Taylor Down

ddraver
ddraver Posts: 26,391
edited May 2014 in Pro race
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Crashed on a descent, been taken to hospital - not looking nice

Says it all that that appears to be all anyone cares about the USPro...
We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
- @ddraver

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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    BMC Racing Team ‏@BMCProTeam 1m
    BMC Racing Team's @taylorphinney suffered a broken left leg in his crash at #uspro.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    BMC just posted that he has broken his leg. Awful news, I hope he makes a full recovery.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Gee thats a big blow. Not sure whether he can recover in time for the Tour. He was going for the double RR and TT so maybe he was pushing like crazy...maybe not though as early on in the race.

    Which incidentally you can watch live here:
    http://usapro.thetourtracker.com/
    (great site)
    Contador is the Greatest
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    Descending Lookout Mountain in the USA Pro Championship.
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • Give me more
    Give me more Posts: 487
    Not really a fan but that absolutely sucks =(
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Garmin making a right balls up of their tactics here.
  • Give me more
    Give me more Posts: 487
    No radios = driving the chase group to catch the break your own teammate is trying to stretch lol.
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Damn, I really like Phinney as a rider, hope he will be OK. How long does a broken leg normally take to heal? Gutted for him.
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Compound fracture of the lower leg apparently. Not good. According to the commentators it may have been caused by a motorobike taking an unexpected line on the descent.
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    http://www.bmcracingteam.com/index.php?id=115&tx_ttnews[year]=2014&tx_ttnews[month]=05&tx_ttnews[day]=27&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=2737&cHash=9ea152f084110a148db5784b0c6413b0
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  • southdownswolf
    southdownswolf Posts: 1,525
    Gutted for Taylor, always strikes me as being a nice guy. Haven't seen the incident yet, but from what BMC are saying, it sounds as though this season is over for him. Just as he was hitting really good form too.
    http://www.stuartmole.co.uk/
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,391
    My poor twitter little sister is utterly heartbroken :(
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 6,935
    That's terrible - never good to see an elite athlete injured badly. Hope he makes a full recovery, unlike Andy Schlek.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,589
    Initially looked at that photo and thought his leg was in a right mess but then realised there's someone kneeling behind the armco and all you can see is a bit of their leg :oops: Hope he gets fixed up, his stage win in California was superb.
  • mulletmaster
    mulletmaster Posts: 502
    That is unfortunate. I would have thought he would be out of the vuelta now never mind the tour (theoretically obviously)
    Nast nasty injury it's a dangerous old game :(
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,561
    Serious shame for him.

    Some suggestion he was descending too fast for the front moto:
    http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/05/ ... leg_329667
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    So annoying when a moto man caused this crash. They should do their job better. I guess this is the US though and not continental Europe.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,391
    Get well soon card from BMC

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    Bless
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    That's lovely. I'm going to write all my As like that from now on.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Nasty crash, nasty injury. That's 2014 done for.

    Recover well, Young Phinney.

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