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So you thought MX was a tough sport?
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cyclist Hoogerland sustained went he was punted off the road by a wayward TV car in the Tour de France recently and ended up in a barbed wire fence!
Been a ton of crashes in the TDF this year, lots of carnage.
Here is the vid in case anyone hasnt seen it, check out how his body flails into the barbed wire...gnar!
https://youtu.be/omhnzC_dMPA
TDF does have some rare shit in it, especially when they get to the descents in the alps and them hills are big with ZERO run off if you have a moment, the Spanish one earlier this year was gnarly too - guys died on that.
It was the Italian Giro and Woulter Weylands of the LeopardTrek team who died of a head injury, sadly.
When you look at this photo and realise the speed they go especially downhill with just skimpy lycra covering their bodies, it's amazing there aren't more serious injuries
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Did you see the big crash from yesterday on the descent? took out 1/2 of team Astana and caused Vino to abandon with a possible broken pelvis. It has been a wild TDF and we are only 9 stages in. Looking fwd to the mountains coming up...GO SCHLECK!!!!
It's been an entertaining Tour so far to say the least. I'm looking forward to the Pyrenees!
Prudhomme says driver behaviour is "intolerable"
Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme has been left livid following the accident in which Juan Antonio Flecha (Sky) and Johnny Hoogerland (Vaconsoleil) were hit by a vehicle from France Television on stage 9 between Issoire and Saint-Flour. Race organisers announced that the car would be excluded from the remainder of the race.
It was the second incident in the Tour's opening week, with a motorbike carrying a photographer collecting Saxo Bank's Nicki Sørensen on Wednesday.
Hoogerland and Flecha were riding in the day's five-man breakaway when the vehicle swerved into the middle of the road in order to avoid side-swiping a tree that was on the verge. Hoogerland sustained serious lacerations, while Flecha lost skin and was heavily bruised - both riders were able to complete the stage.
Christian Prudhomme said that the offending car had not taken directives from race radio.
"I announced on Radio Tour, which is the channel everyone should be listening to, that all cars should pull to the side and give priority to the team cars," he explained.
"The car previously received the order from the race direction not to pass and let the Europcar team manager get through to the breakaway to give Thomas Voeckler the bottle he was asking for. They did not take that order into account... and caused the crash of both riders. This behaviour is intolerable."
Prudhomme concluded by apologising to the teams and riders, saying that the incidents involving the convoy was "two accidents too many."
France Television, host broadcaster for the event, issued an apology over the incident.
"France Television apologises to the riders, the teams and to the ASO for the accident during the ninth stage of the Tour de France which was caused by a technical assistance vehicle covering the race," it announced via statement.
"France Television will respect fully the measures which will be taken by the ASO to improve safety."
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Vacansoleil rules out taking legal action after high-speed crash
Johnny Hoogerland hopes to try and continue in the Tour de France despite having 33 stitches applied to the wounds he suffered in a crash during Sunday’s ninth stage.
The likeable Dutchman from Vacansoleil-DCM was flung into a barbed-wire fence after a French television car hit riders as it tried to over take them at speed near the end of the stage. Hoogerland was in tears as he pulled on the climber’s polka-dot jersey on the podium and suffered from nightmares during a difficult night. Yet said he will be at the start of stage 10 in Aurillac on Tuesday.
“I’ll be at the start. I don’t know if I’ll make it (to the finish) but I want to try,” Equipe.fr reported Hoogerland as saying.
Hoogerland spent most of Sunday evening in hospital having stitches applied to the deep cuts on his legs.
“Some are in bad places but I want to try everything (to ride). I actually feel better on the bike than when I climb the stairs,” Hoogerland said after riding for 90 minutes with his father.
According to the De Telegraaf newspaper, Hoogerland slept for just four hours on Sunday night and suffered nightmares after his accident.
“I relived the crash last night. I dreamed that my back hit a pole and that ended up in a wheel chair. The incident played out in my head and I woke up in a sweat,” he said.
Despite the nature of the accident and his injuries, Hoogerland and his Vacansoleil team have confirmed that they will not take legal action against the driver or the Tour de France.
"They have apologized and we’ve accepted their apology. We’re not looking for a scapegoat. They went too far and they know that,” team manager Daan Luijkx said according to De Telegraaf.
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FAIL
and my is a tougher sport...crashing into a fence on a bicycle doesn't have anything on a 4th gear pinned cartwheel...
not even close
George Hincapie's varicose veins
I win.
Alpe d'Huez , Col du Galibier, Col de la Croix de Fer and others and i have the utmost respect for those guys!
I have done a ton of road riding for fun and mx training,but that was a whole different animal.Not only were the
climbs brutal but some of the descents were insane,and with only 2mm of licra and a very vented foam lid,not much
protection between you and the pavement.
That takes true guts & dedication!
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