to make the decision that he needed to take?
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DS of TREK, Grégory Rast said that one of their riders was behind Mäder and saw the crash. Given the probable position of Mäder and the position of Simmonds in the finish he probably was that rider.

Pellaud just attacked in Slovenia for this:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1670044682255056897
View: https://twitter.com/OutOfCycling/status/1670044682255056897
 
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Big Doopie

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A lot of people in shock.

People deal with shock/loss in different ways.

Leaving the racing to the final TT may be disappointing on a level, to the fan, but it seems a not inappropriate way to complete a race that has been forever marked.

Respect.
 
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Maybe they should let Bissegger win today‘s stage. They finish in Weinfelden, where Bissegger was born.

Bissegger was one of Mäder‘s closest fellow riders, and probably didn‘t want to DNS the stage which finishes in his home town, and where his family and friends await him.

Then tomorrow will only be 25kms, and afterwards everyone will go home to find a way how to deal with what has happened.

Years ago, Kim Kirchen collapsed in TdS: career over. This time, the worst possible outcome got reality for Mäder…
 
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Max Rockatansky

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According to Kim Andersen, he had to tell Quinn Simmons to go home. Somehow that seems even sadder than riders deciding to go home themselves...
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This week Heino Haussler was on a podcast talking about his heart issues and how he tried to ignore them. Although he collapsed several times, had a pulse of 250 for hours etc. Team doctors were the ones who finally send him home.

He also spoke about his self talk and the constant self talk from other riders… no quitting, quitting is for pussies etc.
 
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Skijumper Roglic fan said:
Maybe they should let Bissegger win today‘s stage. They finish in Weinfelden, where Bissegger was born.

Bissegger was one of Mäder‘s closest fellow riders, and probably didn‘t want to DNS the stage which finishes in his home town, and where his family and friends await him.

Then tomorrow will only be 25kms, and afterwards everyone will go home to find a way how to deal with what has happened.

Years ago, Kim Kirchen collapsed in TdS: career over. This time, the worst possible outcome got reality for Mäder…
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