Tour de Suisse 2023, 11th-18th June ***SPOILERS***

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    edited June 2023
    Gino mader as well
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    It was a fast descent that drew the riders in to going fast
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    Reports that Sheffield crashed on the descent and left in ambulance
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Mad_Malx said:

    Reports that Sheffield crashed on the descent and left in ambulance

    Was in the main GC group when it happened ....

    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    edited June 2023
    Mad_Malx said:

    Reports that Sheffield crashed on the descent and left in ambulance

    Twitter (his team) saying Mader is badly injured

    Others (so possibly not reliable) saying he had to be resuscitated and was taken to hospital by helicopter.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,152
    Just seen a pic unfortunately - Sheffield sitting up, Mader not.

    Doesn't look anywhere near a road.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Reportedly Mader in a stable condition
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    kingstongraham said:

    Just seen a pic unfortunately - Sheffield sitting up, Mader not.

    Doesn't look anywhere near a road.

    Yeah no sign of any road in that one... must have fallen a way.
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,976
    Bl00dy hell.

    “At race kilometre 197 in the descent of the Albula Pass, two riders crashed at very high speed. The race doctor was on the scene of the accident within two minutes. Magnus Sheffield was responsive. He was transported to Samedan hospital with bruises and a concussion,” read the statement.

    “Gino Mäder lay motionless in the water. He was immediately resuscitated and then transported to Chur hospital by air ambulance. The severity of his injuries has not yet been fully clarified. An update will be given as soon as new information is available. The circumstances of the accident are being clarified."

    Roland Thalmann (Tudor Pro Cycling) told SRF that he had encountered the aftermath of the crashes as he descended towards the finish in La Punt.

    “After a long curve, two bikes were lying on the side of the road, which didn't look nice,” Thalmann said. “When I looked back, I saw that two riders were quite far down.”
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,653
    That sounds really bad :(
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  • jimmyjams
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    Bardet and Skjelmose saw the Sheffield crash and afterwards Bardet said „It looked really bad. I hope he's fine" while Skjelmose said „He went off the road and then he could no longer control his bike; it could have been a lot worse“.

    Eye-witness reports indicate that Mäder was somehow involved in Sheffield's crash, but it's unclear what's meant since he was a long way behind the group in which Sheffield was riding.

    Swiss media is saying this is the long curve Thalmann is referring to:


    And this is the slope they fell down and the ditch where they both ended up,


    Evenepoel has criticised the Tour organisation for having the finish at the bottom of the descent, as it can encourage risk-taking. Skjelmose has said similar, although he also added that any descent has its risks. Several riders have posted Get Well messages to the injured on Twitter.
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,976
    edited June 2023
    Not really watched this at all, but who is the women commentator today?

    Has she been on all week?

    Liking her style and delivery.

    Nice refreshing rough diamond style, new to it I suspect as some talking over each other, but really like her observations and contributions.

    *Is it Marianne Vos.....?
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Quite a grassy bank ....lot of passes would be trees or rocks
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,152
    daniel_b said:

    Not really watched this at all, but who is the women commentator today?

    Has she been on all week?

    Liking her style and delivery.

    Nice refreshing rough diamond style, new to it I suspect as some talking over each other, but really like her observations and contributions.

    *Is it Marianne Vos.....?

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661


    Pretty worrying
    _
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,976
    kingstongraham said:

    daniel_b said:

    Not really watched this at all, but who is the women commentator today?

    Has she been on all week?

    Liking her style and delivery.

    Nice refreshing rough diamond style, new to it I suspect as some talking over each other, but really like her observations and contributions.

    *Is it Marianne Vos.....?

    Jip van den Bos
    Not heard her name mentioned before, looks like she retired from racing.
    I hope they give her more airtime on the English speaking channel.
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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,227
    Jings, I watched the last 20km or so of the stage on catch up and didn't hear / see any of that. 🤞 for both of them.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,653
    Seems like Sheffield is OK at any rate
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  • red.rider
    red.rider Posts: 1,215
    edited June 2023
    Today’s stage has been shortened with the removal of the Albulapass and Lenzerheide due to landslides in Brienz GR. They will start in Chur and ride for 140km along the rest of the proposed route.

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Pretty worried we’ve not heard more about Maeder.
    _
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,653
    Yeah, it's quite disturbing.
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  • carbonclem
    carbonclem Posts: 1,784
    Hes passed away :(
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    Confirmed now that Mader has passed away

    Awful news

    RIP
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,653
    Shit

    R.I.P. Gino
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,559
    OMG, that's horrific. :(:'(
    Presumably that's today's stage either cancelled or neutralised out of respect.
  • gregster04
    gregster04 Posts: 1,756
    Devastating news. RIP Gino

    It seems like todays stage is going ahead?

    Not sure how anyone can focus on a race today.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,325
    R.I.P.
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  • red.rider
    red.rider Posts: 1,215
    He was a local legend on my adopted home roads around Zürich. Often seen out and about on the road or mountain bike and always smiling. Always happy to say hello when he wasn’t out bagging KOMs.

    RIP Gino
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,334
    Horrible, horrible news.
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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Fucking hell. Awful news. The worst.
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.

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