Gesink's pro career might be in jeopardy

[maxmartin]

Femur fracture is a serious problem

 

[l.Harm]

Vuelta 2012 winner is already known.

 

[Havetts]

Vuelta 2012 winner is already known.

I like the way you think .

 

[El Pistolero]

Vuelta 2012 winner is already known.

Yeah, I hope Phil doesn't crash in the winter though.

 

[vcampbell]

Vuelta 2012 winner is already known.

Yeah, since Contador decided to do the Vuelta too.

 

[l.Harm]

I like the way you think .

I hope he'll recover well and maybe it's not bad whole his season is just

TOUR TOUR TOUR TOUR

yeah but TOUR TOUR TOUR

and the whole team is riding for him like this year. I think it's refreshing for him to have the main focus on other races like the Vuelta.

Of course it's stupid to call him already Vuelta 2012 winner, but I'd love to see him there next year.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Wow, talk about overreacting.

Gesink himself doesn't believe for one moment his career is in jeopardy. Ofcourse it will take some time healing and returning to a decent level. But the guy is only 25.

 

[theyoungest]

I hope he'll recover well and maybe it's not bad whole his season is just

TOUR TOUR TOUR TOUR

yeah but TOUR TOUR TOUR

and the whole team is riding for him like this year. I think it's refreshing for him to have the main focus on other races like the Vuelta.

Of course it's stupid to call him already Vuelta 2012 winner, but I'd love to see him there next year.

Yeah, refreshing, to have an injury screw up your winter preparation. And possibly your career.

His whole season has never been all about the Tour, don't know where you get that from (Tour du Jour?). I don't understand this from Dutch cycling fans, "he should ride the Giro!", "he should ride the Vuelta!". He rode the Vuelta twice already, hellooo? And there he crashed as well.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Yes, it's an overreaction. If Rubén Plaza can be back out on the roads after having his leg near shorn in half in March, I think we can expect Robert Gesink to make a comeback.

Might this prevent him from ever reaching the heights we thought he could? Perhaps. He may take a year or two to get back to his level, like when Igor Antón lost his whole offseason between 2008 and 2009 after his crash on the descent of Cordal. But I have every faith that Gesink will be able to continue to ply his trade as a cyclist for some years to come.

 

[veganrob]

How bad was his crash to break his femur? Anybody know? I wonder about his health. He is so darn skinny. Possible osteoporosis?

 

[maxmartin]

doctor said at least 6 months

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/9850/Robert-Gesink-needs-six-months-to-return-to-full-fitness.aspx

How bad was his crash to break his femur? Anybody know? I wonder about his health. He is so darn skinny. Possible osteoporosis?

 

[greenedge]

Poor Gesink. Get better. Hopefully come back with a vengeance. I wonder how this might impact his tilt at the TDF next year? He probably won't get enough races to perform well.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Velonews use some very creative writing. Makes it sound as if he blew his leg off!

His problems didn’t end there though, as it reportedly took two ambulances to transport him to the hospital.

Looking on the bright side.
Far better this happen at the end of September, than March.

 

[theyoungest]

Velonews use some very creative writing. Makes it sound as if he blew his leg off!


Looking on the bright side.
Far better this happen at the end of September, than March.

Velonews are sort of right, Gesink had to lie on the tarmac for half an hour, as the ambulance originally sent to get him had engine trouble.

 

[jens_attacks]

Velonews are sort of right, Gesink had to lie on the tarmac for half an hour, as the ambulance originally sent to get him had engine trouble.

poor guy.
i don't think his carreer is in danger but unfortunately with this kind of injuries,you never know.

 

[hrotha]

Gesink might be the unluckiest pro rider since Wilfried Nelissen (leaving the extreme cases we had this season aside).

 

[Moondance]

It's a problem, but you can recover. It's take forever though, and I doubt Gesink will be back in any type of form before the summer next year.

 

[just some guy]

Gesink will have to work harder than he ever has in 3 months time - the muscle loss from not using 1 of his legs will be his biggest problem.

He needs to get muscle balance in both legs if he achieves this then the end of 2012 he will be back.

If he doesn´t them follow up injuries of using 1 side more than the other can put a massive whole in his career.

The break is not the issue here - the muscle wastage is.

 

[saganftw]

too many crashes for gesink,i think he is asking for big one like soler...he should take some bikehandling lessons or something

 

[theyoungest]

too many crashes for gesink,i think he is asking for big one like soler...he should take some bikehandling lessons or something

He crashed twice this year. Not out of the ordinary for a cyclist. He just always breaks something.

 

[ultimobici]

For those writing his career off, check out that of Joop Zoetemelk.

In 1974 Zoetemelk crashed heavily into a British car left unattended at the finish of the Midi-Libre in Valras-Plage, France. He cracked his skull and came close to dying. He returned next season to win Paris–Nice again and then caught meningitis. He never fully recovered and the head injury reduced his sense of taste. He nevertheless won 20 races that season, including Paris–Nice, the Tour of Holland and the Dwars door Lausanne and a stage of the Tour de France. He also came fourth in the Tour de France.

6 years later he won some race in France.

We tend to underestimate the recuperation capabilities of these guys, as well as their resolve.

Remember Robbie McEwen riding with a fractured vertebra? Tyler Hamilton finishing the Giro with a fractured scapula? Visentini winning the 86 Giro with a fractured wrist? Not the stuff normal people deal with well, let alone compete with!

 

[theyoungest]

For those writing his career off, check out that of Joop Zoetemelk.



6 years later he won some race in France.

We tend to underestimate the recuperation capabilities of these guys, as well as their resolve.

Remember Robbie McEwen riding with a fractured vertebra? Tyler Hamilton finishing the Giro with a fractured scapula? Visentini winning the 86 Giro with a fractured wrist? Not the stuff normal people deal with well, let alone compete with!

A complex fracture of the femur is something else than a fractured wrist or collar bone: you don't actually cycle with your wrist.

 

[Parrulo]

A complex fracture of the femur is something else than a fractured wrist or collar bone: you don't actually cycle with your wrist.

how bad is gesinks fracture? there is a big difference btw a cracked femur and a completely shattered femur

 

[ultimobici]

A complex fracture of the femur is something else than a fractured wrist or collar bone: you don't actually cycle with your wrist.

Try climbing anything higher than a bridge without pulling on the bars! Having ridden after my fracture had healed I can attest to the strain it endures.

The idea that a collarbone fracture bass no impact on ones ability to ride is laughable. The only rider I can think of who carried on was Hamilton, and there were DSs from other teams suggesting it was not a true fracture.

A single pin & 10 days rest before commencing rehab is not a complex fracture.

But my point was that our standards of pain & a pro's are very different, and their capacity to recover is as well.

 

[Duartista]

For those writing his career off, check out that of Joop Zoetemelk.



6 years later he won some race in France.

We tend to underestimate the recuperation capabilities of these guys, as well as their resolve.

Remember Robbie McEwen riding with a fractured vertebra? Tyler Hamilton finishing the Giro with a fractured scapula? Visentini winning the 86 Giro with a fractured wrist? Not the stuff normal people deal with well, let alone compete with!

I was reading yesterday about Honore Barthelemy, who finished 8th in the 1920 TDF despite suffering various broken bones and being blinded in one eye during the race. Insane.

The only rider I can think of who carried on was Hamilton, and there were DSs from other teams suggesting it was not a true fracture.

This guy finished third on the 1956 Monte Bondone stage using an inner tube to pull on the handlebars with his teeth: