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Pro cyclist suffers heart attack in Criterium International
A pro cyclist has been hospitalised after suffering a heart attack during the Criterium International in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica, yesterday.
During the latter part of Stage 2 of the race, 22-year-old Daan Myngheer, of Roubaix-Lille Metropole became unwell, before suffering a heart attack in the ambulance.
According to reports the Belgian fell behind the pack with 25km to go, before he collapsed on the road and was taken to hospital. Newspaper Het Nieuwsblad says he is still not out of danger.
Teammate Louis Verhelst told Het Nieuwsblad after the race: “He was not good.”
Michel Dernies, club sports director, said Myngheer collapsed on the side of the road, where he was resuscitated.
Manager Daniel Verbrackel said: “He was having a heart attack in the ambulance, and his heart stopped for several minutes. In the ambulance they spent almost an hour to get him stable.”
“The situation is serious, very serious,” Verbrackel said on Saturday. “He is not yet out of danger.”
While his condition did not worsen overnight, he is still in a serious condition in Ajaccio hospital.
sadly there is no money in women's pro cycling. if Rapha is paying her millions and demands an apology that is one thing, they are paying her pennies
Err...thanks for that.
Now that's a race with a hundred contenders! Maybe we could have a competition, along the lines of the olympics, with bronze, pewter and brass...
Amazing. A horse gets hit in the rear by the person driving a motor vehicle yet it's the police who wind up looking like a horse's arse…
There are many studies supporting what you say, that it is the fear of getting caught that is the deterrent, not the sentence. The trouble is, at...
Dammit, you're right, I'd forgotten about the crass stupidity of the rule change. Never mind, with the new golden age of cycling, I'm sure this...
I'll keep my eyes peeled for this one tomorrow!...
The titanios had a reputation for falling apart though as I recall
Responsibility = investment in the future?! 😄
Constable Savage IIRC.