[Closed] Six riders hospitalised after drinking detergent...

classic!

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A shame, as I believe one of the 6 was in front, and going for a clean sweep.

Sounds like they really cleaned up.

Q the usual STW frothing.....

I believe this has happened before at a UK race.

Bet their bubbles burst when they sudd enly felt ill

😯 😆

A shame, as I believe one of the 6 was in front, and going for a clean sweep.

And instead he will get a clean sweep at the rear.

Surely the smell would have been enough to put you off drinking it, even if it was free!

Nor way!

Fenwicks used to do little sachets of chain cleaner that where about the same size and similar glossy packing as energy gels......

Someone picked the Fenwicks by error, ripped it open, think they got part of a mouthfull down then back up again 🙂

The chain cleaner was quite fruity smelling 🙂

Surely the smell would have been enough to put you off drinking it, even if it was free!

Oh I don't know. With the price of energy drinks nowadays, not everyone can afjord them.

Let's hope they get a clean bill of health.

Pffft, drugs cheats will do anything to avoid detection..

Wonder if they will become west ham fans?

It happened at a UK event where a chain lube manufacturer made small samples in packs that looked like gels.

Darwinism in action.

I've seen the same done with this;

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I left some Fenwicks concentrate in an ice tea bottle at my dad's house, he ended up in hospital.

CaptainFlashheart 😯

Better before than after

Mate of mine drank Harpic by mistake and went clean round the bend.

should have stuck to spinning

The dragon ride did the same and you can see why it happened lack of thinking by the organiser

I clicked your link, but i don't think it tells the whole truth about what happened, never mind though, it'll all come out in the wash.

About as dumb as getting savlon and toothpaste tubes mixed up in the dark.. Could have been worse though.

lack of thinking by the organiser

Bullshit. Lack of thinking by the asshat sportivists and raphaites. The same idiots who buy 3k bikes but have no idea how to set them up or look after them.

Don't blame the organisers. Blame the idiots who can't, or won't, read the label.

OMO 😮

The bottle might have been clearly labelled....but in Norwegian. I believe there were a number of competitors from other countries, the UK included. And it is called "Active Sport".

But surely anyone entering a race would wear their own kit and consume their own nutrition yet I'm always amazed by the number of people who wear the race official T-shirt/jersey they bought at signon or the Expo the day before and who buy gels and drinks they've never tried before to use in the race. So, consuming all the stuff in the goodie bag is probably just an extension of that.

I pity the poor bloke who's washing all his kit with the contents of a gel sachet.

didnt charliethebikemonger post something about a foreigner being passed an energy gel during a race and rubbing it on his aching thighs?

I once ran out of gels on a race day and ended up eating the free stuff in the goody bag. Shame it was an inner tube and a buff.

Someone at last years puffer drank some brake fluid that had been put into an unmarked drinks bottle.

What does that say about energy gels if your able to consume enough oil or detergent to be hospitalized before you realize.

Rancid stuff