Soler update thread

[Escarabajo]

Thanks for the good news. I heard his wife was trying to get a Visa to fly to switzerland.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Yeah, some of us were innocent, optimistic 11-year-old kids. :\

Innocent optimistic 11 year olds watching a Grand Prix weekend where someone else had already died?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

It's been a horrible few months for Movistar. Three separate riders who could have been GT leaders, in the space of four months.

Good to hear that JMS is recovering though. Health comes before sport.

 

[hrotha]

Innocent optimistic 11 year olds watching a Grand Prix weekend where someone else had already died?

And why wouldn't I? It's not like what happened to Ratzenberger happened every second GP.

 

[cineteq]

Stable and improving...

Mauricio Soler sigue ingresado en la UVI del Hospital St. Gallen donde permanece desde el pasado jueves tras su caída en la sexta etapa de la carrera. El ciclista colombiano de Movistar Team continúa estable y los médicos que le atienden han comenzado a reducir las dosis de fármacos aplicadas desde su ingreso para mantenerle en estado de coma inducido, según informa el equipo navarro.

http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=40122

 

[LukeSchmid]

google translate with a bit of help.

Mauricio Soler remains hospitalized in the ICU of St. Gallen Hospital where he remained from last Thursday after his fall in the sixth stage of the race. Team Movistar's Colombian cyclist remains stable and the doctors who are treating him have begun to reduce the doses of drugs applied from admission to keep him in induced coma, the team reports in Navarre.

 

[Duartista]

Latest news:

Doctors treating Colombian cyclist Juan Mauricio Soler say they are slowly waking him from an induced coma after his crash during the Tour of Switzerland last week.

The chief surgeon at St. Gallen hospital’s intensive care unit says Soler is in a “controlled wake-up phase” that will last several days.

Roger Lussmann told The Associated Press by email that an MRI scan of the 28-year-old rider’s brain showed several “micro injuries” that had been expected after Thursday’s crash. Lussmann says it’s too early to say how the injuries will affect Soler’s cognitive functions.

He also says the rider’s lung injury is healing, and the overall recovery is proceeding as expected.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/swiss-doctors-slowly-waking-colombian-cyclist-juan-maurico-soler-from-induced-coma/2011/06/20/AGG3gycH_story.html

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

I'm going to take this as good news. Hang in there JMS.

 

[webvan]

Yep, probably couldn't be any better than this give the circumstances, he's going to pull through.

 

[Tuarts]

He wont race again.

Best of luck to the guy for his recovery. Also to his family and friends.

 

[just some guy]

He wont race again.

Best of luck to the guy for his recovery. Also to his family and friends.

Where has that been written , what has been written is that their are expected brain injuries and they are slowly bring him out of the coma - when he is out of the coma they ( the Drs and Family) will be able to assess his level of function.

He probably should not race again, but he still might on the info we have, unless you have more updated information

 

[thirteen]

yes, where does it say so?

it seems a bit early to make that pronouncement

 

[Michielveedeebee]

According to Sporza he's been taken out of the coma but he will remain unconscious for a couple of days more. After that they'll have to wait another week to see wether or not he has any permanent brain damage.
Let us all hope Mauricio will be alright

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

According to Sporza he's been taken out of the coma but he will remain unconscious for a couple of days more. After that they'll have to wait another week to see wether or not he has any permanent brain damage.
Let us all hope Mauricio will be alright

... and back to racing again within a year, like some others who have suffered head trauma and returned to racing.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

knowing soler he will definetely return to cycling, it's all he has and lives for.

 

[hrotha]

This article from yesterday says Movistar had Soler undergo several tests to see if there was anything wrong with his balance, peripheral vision and reflexes, but they found nothing. Unzue also brought up the possibility of Soler returning to racing in Colombia, in a more relaxed environment.

 

[Duartista]

knowing soler he will definetely return to cycling, it's all he has and lives for.

Well, he does have a wife and child... I know what you mean though, most Colombian cyclists come from poor, rural backgrounds and probably don't have too many other career options. Look at Freddy Montana: I read an interview with him last year where he said that still gets severe headaches and can't stand up straight without holding on to something, yet we went back to racing as soon as he could.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

This article from yesterday says Movistar had Soler undergo several tests to see if there was anything wrong with his balance, peripheral vision and reflexes, but they found nothing. Unzue also brought up the possibility of Soler returning to racing in Colombia, in a more relaxed environment.

I've been hoping that for few years now but soler himself didn't want to. in colombias he crashed a lot also but will be more relaxed indeed

 

[Duartista]

This article from yesterday says Movistar had Soler undergo several tests to see if there was anything wrong with his balance, peripheral vision and reflexes, but they found nothing. Unzue also brought up the possibility of Soler returning to racing in Colombia, in a more relaxed environment.

Yep, I saw that too. It would probably be the best course of action, if he recovers well enough for it to be an option.

There is another article here - http://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/ci...-con-una-carrera-hecha-a-los-golpes_9673686-4 - that gives some background into his troubled career. It seems he puts a lot of pressure on himself and gets very nervous in races.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Well, he does have a wife and child... I know what you mean though, most Colombian cyclists come from poor, rural backgrounds and probably don't have too many other career options. Look at Freddy Montana: I read an interview with him last year where he said that still gets severe headaches and can't stand up straight without holding on to something, yet we went back to racing as soon as he could.

soler is from boyaca, they are like solitary people, living almost like monks on their bikes, don't know many people. that's why many of them perform well at very late age. mentality wise they have most perfect mentality, they don't have any "bad" seductions around them as all there is is mountains, nature and themselves and their bikes, no party's, drinks, drugs etc

 

[Escarabajo]

Yep, I saw that too. It would probably be the best course of action, if he recovers well enough for it to be an option.

There is another article here - http://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/ci...-con-una-carrera-hecha-a-los-golpes_9673686-4 - that gives some background into his troubled career. It seems he puts a lot of pressure on himself and gets very nervous in races.

Nice piece.

I think he will come back, but this time stronger. This fall will help him more than the others. Just thinking out loud.

 

[El Pistolero]

soler is from boyaca, they are like solitary people, living almost like monks on their bikes, don't know many people. that's why many of them perform well at very late age. mentality wise they have most perfect mentality, they don't have any "bad" seductions around them as all there is is mountains, nature and themselves and their bikes, no party's, drinks, drugs etc

A big reason why people crash is because they don't focus on their bike. Perhaps that's a reason why Soler crashes all the time...

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

crashing has nothing to do with focusing on your bike but with focusing around you. clealry you;ve never been a bike-racer yet you seem to know it all

 

[El Pistolero]

That's called not focusing on your bike. You know, the thing they're sitting on.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

fine, have it your way smart*ss