Giant Alpecin Down

ddraver

6 riders from Giant Alpecin hit by a car (apparently driven by an english woman - no surprise) during their training camp - One apparently seriously injured

Degenkolb, Dumolin, Ten Dam, Geshke and Bargil present but not sure if they re involved

bluemoon17

Barguil involved according to Twitter, apparently Dumoulin is unharmed.

Paul 8v

Ah sh#t. Hope they recover quickly

Crampeur

Barguil has a broken wrist. Press release here: http://teamgiantalpecin.com/update-on-t ... -accident/

kleinstroker

Degenkolb was involved too

blazing_saddles

The wreck was reportedly caused by a British tourist driving into the wrong side of the road.

BelgianBeerGeek

Get well soon to all concerned. It's early in the year, be positive, there is some time before the season starts in anger.
These young, fit lads heal quick (I hope) and they'll be back out in no time. 'Specially with the names in there.

blazing_saddles

Degenkolb has lost a finger (tip?) on his left hand.
Re-attachment hopefully.

kleinstroker

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Degenkolb has lost a finger (tip?) on his left hand.
Re-attachment hopefully.

Probably put him out of PR then!

Edit: apparently his index finger hanging on by skin only, going to have it reattached tonight.

salsiccia1

Grim stuff, hope all recover ok

Crampeur

http://teamgiantalpecin.com/medical-upd ... -accident/ List of injuries. Not nice.

gsk82

Toward the bottom of the link there's a picture of the bikes. Certainly looks a big impact

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/degenko ... -accident/

rick_chasey

How long before the clinic fingers some jealous brit sky fan...

The_Boy

Rick Chasey wrote:

How long before the clinic fingers some jealous brit sky fan...

I believe we call it 'nuffling' now.

redvision

Horrible incident. Hope they all recover quickly.

slim_boy_fat

Latest update http://teamgiantalpecin.com/medical-upd ... anuary-24/

letap73

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/others ... crash.html

Have a look at the comments below!

thchris1958

letap73 wrote:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/12117971/Degenkolb-among-those-caught-up-in-horror-crash.html

Have a look at the comments below!

just one comment on 47 that cares about the health of the riders. :shock:

disgruntledgoat

letap73 wrote:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/12117971/Degenkolb-among-those-caught-up-in-horror-crash.html

Have a look at the comments below!

Never read the bottom half of the Internet.

jimmythecuckoo

Wow. Some nonsense on there.

Flâneur

letap73 wrote:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/12117971/Degenkolb-among-those-caught-up-in-horror-crash.html

Have a look at the comments below!

I thought some of the stuff on this forum was bad...

Bad way to start the season, hope they can pull something out just so there can be a good feeling in the camp.

Do wonder how it happened.

Hope they all come back race fit sooner rather than later

bobmcstuff

It's worse than a thread about leg strength on here.

letap73

Some of the people who post comments on the telegraph are not the most humane to put it politely. The comments by "you want working on boy" are actually fairly benign for his/her usual standards.

professeur

disgruntledgoat wrote:

letap73 wrote:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/12117971/Degenkolb-among-those-caught-up-in-horror-crash.html

Have a look at the comments below!

Never read the bottom half of the Internet.

...or The Telegraph.

disgruntledgoat

professeur wrote:

disgruntledgoat wrote:

letap73 wrote:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/12117971/Degenkolb-among-those-caught-up-in-horror-crash.html

Have a look at the comments below!

Never read the bottom half of the Internet.

...or The Telegraph.

I would sadly concur, it's descent into clickbait and dumbed down celebrity nonsense has neutered what was once a great newspaper.

rick_chasey

Same with any free online paper.

Paul 8v

Looks like a total bunch of c£$ts read the Telegraph then!

bobmcstuff

Paul 8v wrote:

Looks like a total bunch of c£$ts read the Telegraph then!

To be fair a lot of those comments are obviously trolling, and there's plenty of that on any online forum.

Paul 8v

I don't get it if I'm honest!

Anonymous

Chad Haga offering some amusing updates on twitter

kleinstroker

Degenkolb reported to be out for 3 months after crash, though will spend his time usefully by nurturing his tash!

Edit: see this news now has its own thread!