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Great win for Sagan.
Hope that Michael Goolaerts is ok.
After 257 hard km no one knows what they have left in their legs. Even very good sprinters have got to the velodrome and stood on the pedals to find they have nothing left
Ask Tom B and Matty Haymen about it!
You've got to wonder how he ended up leading Sagan out around the Velodrome though, surely he should have just sat on for the last few km.
This. With 3 to go I'd have said sit on till you come by for the win.
I'm sorry, but I can't celebrate Sagan's win. I just can't
Because of the goggles he dons on the podium.
Goggles.
On a road race podium.
ASSHATTERY of the highest order.
I think Sagan offered the three the same deal, ride to the velodrome, no passengers.
The Swiss was the only one who could keep going the distance.
Sagan loves small breaks, he was as giddy as a kid in the TdF when he was in a break with Froome. He could have dropped the Swiss on the cobbles but kept him as he still took a turn on the tarmac between sectors. Good for TV, good for cycling, great for Sagan and the Swiss
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Awwww crap!! That's very sad to hear. Ride in Peace.
That's awful. Just 23.
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Can’t celebrate now 🙁 . Great win but awful. Ride in Peace Michael.
Terrible news.
Is there any more detail on what happened? I gather it’s not clear whether he hit anything then crashed, or whether he collapsed then fell.
When we watched the highlights last night his crash looked bizarre, seemingly no contact with anyone else, slumped forward on the bike and didn’t move once on the ground. I’d guess he arrested whilst riding. Very, very sad. R.i.p.
Very sad indeed. Are the riders subject to proper screening for heart defects? You can't always predict these thing I'm sure, but it seems far too common among professional athletes.
Where is best to stream the highlights?
All pro riders undergo regular medical tests as part of their license including an ECG. The French Public Prosecutors are suggestion the incident was simply a cardiac arrest i.e. there was no preceding incident.
French Public Prosecutors are suggestion the incident was simply a cardiac arrest i.e. there was no preceding incident.
That sounds like a loads of rubbish to me. Cardiac arrest doesn't just happen, it's a result of something else. There must have been a preceding incident to cause it.
While there may be some underlying cause prior to a cardiac arrest this may be exceedingly difficult to spot and even fully trained cardiologists may not notice them so to all intents a CA can "just happen". CA is surprisingly common in athletes (well much more than you would guess) and even those who have had recent checks and ECGs have succumbed.
A great race, with such sad new after! RIP Michael Goolaerts, may the roads be smooth and you have a endless tail wind.
"Are the riders subject to proper screening for heart defects?" yes be interesting to know and to what depth they go to? More so as I know 2 young riders (both top UK riders) having heart surgery last year after they had some testing. (they had test as they had v strange reading on the heart monitors) Also we can't forget Charlie Craig passing away last year.
SO ANYONE 14 TO 35 WHO WORRIED ABOUT THEIR HEART AND LIKE TO GET SCREENING CHECK OUT
Not just the young...
An LVRC rider died in a race at Cyclopark on Saturday. Another was seriously injured in a crash. Race was abandoned, obviously. A friend was in that race, but saw neither incident.