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"He is seriously injured, but conscious. He was able to move," said a visibly shaken team manager Bjarne Riis to the German press agency dpa.Pookie said:Any news on Jens? That crash looked nasty and I hope he's not too badly hurt!! He's always so much fun to watch as he puts on a smackdown and I'll miss seeing his gutsy pulls for the next week.
dimspace said:was a nasty crash..
one thin we are trying to work out rewatching it on sky+ there is just after he hits the floor a scattering or white particles appear all over the road from him, initially we thought bloody hell its his teath, but we are assuming glasses, or maybe helmet fragments, anyone managed to work it out?
its not visisble in the youtube videos
dimspace said:i hope not, we saw about maybe 8 or 10 white objects like small pebbles..
dimspace said:i hope not, we saw about maybe 8 or 10 white objects like small pebbles..
autologous said:teeth??? what, they all just flew out out of his mouth at once, even the molars? get a grip.
the fragments are coming from the back wheel as the bike lays down . probably sparks as the derailleur grinds against the pavement, maybe also the chainstay disintegrating, some pedal, too.
http://nl.tinypic.com/player.php?v=33n926f&s=3
schadenfreude said:also known as sparks.
titan_90 said:Much better quality vid. There is no doubt that it's from his chainstay disintegrating on impact.
schadenfreude said:also known as sparks.
Thoughtforfood said:I don't want to agree with this one, but I think they were sparks from the rear derailleur. I just don't see how they could be teeth because they didn't appear to originate anywhere near his head. I think that or somehow pieces of his frame or something. I don't think it was organic.