[Closed] TDF (Spoiler)

Conscious was the last that Reuters had. Am scanning the jungle drums at the moment.

Fingers crossed...Voigt's a real hero of the peloton, one of those selfless Super Domestiques that make the sport what it is.

looked horrible , any idea what caused it yet - not clear on the video play back , comentators say he hit something but other than the white line i cant see what

Hopes hes well , its gonna sting for a bit that road rash but sounds like the least of his worrys !

Some pictures on Getty, didn't *look* as bad as he could have been

Looked like he just lost concentration, and maybe hit a ripple in the road - seriously nasty looking landing, I hope he's OK.

back end skipped over a bump, possibly a change in surface? looks like his hand slipped off the drops and went down upperbody and head first, i had to look away when they showed it again, hope he is OK, he should be, they dont come 'Arder then big Jens.

I know we all know what happened, but did you really have to put a name in the title?

TDF * spoiler *

would have been better

lance has been speaking to me personally via twitter:
[i][b]lancearmstrong[/b] Just heard from Frank Schleck that Jens is doing ok. Good news.[/i]

I know we all know what happened, but did you really have to put a name in the title?

TDF * spoiler *

would have been better

Where does this stop? The highlights have been on?

Anyway, and more importantly...i hope Jens is ok. That looked like a bad one.

aye quit yer whinging its hardly a spoiler ... he didnt win the stage and wasnt expected to.

On France 2 it says that he has a head injury, and a damaged elbow.
However, he was not knocked unconscious.

SB

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lance has been speaking to me personally via twitter:

I bet Mr Fry has as well, hasn't he?

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thanks stratobiker !

velonews.com is your best friend when it comes to TdeF news.
Hope hes ok, hell of a rider, sounds hes a bit of a mess

Jeez! Spoiler? When does it cease to be a Spoiler?! When the boxed DVD set comes out and we've all forgotten that Wiggo won?! (Oh dam! Cat out of bag!)

That looks mechanical to me - somethings not right about the way he moves in relation to the front wheel / bike.

Hope hes okay tho - looks nasty 🙁

Edit:
Link to youtube

Says that he is currently in Grenoble having an MRI scan on his spine but haven't stated whether it is known injury or precautionary. Looked nasty and very face plantesque .. can feel the pain!

the tdf spoiler now looked a BAD ONE ..... great - now people are gonna be really confused ...

CFH 😆

All this spolier bollocks, theres a thread about 5 below this one talking about the same thing

BTW if you edit your thread title the original stays the same when you hover over the link

Here's a machine translation from a French site....
Says he did lose consciousness briefly....

Jens Voigt briefly lost consciousness after his dramatic fall in the descent of the Col du Petit Saint-Bernard, and he has not yet recovered all their minds, said the organizers of the Tour de France.

The German rider for Team Saxo Bank has lost control of his bike on a small bump. He collapsed on the pavement, his head struck the ground and he slid several meters.

"(Jens Voigt has one), multiple trauma with loss of initial knowledge, (a) significant contusion in the face and right elbow," writes the medical service of the Tour in a statement.

"(It) has regained consciousness within minutes after the accident but still obsessed," says the communiqué.

"(It) was transferred by helicopter to the emergency room of the hospital in Grenoble (and) must pass a scanner (the) whole body in the evening."

Bertrand Boucey, edited by Gilles Trequesser

In French...

Jens Voigt a brièvement perdu connaissance après sa chute spectaculaire dans la descente du col du Petit Saint-Bernard et il n'a pas encore recouvré tous ses esprits, ont déclaré les organisateurs du Tour de France.

Le coureur allemand de l'équipe Saxo Bank a perdu le contrôle de son vélo sur une petite bosse. Il s'est écroulé sur la chaussée, sa tête a heurté le sol et il a glissé sur plusieurs mètres.

"(Jens Voigt souffre d'un) polytraumatisme avec perte de connaissance initiale, (d'une) importante contusion au niveau de la face et du coude droit", écrit le service médical du Tour dans un communiqué.

"(Il) a repris connaissance dans les minutes qui ont suivi l'accident mais demeure obnubilé", ajoute ce communiqué.

"(Il) a été transféré par hélicoptère vers les urgences de l'hôpital de Grenoble (et) doit passer un scanner (du) corps entier dans la soirée."

Bertrand Boucey, édité par Gilles Trequesser

I know we all know what happened, but did you really have to put a name in the title?

If you were wanting to watch a Carling Cup final on replay you wouldnt visit a football forum prior would you? Asking for trouble.

Just found this - [url= http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/galleries/gore_de_france_the_tours_most_gruesome_crashes/gore_de_france_the_tours_most_gruesome_crashes.html#ph0 ]Gore De France![/url] What a name for a article!

As said above looks like his hand slipped when he hit a bump, could have been moving from hoods to drops. Has happend to me before and you go down hard.

Heeling vibes to the big fella.

Allez Allez Jens Jens

was watching the highlights when i saw this so was sort of a spoiler!

Well I'm not going to apologise for not putting *SPOILER* in the thread title, this has hardly given away the result. I wanted to find out the extent of his injuries. Lighten up FFS!

Hope the big man is in one bit and back soon. An MRI scan on your spine, even if precautionary, is worrying.

spoiler or not, who cares, at least he is OK, from the looks of that picture, he is a very lucky lad..........

Well I'm not going to apologise for not putting *SPOILER* in the thread title, this has hardly given away the result. I wanted to find out the extent of his injuries. Lighten up FFS!

Hoping Jens is OK.

Was it a broken steerer/stem? Looked like he was still holding on hard on the way down.
Hope the news is good tomorrow.

he wasn't holding on to anything when he went down, his hand slipped off, that's why he went down.........