PONFERRADA / OSLO (AP) Bicycle President Harald Tiedemann Hansen says that a bystander was to blame for the dramatic collision of the Norwegian support vehicle, during the World Cup race.
The Norwegian national team Stig Kristiansen sat behind the wheel when it went wrong during the race. The car was also a mechanic Tommy Josefsen and a Croatian mechanic. Sunday night is all still in hospital in Spain with more severe fractures.
No one is however critical condition.
Bike president explains the incident
When VG talked with bike President Harald Tiedemann Hansen Sunday night, he was in the hospital, where he had talked with Kristiansen and Josefsen.
– It was in a right turn on a slope it happened at high speed. Suddenly a spectator out of the way. It allows Stig must make an evasive maneuver that makes the car sliding off the road disappears into the ditch and hit a tree or two. It should not happen and is a danger to spectators, riders and support. I do not think the security is good and this should clear the cover was fenced in, says Hansen told VG.
He said that the three who sat in the car after the conditions are fine, but that breaches the damage is extensive.
– They have been fully conscious all the time. Stig has been awake all the time and have been fully aware of what has happened. It happened quickly and suddenly the car off the road. It is too late to get going when it happens so fast, says sykkelpresidenen which estimates that the move may have been 70-80 km / h when the Norwegian national team had to flee, not to take the observer.
Hansen says that they do not know the identity of the viewer and are not sure if anyone has been identified who came into the road in front of the Norwegian car.
Reacting against organizer
Now the Norwegian Cycling Federation react to the International Cycling Federation (UCI) and write a report after the accident. There, they will be very critical to the safety of the Promoter. He said that the Secretary General Bjørn Sæthre remain in Spain for monitoring the injured people.
– It could have been much worse and we are delighted that it was not so. I’ve talked to Sean, Tommy and Croatian who was with the car. They are a bit of morphine fog, but under the circumstances well, says Hansen, adding that the mechanic Josefsen also has a fracture in his back which is referred to as a nicely cut.
Now, the goal is that they will have Kristiansen and Josefsen quickly as possible back home to Norway when they think expertise is strong on this in Norway. The aim is that they should be transported home after a night in hospital.
over ten mil out in Sunday’s World Cup races discovered the Norwegian riders their own support car – smashed in the ditch.
– We saw the car, and heard from other cars that follow the car was “ok” besides some broken bones. It was good that it was even worse, but it was really horrible to see the car in the ditch. It looked like shit, told Edvald Boasson Hagen to Norwegian journalists in Ponferrada tonight.
He was cold, wet and ready for a hot shower. But Uplanders was also clearly concerned about the car accident.
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Kristiansen to have broken a leg and got hip dislocated in the melt. Josefsen broke both legs and one arm, while Croatian suffered fractures of the hip, leg and arm.
After that VG understand the car must have hit a tree on the passenger side. In the passenger seat sat the Croatian mechanic. His airbag was triggered in the melt.
At the side of the car was the roof rack that had housed Norway’s spare bikes. They could not be used after the violent bang.
When VG spoke with team physician Stone Eagle in 17.30, he was determined to go to the hospital to check the condition of the injured. If they must operate, was still not clear. But the Eagles want to get Josefsen and Kristiansen home to Norway as soon as possible.
All Alexander Kristoff, who sprinted into eighth place in the World Cup, did not know much about the accident during the race:
– The car looked quite well out, so I did not fear for their lives. Driver’s room looked completely intact, he said.
– Damn: To describe Edvald Boasson Hagen sight of the Norwegian support vehicle . Here he is after the finish in the World Cup Sunday.
The Norwegian World Cup squad physician Stone Eagle has also been in the hospital for monitoring the injured persons.
– Did the accident mark on you
– Of course it did. But it was important to be brutal in the head to succeed in such situations. We had to focus on why we are here. Otherwise, everything had been in vain: Both Sean’s work and accident. Now, Stig confirms what he has said all along. We could not win today, but it was as Stig had foreseen.
– How did you first hear about what had happened?
– We got info from the internal communication in the race, says Eagle.
– What was minutes after the
– As it always is when you are unsure of anything. One must work systematically to collect information and reorganize themselves, said team doctor and trainer Kristoffer.
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