Stuart O'Grady collapses

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Fingers crossed

The description of this incident didn’t sound good. Hoping Stuey pulls through O.K.

by Rolleur on Nov 9, 2009 11:50 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

God speed Stuey!

Hopefully he’ll be laughing about this soon enough and telling all of us to HTFU! Best wishes.

If I just had one more gear, I...

by SpunOut on Nov 9, 2009 12:33 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Scary.

Hope he’s okay.

It was just a long race--Edvald Boasson Hagen, on the Giro

by majope on Nov 9, 2009 2:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Stay Strong Stuey!!!

He does have a heart complaint (which is treatable), so maybe this had something to do with it.. although he did pass a medical before doing the hot lap with stoner…..

"the rest was over 30. And that doesn't mean old and useless, but experienced and with the stamina"

Jens! Voigt, Crit Intl Interview, 2009

by CycleGirl on Nov 9, 2009 6:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I have to put in apparently, as I was only told this today.. and i'm not certain..

"the rest was over 30. And that doesn't mean old and useless, but experienced and with the stamina"

Jens! Voigt, Crit Intl Interview, 2009

by CycleGirl on Nov 9, 2009 7:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I need to know what a 'hot lap' is... anyone?

I can extrapolate, but I’m not sure I’m right :(

"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'

by Seahorse on Nov 10, 2009 5:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Hot lap - really, really fast.

Cancellara was robbed! There is none better.

by Mark Frank on Nov 10, 2009 7:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks...

I’m thinking Stuey won’t be doing any hot laps soon.

"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'

by Seahorse on Nov 10, 2009 7:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Hope everything's okay.

At least we know he’s tough…

"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'

by Seahorse on Nov 9, 2009 7:10 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

indeed....

"the rest was over 30. And that doesn't mean old and useless, but experienced and with the stamina"

Jens! Voigt, Crit Intl Interview, 2009

by CycleGirl on Nov 9, 2009 7:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

All cyclists have to be tough bastards to a certain extent

to deal with the crashes and the pain of racing for hours on end.

But I think Stuie is a tough bastard’s tough bastard.

by LurkerMcLurkerson on Nov 10, 2009 3:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Update any minute from CN

Apparently they’ve spoken to Millar…

by Lou... on Nov 10, 2009 4:52 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Excellent. I'm holding my breath (metaphorically)...

"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'

by Seahorse on Nov 10, 2009 4:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

CN has some information

from David Millar…

"My facking goat didn’t wear Robes! Does he look Scottisch?!" Baron von Frinkenstein

by itswells on Nov 10, 2009 8:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I ride motorbikes, too

… and I can tell you that if I were to ride on the back of a MotoGP racer one lap around the track, I’m afraid I’d collapse, too! Those guys ride hard.

It has little to do with his physical condition. It’s just bound to be a hair-raising, white-face experience. I hope his collapse was just that: a reaction to riding a tremendous ride, and that’s all. I hope nothing else is wrong.

by MaestroDon on Nov 10, 2009 3:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

There was a lesion on his brain that bled

Apparently the high speed shook everything up. Stuey was mugged in 1999 and fractured his skull. Some damage as a result of that. Anyway, he’s on his way back to Monaco which is good news. I’m thinking though that further knocks to his brain would be a very bad idea…

"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'

by Seahorse on Nov 10, 2009 7:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

He thinks it's a either from the existing medical condition or excitement of the day (or both)

According to a VeloNation story, Grady said:

“The ride around the Valencia circuit was unbelievable. I’ve jumped out of planes, been in a Russian fighter jet, a V8 Supercar, the works, but the twin seater Ducati blows them all out of the water!

by MaestroDon on Nov 11, 2009 1:27 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs