Jonas Vingegaard Breaks Collarbone & several ribs

[flying]

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing...-itzulia-crash

I have not seen replays yet but read it was quite a bad crash

[superbowlpats]

Uggh. Just a few weeks ago Jumbo looked invincible. Now Jonas joins WVA on the recovery process

[Veloo]

This vid just popped up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r58I6buCUA0

[fourflys]

Originally Posted by Veloo

This vid just popped up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r58I6buCUA0

says not viewable in my country..

[jdp211]

I am once again asking that people not post race spoilers in the titles of threads, especially when other threads covering the same topic exist:
Tour of Basque Country - spoilers

[Likes2ridefar]

Well there goes his year or more. I only cracked 3 ribs and it was a long and painful recovery that I’ve never fully recovered from many years later due to all the soft tissue damage associated with it.

[45K10]

Also hurt were: Evenpol who broke his clavicle, Jay Vine broke some vertebrate, and Primo DNF'ed but he had a crashed the day before I'm not sure what his status is.

[callmeishmael]

Originally Posted by Likes2ridefar

Well there goes his year or more. I only cracked 3 ribs and it was a long and painful recovery that I’ve never fully recovered from many years later due to all the soft tissue damage associated with it.

Hopefully not. Admittedly, I only damaged ribs and not a collarbone, but was back on the bike in a month. N=1 and I don't know the details etc, but I'd expect someone of his age, fitness and resources to make a relatively speedy recovery.

[deluz]

I broke a rib once, took about 3 months to fully recover.

[Likes2ridefar]

Originally Posted by deluz

I broke a rib once, took about 3 months to fully recover.

That was my experience as well. The first week I basically couldn’t move or sleep and was on pain meds round the clock. After that it took a long time for the pain to go away. Breathing deeply was very painful for months. Pulling on the handlebar to grind up a climb was brutal the first month or so..

My experience 10 plus years later from similar cycling crashes in races isn’t good. I don’t regret the international travel for free but otherwise racing was a stupid, stupid, decision. The injuries and damage weren’t obvious and some didn’t appear till years later.

[deluz]

Originally Posted by jdp211

I am once again asking that people not post race spoilers in the titles of threads, especially when other threads covering the same topic exist:
Tour of Basque Country - spoilers

I agree, don't do it.

[GregL]

Originally Posted by fourflys

says not viewable in my country..

Here's one that's available in the US: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXK3EBEmbNw. It looks ugly. As cyclingnews reported, that turn has tree roots underlying the pavement. High speed turn with significant bumps - what could possibly go wrong?

Greg

[benb]

Sucks for all of them. Super weird to watch it in slow-motion it looks like 2 riders simultaneously started slipping with no interaction with each other but in both cases riders around them panicked or target-fixated themselves into crashing.

Gotta love the announcers stepping in it.

[fourflys]

Originally Posted by GregL

Here's one that's available in the US: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXK3EBEmbNw. It looks ugly. As cyclingnews reported, that turn has tree roots underlying the pavement. High speed turn with significant bumps - what could possibly go wrong?

Greg

yeah, that looked pretty bad.. even riders coming through after the crash seemed to be almost overcooking that corner.. I wonder if it was just one of those that snuck up on a lot of folks?

[flying]

Originally Posted by GregL

Here's one that's available in the US: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXK3EBEmbNw. It looks ugly. As cyclingnews reported, that turn has tree roots underlying the pavement. High speed turn with significant bumps - what could possibly go wrong?

Greg

Thanks Greg !

Here is another with many angles from Ciclismo News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBcsfdRCLW8