General News Thread

[KyoGrey]

Apparently the car was driven by a British national (maybe that can explain the lane invasion, dunno)...

And Degenkolb has been one of the worst affected.

 

[BigMac]

That would make sense had she been riding on the wrong lane the entire time, instead of being in the correct one and suddenly crossing over the road to hit the cyclists. Very bizarre.

Speedy recovery to all. Giant will have to rethink their rosters and program.

 

[Josh Homme]

And Degenkolb has been one of the worst affected.

That is unconfirmed and the only "source" I found seems very little reliable.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

It was a British guy (tourist probably) riding on the wrong side of the road. Typical.

 

[Flamin]

And Degenkolb has been one of the worst affected.

God no

 

[Gloin22]

Jose says that update will be officialy soon after family is informed first, there is definitely 1/2 that are heavily affected, from most sources they seem to be Degenkolb and Haga. Barguil also some injury. Dumoulin and Cuvers reported fine by dutch media.

 

[Popchu]

José Been ‏@TourDeJose 3 min. Thomas Sijtsma
Team is now trying to inform family of heavily injured rider. After that, a press update will be issued

On Twitter... doesn't look too good.

 

[Flamin]

Now I see a tweet from a Dutch journo that it wasn't Dege who got carried away with a heli.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

José Been ‏@TourDeJose 3 min. Thomas Sijtsma
Team is now trying to inform family of heavily injured rider. After that, a press update will be issued

On Twitter... doesn't look too good.

Damn... fingers crossed

 

[Alexandre B.]

Barguil's uncle and agent said he suffers from a broken wrist.

 

[BigMac]

And Degenkolb has been one of the worst affected.

God no

I don't understand these posts. So had it been another rider it would be somewhat less bad?

 

[May0maniac]

Re:

It was a British guy (tourist probably) riding on the wrong side of the road. Typical.

The same thing often happens with European tourists in Australia and NZ, people just don't realise that they are on the wrong side of the road.

 

[LaFlorecita]

All conscious and in stable condition, riders involved: Haga, Degenkolb, Barguil, Sinkeldam, Walscheid, F. Ludvigsson

Edit: according to team press release

 

[BigMac]

I still can't understand how the driver hit the riders, regardless if they are British or not. It looks like a long stretch of road, if the collision was head-on, how come the driver didn't move away? The other possibility is even more bizarre, when you think the driver moved to the wrong side of the road at exactly the time the riders where coming through, for whatever reason.

 

[Gloin22]

They were all stable, we knew that 2 hours ago ( via Giant twitter), we just know who is involved which matches early reports, which doesnt sound good for Degenkolb and Haga.

Agent of barguil says he probably broke his wrist and has big pain in knee.

 

[Flamin]

And Degenkolb has been one of the worst affected.

God no

I don't understand these posts. So had it been another rider it would be somewhat less bad?

No, not 'less bad', but worse when it's someone you have more sympathy for.

 

[Ludwigzgz]

The riders involved in the crash were Warren Barguil (FRA), John Degenkolb (GER), Chad Haga (USA), Fredrik Ludvigsson (SWE), Ramon Sinkeldam (NED) and Max Walscheid (GER).

All the riders involved in the crash went to two hospitals and all of them are in stable condition.

“Everyone on the team is in shock right now, and there are some major issues that we need to take care of, but we also realize that we have had some luck on our side,” said team physician Anko Boelens (NED). “Everyone is conscious, stable and approachable, but we are waiting for the latest information and consult the doctors in those hospitals about the treatments needed for the riders.”

As soon as more medical information and the prognosis is known, we will provide an update.

http://teamgiantalpecin.com/update-on-training-accident/




Dos ciclistas del equipo profesional holandés Giant han resultado heridos graves después de que un coche arrollara a seis corredores del equipo en la carretera CV-720 en el término deBenigembla, han informado fuentes de Emergencias de la Generalitat.

El suceso se ha producido sobre las 15.15 horas en el kilómetro 35 de la citada carretera y hasta el lugar de los hechos se ha trasladado una unidad de Samu, dos helicópteros y bomberos del Consorcio de Alicante.

Según las mismas fuentes, los dos heridos graves funcionales son dos varones de 27 años, uno de los cuales ha sido trasladado por un helicóptero medicalizado al hospital San Juan de Alicante y el otro al Hospital de Denia.

El resto de heridos más leves son un ciclista de 27 años y otro de 21, que han sido trasladados por un soporte vital básico al Hospital de Dénia, aunque no han precisado su estado, además de otros dos, de 18 años y de 19 años, que han sufrido policontusiones y polifracturas, respectivamente, también trasladados al mismo centro hospitalario.

http://www.diarioinformacion.com/ma[....]ollados-seis-ciclistas/1719642.html

 

[Ludwigzgz]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZawfDBWYAAsM2u.jpg

 

[Ludwigzgz]

Re:

It was a British guy (tourist probably) riding on the wrong side of the road. Typical.

A british woman

 

[Rollthedice]

Shocking and disturbing, hope it is nothing life threatening for any of the riders.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

I still can't understand how the driver hit the riders, regardless if they are British or not. It looks like a long stretch of road, if the collision was head-on, how come the driver didn't move away? The other possibility is even more bizarre, when you think the driver moved to the wrong side of the road at exactly the time the riders where coming through, for whatever reason.

In this image it looks like there is a corner behind the heli. Maybe the riders were going towards the corner with the British woman coming through the corner on the wrong side of the road. Barguil's manager said that the driver didn't even have time to brake and the riders couldn't go anywhere.

 

[Josh Homme]

Degenkolb and Haga are indeed the ones worst injured according to AS.

Hay dos heridos graves: John Degenkolb (al parecer, con profundos cortes en las articulaciones) y Chad Haga (en principio, con la cadera rota). Dos helicópteros les trasladaron, uno al Hospital San Juan de Alicante y el otro, al de Denia.

Translation: There are two serious injuries, Degenkolb (apparently with deep joint cuts) and Haga (alleged broken hip). Both were taken to the hospital by helicopter.

http://ciclismo.as.com/ciclismo/2016/01/23/mas_ciclismo/1453568041_408379.html

 

[BigMac]

Seems plausible, thanks Flo.

 

[JRanton]

Re:

It was a British guy (tourist probably) riding on the wrong side of the road. Typical.

You're right it's our fault for not making the empire even bigger than it was.

 

[Vesica]

horrible image..

from dutch newswebsite NOS: http://nos.nl/artikel/2082339-zes-giant-renners-tijdens-training-aangereden-door-auto.html