Wow Cycling is a dangerous sport...
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Holy shit. That's awful. RIPComment -
Who is this guy? Post the link vaughany, so I can watch on my phoneComment -
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Sorry for his loss but cycling isn't a sportComment -
Guess he hanging out with Rick Moranis in the bike path in the sky
RIPComment -
What the heII does that mean? I'm pretty sure this guy got the crap knocked out of him.
Bike riding is not a sport however.Comment -
The sport of cycling was put through a terrible day Monday after the death of Wouter Weylandt, a 26-year-old Belgian cyclist who died on course Monday during Stage 3 of the Giro d’Italia, the first of cycling’s three Grand Tours.
Weylandt lost control during the technical descent of the Passo del Bocco, a medium-sized hill with a number of curves and switch-backs navigated at speeds of up to 50 mph. He was treated roadside by doctors, but attempts at CPR there and on a helicopter transporting him to a hospital proved unsuccessful. Reports indicate he never regained consciousness and died due to loss of blood stemming from a severe skull fracture.
The Leopard-Trek rider’s death came one day short of a year after he won Stage 3 in last year’s Giro, outsprinting the field in the Netherlands for the biggest victory of his career. Weylandt is survived by his girlfriend, who is expecting the couple’s first child in September.
The shock waves permeating the European sports world are hard to translate and almost without precedent in America. Other riders weren’t informed of the extent of his injuries until after the race, which finished about an hour after the crash, leaving many in the tight-knit community stunned and even physically ill.
It’s easy to point to Hank Gathers or Korey Stringer as examples of what this feels like, but neither died because of their sports.
Gathers, the collegiate basketball star from Philly, succumbed to a pre-existing cardiac condition that civil courts deemed doctors at Loyola-Marymount as negligent for not detecting. Stringer, a Minnesota Vikings lineman, was overweight, and the lack of fitness apparently played a role in his 2001 death of complications brought on by heatstroke during training camp.
But Weylandt was a healthy young man who became the first death in a Grand Tour in 16 years by falling victim to the perils of a sport few can imagine.
It’s often that the word “tragedy” is recklessly bandied about in the sports world. But seldom is it more true than today.Comment -
The sport of cycling was put through a terrible day Monday after the death of Wouter Weylandt, a 26-year-old Belgian cyclist who died on course Monday during Stage 3 of the Giro d’Italia, the first of cycling’s three Grand Tours.
Weylandt lost control during the technical descent of the Passo del Bocco, a medium-sized hill with a number of curves and switch-backs navigated at speeds of up to 50 mph. He was treated roadside by doctors, but attempts at CPR there and on a helicopter transporting him to a hospital proved unsuccessful. Reports indicate he never regained consciousness and died due to loss of blood stemming from a severe skull fracture.
The Leopard-Trek rider’s death came one day short of a year after he won Stage 3 in last year’s Giro, outsprinting the field in the Netherlands for the biggest victory of his career. Weylandt is survived by his girlfriend, who is expecting the couple’s first child in September.
The shock waves permeating the European sports world are hard to translate and almost without precedent in America. Other riders weren’t informed of the extent of his injuries until after the race, which finished about an hour after the crash, leaving many in the tight-knit community stunned and even physically ill.
It’s easy to point to Hank Gathers or Korey Stringer as examples of what this feels like, but neither died because of their sports.
Gathers, the collegiate basketball star from Philly, succumbed to a pre-existing cardiac condition that civil courts deemed doctors at Loyola-Marymount as negligent for not detecting. Stringer, a Minnesota Vikings lineman, was overweight, and the lack of fitness apparently played a role in his 2001 death of complications brought on by heatstroke during training camp.
But Weylandt was a healthy young man who became the first death in a Grand Tour in 16 years by falling victim to the perils of a sport few can imagine.
It’s often that the word “tragedy” is recklessly bandied about in the sports world. But seldom is it more true than today.Comment -
Tl;dr x2Comment -
Wow, that's crazy. 50mph on a bikeComment -
Wow, the close up of his face is shocking. Must have been quite an impact. Very sad.Comment -
I wish I could seeComment
