re: 2020 Tour De France, UCI WC, Giro, Vuelta: The Offcial Thread

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Yeah people are speculating her left leg hit the post that the guard rail is attached to

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I just rewatched it since I got home and a bigger screen and I am 95% that what ripped her open was the bolts that attach the cross pieces to the uprights. They stand proud quite a bit then you add the compression of the muscle against it and it makes sense to me at least. Her quad is torn and connective tissue damage as well, she is having surgery in Bologna.



ETA I should note the course in Imola did NOT have posts that sit proud of the rail like the one above.

Some have opined that she was on the front brake and it was wobbling due to going in and out of the traction window as she came off and on the brake. I think it is too fast a wobble for her to be modulating a brake that fast, but who knows.

I have my fingers crossed but can't really see her back for the 2020/1 Summer Olympics which is a shame since she can't defend her gold and maybe improve her bronze from 16. Even at her young age this makes her second major crash.


ETA some screen caps.

This one shows the bolts I think did the damage before she hits them



This is the moment she is sliding over them



This shows those bolts after she has slid past them



Of course, we have no idea what she may have hit after going over.

The damage seems to match where her leg would have crossed the bolts.



ETA after all that I am 100% wrong. If you watch after that set of bolts she rotates over and her leg hits the next post on the back side. The pictures don't show it but you can see her left leg get whipped out between the following to frames as it hits the post.





You can see how far the left leg is separated from the bike in the second picture. Sorry for the crappy screen caps its the best I have.