Red Rick
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There's a certain insanity to a sport when a fractured pelvis and a lung contusion are also partially met with "it could have been worse"
There's a certain insanity to a sport when a fractured pelvis and a lung contusion are also partially met with "it could have been worse"
Serious pelvic fracture may be life threatening. But the mild one may heal without surgery. I hope it is nothing very serious. His season is probably over though.
That sounds like a Acetabular fracture.In Belokis and Vinos case they both landed straigt on their side. Lefevere said that Remco landed on his feet and that the impact of that caused the fracture.
I thought it applied to any age because of the major blood vessels in that area of the body, so you can bleed out I would think if it's a bad one.
Isn't... that usually only the case with old people?
What's the recovery time for such an injury?
I depends on where the fracture is...What's the recovery time for such an injury?
Lefevere did say that it was fractured near the femur socket. I guess we will know more about the severity the next couple of days/weeksI haven't seen his Xray so I won't try to play doc, but I have fractured my pelvis twice, both on the same side. One is a near the top of the pubic bone and the other is in the ischium near the femur socket. Once healed, the first one didn't have any issues, but the second has been a 15 year battle of issues which can be summed up with the 'final' diagnosis of ischial-femoral impingement. Getting a seat set correctly is a PAINstaking process, and even then, there are plenty of uncomfortable times on the bike.
Most of my ride now are two hour mountain bike rides, but I know that there is no way to do six to eight hour road days, day after day. He could probably get it fixed correctly instead of just letting them fix themselves, but I hope that his fracture is up in the flat part of the ilium so the the chances of later issues are really low.
GET WELL young man!
Ouch! Hope he's able to fully recover.
Is it me or does it feel like there are becoming more and more serious crashes with injuries in cycling? We have auto racing putting in safer barriers and doing other things to prevent death and serious injury to drivers while it feels like cycling is becoming less safe. That likely isn't the case that it's less safe, just more crashes.
First thing he said to Lefevere was "Sorry".
He then insisted to record a video for his teammates.
He also said... "I was gonna win"
Apparently he went into the brakes too hard because the two riders in front of him started to swerve or something.
He may need few weeks off the bike. Needless to say it will heavily impact his performance for the rest of the season, even without any serious complications and with full recovery.