Italian remembers nothing of horror Velten – Dagbladet.no

(Procycling.no): It looked very ugly when Domenico Pozzovivo was lying motionless on the asphalt after a fall at Giro d’Italia third stage.

Ag2r rider was rolled over on its side, and there was blood tracks left on the tarmac.

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In retrospect it became clear that the Italian was conscious when he was taken by ambulance, and later that evening he replied questions from among other Italian La Gazzetta dello Sport while he was bedridden rolled through hospital corridors.

– I’m fine, but it was a very nasty fall. I do not remember what happened, and I do not remember that I fell. I remember that the descent was difficult, and maybe I got a slap on one wheel. I wanted to end giro in a good way, and ultimately I had remained in the field all the way, says Pozzovivo.

Tragic memories of Rapallo

sport has had well-fatal earlier. Considering it was the first few minutes after Pozzovivos fall very unpleasant.

Front leg start was Wouter Weylandt memory. He died after crashing on the third leg of the 2011 edition of the giro.

Also at that time was the target city Rapallo, the same town Michael Matthews won Tuesday’s stage.

Two trained in two days

Pozzovivo went down for the count already under the race second day.

When was an audacious spectator cause of mass well in the field.

Tuesday he lost contact with substrate in a right-left turn 35 km away goal. Doctors who treated him on the spot, quickly realized that it was not about serious head injuries this time:

– He had turned his head, and had cuts on one side of the face. He was breathing normally, was conscious and was able to move his limbs, told Dr. Elena Della Valle according cyclingnews.com afterwards.

Giro d’Italia continues with a 150-kilometer leg between Chiavari and La Spezia Tuesday. Then continue the peloton without Pozzovivo.

The article is made by bike website www.procycling.no!