Just watched stage 5 of the Tour de France Femmes race, and saw a pretty severe mass crash some 6.7 (or so) kilometers before the finish.
Sadly, neither the French TV nor the German commentators (on sportschau.de) stayed with the affected riders, so I had to look it up elsewhere, in cyclingnews.com, where they wrote:
“Among those worst affected by the crash were Pfeiffer Georgi (Team DSM-Firmenich-PostNl) and Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Liv-AlUla-Jayco), with the Brit unfortunately having to abandon the race due to her injuries. Georgi was one of two riders who had to go to hospital after the race, alongside EF-Oatly Cannondale’s Magdeleine Vallieres.”
The official site lists Pfeiffer Georgi, Magdeleine Vallieres, Spela Kern, and Ruby Roseman-Gannon, the first three of which are listed as “DNF”. So let’s hope that they’re okay, and not hurt too much…
… I find it sad if the results of a race seem to be more important than the wellbeing of those who crashed. But maybe that’s just me who’s missing some empathy here…
Anyway, and as always, thanks for reading.