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It seemed to be collarbones and wrists, now it seems more vertebrae, and other more serious sounding injuries.
Van Avermaet also has broken ribs, puncture lung, fractured vertebrae. Maybe so many of the riders have pinned collarbones that they stay solid, and the force travels to other bones instead?
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From the outside it seems that particularly in the one-day races people are racing hard from the off as opposed to settling in a bit. I don't know if it's just the increased professionalisation (didn't actually know that was a word?) of sports and wobbliness of sponsorship which means results are the goal no matter what it does to the riders. It could just be a lot of bad luck or the fact we hear more about riders injuries through social media etc.
atz
Read this list elsewhere this morning, it’s not nice reading.
Is it me or are there more real serious injuries in the last 3 or so years? And more seem to be down to poor risk management (risk mitigation) by the race organisers.