Ryan Cox : Very sad news

iainf72

He died this morning undergoing surgery.

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_ ... 874C760530

Poor guy and terrible for Barloworld after their good showing in the Tour.

LangerDan

I had just read on cyclingnews this morning that he was to undergo emergency surgery.

Sad, sad news.

shazzz

Very sad. Ryan was a great inspiration for the growing number of SA cyclists.

shazzz

Here's another report....
http://www.cyclingnews.co.za/

timoid.

Poor guy.

Puts the silliness of doping scandals into perspective.

andyp

That is sad news. My thoughts are with his family and friends.

Greggyr

Very sad. I remember watching the Tour de Langkawi ( I think) a few years back, & being very impressed with him. As Timoid says, brings things back into focus.

RIP

Greg

afx237vi

Terrible news - Like Greggyr, I remember seeing him in the Tour de Langkawi and thinking he was destined for bigger things. Very, very sad.

iainf72

A bit more (frankly heartbreaking) information here.

http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/13033.0.html

nick hanson

iainf72 wrote:

A bit more (frankly heartbreaking) information here.

http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/13033.0.html

Very sad,after reading this

dave_1

That's so sad to read of Ryan Cox's passing, it reminds me again how fragile life is, how quickly any of us can be cut down-something most of us dare not think about, let alone mention.

mr_tricolore

very sad indeed. I remember seeing him race in the Tour of Britain in 2004. I even took a picture of him at the corner of Trafalgar Square:

trailtrash

After three weeks of being utterly absorbed, amazed and entertained by the TDF I read the news on the home page and it knocked the wind out of me. I'm ashamed to say I did not recognise his name but Barloworld were my 'favourite underdogs', what with Robbie Hunter and Geraint Thomas, so it's terribly sad. The finacial concerns (if true) make it heartbreaking.

Rest In Peace Ryan and thank you.

phreak

That is very sad news. RIP

jimmythecuckoo

mr_tricolore wrote:

very sad indeed. I remember seeing him race in the Tour of Britain in 2004. I even took a picture of him at the corner of Trafalgar Square:

I remember seeing him in that race too, very sad indeed.

timoid.

Yeah he had a breakaway for a good few laps in that race. I've known his name ever since.

GroupOfOne MkII

Yup he'd ridden all three Tour of Britains. My condolences to all his family, friends and team mates.

knedlicky

Sad news indeed.

The report in my newspaper today said that the condition Ryan Cox developed which required the initial surgery (a knot in a leg artery) was a condition which many professional cyclists developed, though I've not heard of it before.

andyp

knedlicky wrote:

The report in my newspaper today said that the condition Ryan Cox developed which required the initial surgery (a knot in a leg artery) was a condition which many professional cyclists developed, though I've not heard of it before.

Stuart O'Grady had an operation to correct the same problem a few years back. I believe the surgeon who operated on him was the same one who operated on Cox.

SteveR_100Milers

andyp wrote:

knedlicky wrote:

The report in my newspaper today said that the condition Ryan Cox developed which required the initial surgery (a knot in a leg artery) was a condition which many professional cyclists developed, though I've not heard of it before.

Stuart O'Grady had an operation to correct the same problem a few years back. I believe the surgeon who operated on him was the same one who operated on Cox.

And allegedly succesfuly on 600 other cyclists with the same problem. What exactly is though a "constricted" Illiac artery?

iainf72

SteveR_100Milers wrote:

And allegedly succesfuly on 600 other cyclists with the same problem. What exactly is though a "constricted" Illiac artery?

It explains it in here

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id= ... /aug02news

I cannot imagine how Robbie Hunter is feeling. It's so tragic because obviously Ryan was at the lower end of the pay scale and the money concerns caused him to ignore the medical advise post operation.

Ghisallo service is a nice thought. And they're having a ride in his honour in Kempton Park in SA (and I know the exact roads they're using which makes it very real to me)

LangerDan

SteveR_100Milers wrote:

andyp wrote:

knedlicky wrote:

The report in my newspaper today said that the condition Ryan Cox developed which required the initial surgery (a knot in a leg artery) was a condition which many professional cyclists developed, though I've not heard of it before.

Stuart O'Grady had an operation to correct the same problem a few years back. I believe the surgeon who operated on him was the same one who operated on Cox.

And allegedly succesfuly on 600 other cyclists with the same problem. What exactly is though a "constricted" Illiac artery?

Irish pro Ciaran Power also had the same operation and I think one of the UK female riders underwent the same procedure. There was a 2 page article on in CW in the last year or so.

thegibdog

Very sad news, especially after such a good showing from Barloworld in the Tour de France.

I watched him in the Tour of Britain the last couple of years, including photographing him on the second stage in 2005 riding through Pilling:

andrewgturnbull

Hi.

I rode the Glasgow GP the night before the Tour of Britain started in '05. One of the things I remember from that night reading his name on the start sheet as I signed on, thinking "F**k me I'm in the same race as Ryan Cox!" The same rider I'd watched win the Tour of Langkawi earlier that year with a fantastic display of attacking riding.

The saddest thing here is that I read Ryan discharged himself from hospital early because he'd been worried about the size of the medical bills. How much is a human life worth?

Andy

notanotherhill

Terribly sad. I would have hoped that for a professional rider the team would have stepped in and looked after the medical bill for this operation. At the end of the day its only a sport