The German cyclist Max-David Briesewho suffered a serious accident this Monday while training with the German resistance team in Mallorca, complained about recklessness in filming traffic and acknowledged that going out to train is something “potentially deadly.”
«I do not remember a training session in which there has been no dangerous situation with a car. That is simply a problem in this sport, because you are on the road almost every day, ”said NDR.
Briese and five teammates were run over by a car driven by an 89 -year -old man while training on the island of Mallorca, and suffered a brain shock, in addition to cuts and chafing. «Cyclists do not have a ‘bumper’. There is always a real shock and always endangers life. I would like cyclists not to be seen as obstacles, but as people with dreams and goals. We all have family or friends to those who want and who love us and who are waiting at home for us to return healthy and saved from training, ”Briese explained.
Your partner Moritz boomstein He had to return to Germany after suffering a fracture in the left shoulder blade and an injury to the spine. Other team members have broken bones, but the life of none of them is in danger.
There have been several incidents in which cyclists have been involved in training sessions and vehicles, and several corridors have died due to collisions injuries, the last of them the Italian adolescent Sara Piffer last week.
Last month, the bicampeón Olympic Remco Evenepoel He suffered fractures in a rib, the right shoulder blade and the hand, as well as bruises in both lungs and a clavicle dislocation, hitting the open door of a mail van.
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