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Æret være dit minde.
 
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Devil's Elbow said:
Awful, awful news. Don't know what to say really. It's not a descent where you'd expect it at all either, goes to show how relative a term safety sadly is and is destined to remain in this sport...

Also have to feel for the organisers, years of work to get the race back on the calendar and then this happens.
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Yeah it's a descent that has been raced countless times and it came in the middle of the stage. Just the sad reality of this sport that these things can happen everywhere all the time.
 
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Breakaway had shattered to pieces in preceding climbs and last time gap I found for Drege was +4:13 from then-leading duo of Jonas Rapp & Samuele Zoccarato. Drege had cracked on Hochtor but was in a small group still some 2 minutes ahead of peloton and likely trying to win time back in that huge 30 km / 1500 metres of descent downhill.

So sad.
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Yeah, I saw some of the stage but I never saw the crash. Not sure if the commentators were ever aware because it was in German but it didn't seem so. Very impressive win by Ganna on a sad day.
 
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Yeah, I saw some of the stage but I never saw the crash. Not sure if the commentators were ever aware because it was in German but it didn't seem so. Very impressive win by Ganna on a sad day.
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I watched the stage in German. Hard to get any context for what happened in the crash. What almost anyone would take away from the video available is what a spectacular landscape this race takes place in, when you see helicopter camera shots of the 2 big climbs it gives you a frightening feeling thinking if the decent is anything similar. He gets into a breakaway and looks great from the coverage that's available. A real tragedy.

Sort of f-cked up coverage we get in the US
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Norwegian cyclist Andre Drege, 25, dies after crashing in race

Norwegian professional cyclist Andre Drege has died after a crash during the Tour of Austria. He was 25.
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More details from Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang. Appears he was totally alone and not in sight of anyone at the moment of the crash...

(google translation) :

Local police told VG that the investigation into the death started immediately. They only became aware of the accident after a random passerby had found the cyclist.
According to Lindner (a representative of Heiligenblut police station in Austria), the accident happened at 1 pm on Saturday. Furthermore, Lindner says that the police started immediate first aid when they arrived at the scene of the accident. Drege was eventually picked up by an air ambulance where the doctors continued first aid. But life was not to be saved.
The police officer says that they will get more answers in the case in the coming days. - We have obtained several items from the crime scene which will be analysed, says Lindner. Both the bicycle and the speedometer on the bicycle are among the objects that the police hope will help them to conclude what actually happened.
No one is said to have witnessed the accident, according to what the police know so far. They are calling for possible witnesses in the case.
 
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More details from Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang. Appears he was totally alone and not in sight of anyone at the moment of the crash...

(google translation) :

Local police told VG that the investigation into the death started immediately. They only became aware of the accident after a random passerby had found the cyclist.
According to Lindner (a representative of Heiligenblut police station in Austria), the accident happened at 1 pm on Saturday. Furthermore, Lindner says that the police started immediate first aid when they arrived at the scene of the accident. Drege was eventually picked up by an air ambulance where the doctors continued first aid. But life was not to be saved.
The police officer says that they will get more answers in the case in the coming days. - We have obtained several items from the crime scene which will be analysed, says Lindner. Both the bicycle and the speedometer on the bicycle are among the objects that the police hope will help them to conclude what actually happened.
No one is said to have witnessed the accident, according to what the police know so far. They are calling for possible witnesses in the case.
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Ugh, that would be terrible for family if they can’t even figure out what happened. Hopefully they can get more information investigation.
 
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PetPaima said:
More details from Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang. Appears he was totally alone and not in sight of anyone at the moment of the crash...

(google translation) :

Local police told VG that the investigation into the death started immediately. They only became aware of the accident after a random passerby had found the cyclist.
According to Lindner (a representative of Heiligenblut police station in Austria), the accident happened at 1 pm on Saturday. Furthermore, Lindner says that the police started immediate first aid when they arrived at the scene of the accident. Drege was eventually picked up by an air ambulance where the doctors continued first aid. But life was not to be saved.
The police officer says that they will get more answers in the case in the coming days. - We have obtained several items from the crime scene which will be analysed, says Lindner. Both the bicycle and the speedometer on the bicycle are among the objects that the police hope will help them to conclude what actually happened.
No one is said to have witnessed the accident, according to what the police know so far. They are calling for possible witnesses in the case.
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That sounds like a similar situation to Jelle Vanendert's crash in the 2008 Dauphiné, when another rider crashed in the same place and heard his cries for help.
 
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Slovenian rider Jaka Primozic has surfaced as the sole witness of Drege's demise so details shall surely be known at some point.

Some information can maybe be taken off the fact that Drege was with a different rider (Sebastian Schönberger) at the top of Hochtor and they were 14 seconds behind Primozic at that point. So poor Andre had caught Primozic while Schönberger had either failed to descend on same speed (or possibly) gone even faster.
 
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PetPaima said:
Slovenian rider Jaka Primozic has surfaced as the sole witness of Drege's demise so details shall surely be known at some point.

Some information can maybe be taken off the fact that Drege was with a different rider (Sebastian Schönberger) at the top of Hochtor and they were 14 seconds behind Primozic at that point. So poor Andre had caught Primozic while Schönberger had either failed to descend on same speed (or possibly) gone even faster.
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Norwegian news is reporting that Primozic has given his statement to Austrian police. According to officer Andreas Lindner Primozic saw Drege having problems with his rear wheel and the tyre eventually popped off and "something white" came out of the tyre. I'm not sure what that could have been, whether it was a puff of pressurised air from a puncture or some solid substance like a layer of white rubber within the tyre. Primozic also said they were doing between 80 and 100kph at the time and that it all happened within a few seconds, so it's understandable that he's not super clear on the exact details.

I can't imagine how horrible it must have been to see that happen to a fellow racer. It seems like there weren't any spectators, motos or officials immediately nearby either. The whole thing is just so tragic. I'm not sure if increased safety protocols would have helped here though, since it seems to be just extremely bad luck rather than reckless descending or a lack of skill.
 
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Saint Unix said:
Norwegian news is reporting that Primozic has given his statement to Austrian police. According to officer Andreas Lindner Primozic saw Drege having problems with his rear wheel and the tyre eventually popped off and "something white" came out of the tyre. I'm not sure what that could have been, whether it was a puff of pressurised air from a puncture or some solid substance like a layer of white rubber within the tyre. Primozic also said they were doing between 80 and 100kph at the time and that it all happened within a few seconds, so it's understandable that he's not super clear on the exact details.
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Were the team riding tubeless? If so, the 'something white' could maybe have been the sealant?
 
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