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Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Cycling: Chris Boardman slams road race course
Luckily, it’s since been confirmed that Miz van Vleuten only ended up with a concussion and a fractured her spine.
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Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) said in a statement: “The Rio 2016 road race course was carefully designed and was extensively tested at the test event and in training. We do our utmost to design safe, challenging courses but unfortunately crashes do sometimes occur due to a combination offactors”.
Van Vleuten, who lost consciousness for a time, said late on Sunday that she would be “fine”.
The carnage began on Saturday when Giro d’ Italia victor Vincenzo Nibali and Colombia climber Sergio Henao were leading on the same slippery, technical descent.
She landed back-first on the top of a small wall running next to a deep roadside gutter and was left laying motionless as the riders chasing her came past.
“Most of all super disappointed after best race of my career”, she added.
I am now in the hospital with some injuries and fractures, but will be fine. “Knowing that this chance is 1 in 4 years, doesn’t make it easy”.
Cycling’s governing body the UCI defended the safety of the course as it was labelled risky by former Olympic pursuit champion Chris Boardman.
“I am past commenting – I am angry about it”, he said.
‘The people who designed the course and said what safety features were needed had seen it as well and left it.
“We saw Annemiek at the side of the road; it was very odd because it just looked not good”, the gold medalist said, according to the Guardian. We just want to know she is OK.
It had originally been hoped she would be discharged on Monday after Sunday’s crash but no time has been set on her release from hospital.
His coach, Davide Cassani, said that the Italian broke his collarbone in the fall. She suffered multiple broken bones and a collapsed lung.
Van Vleuten attacked on the second part of the climb and distanced even American Mara Abbott (Wiggle-High5), a two-time Giro Rosa victor and considered the best female climber in the world. “I don’t know. It’s still a bike race and everything can happen, so it’s maybe just bad luck that it happened to her”.
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After hitting a steep curb, the 33-year-old appeared lifeless and twisted on the ground. It is not yet known how long recovery might take or what the crash might mean for her immediate riding future.