Sep Vanmarcke
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Sep Vanmarcke has retired, due to some dodgy heart issues.
https://israelpremiertech.com/sep-vanmarcke-retires-from-professional-cycling/
He was so often close to winning a monument, but always cheated by mechanicals. I'm not sure components could cope with the power he put through them
https://israelpremiertech.com/sep-vanmarcke-retires-from-professional-cycling/
He was so often close to winning a monument, but always cheated by mechanicals. I'm not sure components could cope with the power he put through them
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Wish he'd won P-R in 2016.2
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Jesus...
Puts his epic pain face into context when you realize he was ripping his heart apart!
Just seems wrong that he hasn't got a monument trophy from somewhere. It always seemed like he would eventually pull it together on the day.We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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Real shame. He was always enjoyable to watch and a rider easy to root for.
Seem to be more and more of these heart issues, not just cycling but generally in pro sport. Is that down to better and closer screening or pushing the body too hard?
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Would pro athletes be routinely scanned for issues like myocarditis, that covid infections and sometimes even the vaccines appeared to cause, or only if the athlete complained of heart trouble?================
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I think it depends on your nationality to some extent, as a lot of countries insist on regular heart scans as a prerequisite to being given a professional license.N0bodyOfTheGoat said:Would pro athletes be routinely scanned for issues like myocarditis, that covid infections and sometimes even the vaccines appeared to cause, or only if the athlete complained of heart trouble?
I don't know if teams do the same, but one would imagine that some of the higher budget teams do this kind of check as a matter of course.1 -
Yeah, at least his career hasn't really been cut short.
Heart attacks are one of the biggest causes of deaths in races so it's definitely important they get scanned for this stuff.1 -
I have a heart scan scheduled for August just to get a med certificate just to do a few fun events. After hearing about Vanmarcke I'm not looking forward to the results for my old ticker.andyp said:
I think it depends on your nationality to some extent, as a lot of countries insist on regular heart scans as a prerequisite to being given a professional license.
I bet a lot of people who've done sport to a reasonably high level - racing, lots of training volume etc. have heart issues whether they know about them or not.BASI Nordic Ski Instructor
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Sep has always been a hero of mine.
To lose Golden Greg and him at once is galling.
Sep was always the one who came so close without getting that monument.
When I rode Flanders I was super careful not to hit that gap in the road on the run in to the Paterberg that took him down and out on one of his better runs.0 -
Just spotted him on my holiday. Didn’t have the quick enough reactions to say hello and didn’t want to chase him down the street.
Still looks as thin as his pro days.0 -
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Are we still talking about Sep? He only retired a few weeks ago, even I don’t put on weight that fast!rick_chasey said:Just spotted him on my holiday. Didn’t have the quick enough reactions to say hello and didn’t want to chase him down the street.
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That lack of commitment is while you'll never be a proPross said:
Are we still talking about Sep? He only retired a few weeks ago, even I don’t put on weight that fast!rick_chasey said:Just spotted him on my holiday. Didn’t have the quick enough reactions to say hello and didn’t want to chase him down the street.
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Doesn’t everyone look pretty tall to you😉rick_chasey said:He looked pretty tall tbh. Very thin though.
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