Cyclist Wouter Weylandt dies after Giro d'Italia crash

[Abhirama]

Sad that such a thing has happened in spite of there being very high
levels of safety precautions taken.

[Abhirama]

forgot the link - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cycling/13333589.stm

[George's Email]

It's terribly sad and its not much but at least he died doing something he enjoyed.

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[Vineet]

RIP
It's a pretty safe sport going by statistics but notice the jump in
numbers in 2000's here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_cyclists_who_died_during_a_race

Regards
Vineet

On May 9, 10:37 pm, George's Email <gjosep...@gmail.com> wrote:
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[Ashwin Ballal]

It is very sad indeed. Even sad considering that he was on his way to become a dad.

 

Also, Leopard Trek were hoping to have a great season with both schlek brothers riding for them now.

[Shreelesh Kumar]

Didnt get an idea from the link as to what exactly happened in this case. Any more details or video of the crash?

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[Atul Gosain]

This is really sad. He had a fracture in the front of his skull. Isnt the helmet supposed to prevent that ?
Sometimes i too feel, the helmet although should be light weight, doesnt really give lot of confidence. I bought one from Decatlon for 1000 bucks. It just fell from my stationary bike and got broken on the side. Not really sure of the protection though.

[Satheesh]

If you see the close-up photo ... helmet buckled.
It could be because of helmet was not fastened correctly covering frontal lobe or helmet given way during first hit and then frontal lobe crashed. I wish second one could be true!

-Satheesh

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[Venkatesh N]

The helmets are designed to take the impact and crash and buffering the head from impact. No need to panic if the helmet breaks from an easy fall. In my understanding, they are designed to break easily. We need to replace them.

 

The rider here was riding downhill and in a race that would mean close to 80-100 kmph. When crashing at those speeds its but inevitable to expect injuries. Unfortunately fatal in this case. I read somewhere that he succumbed to facial injuries. Mostly likely crashing face first into the road. May he RIP.

 

 

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Atul Gosain <atul....@gmail.com> wrote:

[Deepa Mohan]

Atul, your helmet needed a helmet!

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Atul Gosain <atul....@gmail.com> wrote:

the helmet.....  I bought one from Decatlon for 1000 bucks. It just fell from my stationary bike and got broken on the side. Not really sure of the protection though.

[Sumit]

Please check the link

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//110510/483/urn_publicid_ap_org_f333b7bacd9e4536984c4b7a340c5185/

After clipping the wall at 80km/h, he was airborne and crashed on the
ground face first and died within no time. His fault was to look back
over his right shoulder for his teammates....

On May 12, 11:04 am, Deepa Mohan <mohande...@gmail.com> wrote:
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[htedum]

The more easily it buckles, the better the protection. It's simple physics. If it's rigid and strong, it'll transfer all the impact to your skull. If it's soft and breaks easily, it'll absorb the impact. Similar idea to crumple zones in cars. You're better off in a Nano than an Amby for the same reason, even though the Amby is stronger.

[George Joseph]

I read they were massaging his heart for 45 mins before he was pronounced. :(

George Joseph
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