Froome crashes hard
This sounds really bad. Broken femur and maybe more?
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/brai...our-de-france/ He took one of his hands off the bars to blow his nose during a windy 60 kph descent? |
Private hospital or use French or British NHS?
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Yeah, I don't understand how that happens.
If I'm on an already squirrelly TT bike, doing 30+ mph, and it's windy and I have a deep front wheel on, I'm definitely not removing both hands from the bars, at any point. One hand, okay, fine. But both hands? That's madness. I hope he's able to recover eventually at least. Hate to see anyone hurt bad like that. |
Originally Posted by Flatballer
(Post 20975272)
Yeah, I don't understand how that happens.
If I'm on an already squirrelly TT bike, doing 30+ mph, and it's windy and I have a deep front wheel on, I'm definitely not removing both hands from the bars, at any point. One hand, okay, fine. But both hands? That's madness. I hope he's able to recover eventually at least. Hate to see anyone hurt bad like that. |
Fractured femur, fractured elbow. And some ribs. Fortunately, no mention of a head injury. If he has a miraculous recovery, he could be good for the Vuelta, but that seems unlikely.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/chri...mur-and-elbow/ |
Bummer. Winning the Tour is so much more than riding fast in the Tour.
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Originally Posted by MinnMan
(Post 20975313)
I think it was just one hand off the bars. Still, at those speeds and on a TT bike, that seems risky.
Perhaps it's just a bad transcript or a mispeak, I dunno. |
Originally Posted by Flatballer
(Post 20975558)
The quote I saw from the press conference said "hands".
Perhaps it's just a bad transcript or a mispeak, I dunno. |
Originally Posted by MinnMan
(Post 20975635)
If it's two hands, at that speed? Wow.
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He Is out of the TDF
I’d rather see him in the TDF and see him lose and not to Thomas his rich team teammate. |
Originally Posted by Rajflyboy
(Post 20975800)
He Is out of the TDF
I’d rather see him in the TDF and see him lose and not to Thomas his rich team teammate. |
I want to see him lose this year. With no injuries.
but now that can’t happen what kind of foolishness is it to take your hand off the bars at 60kph ? Even for a pro? That was not a brilliant move. |
Some more details
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/13/73233...shed-at-34-mph This one says again that he took BOTH hands off the bars. I find that hard to believe, though. First, it's unbelievably risky at those conditions, and second, who needs to use both hands to wipe their nose? Also, I wasn't clear from earlier descriptions if he went sideways into a wall or directly into a wall, but it appears that it was the latter - 54 kph to zero in an instant, according to his Garmin. Finally, with that kind of collision, plus the fact that he's in intensive care, makes me think that there are also significant internal or head injuries in addition to just the broken bones. I hope I'm wrong. |
Originally Posted by MinnMan
(Post 20977788)
Some more details
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/13/73233...shed-at-34-mph This one says again that he took BOTH hands off the bars. I find that hard to believe, though. First, it's unbelievably risky at those conditions, and second, who needs to use both hands to wipe their nose? Also, I wasn't clear from earlier descriptions if he went sideways into a wall or directly into a wall, but it appears that it was the latter - 54 kph to zero in an instant, according to his Garmin. Finally, with that kind of collision, plus the fact that he's in intensive care, makes me think that there are also significant internal or head injuries in addition to just the broken bones. I hope I'm wrong. |
Just watched a GCN vid talking about Froomes crash and said hes lucky to be alive. Chris lost 4 pints of blood. Thats crazy. 🤕
Spinay70 |
Originally Posted by Spinay70
(Post 20983722)
Just watched a GCN vid talking about Froomes crash and said hes lucky to be alive. Chris lost 4 pints of blood. Thats crazy. 🤕
Spinay70 |
And now....Thomas.
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BBC says this wall was what he hit ..now moving to a rehab-recovery ward in Monaco .
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cp...rashpic_pa.jpg |
Originally Posted by fietsbob
(Post 20991543)
BBC says this wall was what he hit ..now moving to a rehab-recovery ward in Monaco .
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cp...rashpic_pa.jpg |
That doesn’t look like a 60kmh downhill section
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Originally Posted by Rajflyboy
(Post 20991853)
That doesn’t look like a 60kmh downhill section
Looks like it's downhill, but hard to tell. Might be coming off a steeper section too. |
Originally Posted by Rajflyboy
(Post 20991853)
That doesn’t look like a 60kmh downhill section
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Gotcha
thanks |
Originally Posted by MinnMan
(Post 20977788)
Some more details
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/13/73233...shed-at-34-mph This one says again that he took BOTH hands off the bars. I find that hard to believe, though. First, it's unbelievably risky at those conditions, and second, who needs to use both hands to wipe their nose? Also, I wasn't clear from earlier descriptions if he went sideways into a wall or directly into a wall, but it appears that it was the latter - 54 kph to zero in an instant, according to his Garmin. Finally, with that kind of collision, plus the fact that he's in intensive care, makes me think that there are also significant internal or head injuries in addition to just the broken bones. I hope I'm wrong. |
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