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Bad News for Garmin - Slipstream

It appears that on a rainy training day Blake Caldwell fell and broke his femur. the femur part of the story is via a tweet from Tom Danielson. I waited to find it somewhere else and discovered on Blake's website he states that he did crash and is heading in for surgery. 

If you recall he broke his pelvis last year at the begining of the season. He did come back to finish 2nd at USPRO in Greenville. I can't imagine this is a downer-go-round he wanted to get on a second time.

 

Links

http://twitter.com/tomdanielson

http://blakecaldwell.blogspot.com/

 

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Christian Meier mentions it too...

on his blog – Meier had twittered earlier that there was a change in his schedule in that he was now going to Pais Vasco, apparently this is why. Meier also mentions Tuft’s and Friedman’s crashes in the TT at De Panne and says that both are apparently ok…

by guidemd on Apr 2, 2009 5:54 PM EDT reply actions  

I've seen the pics of Meatball

and I have to say he didn’t exactly look “okay”. Man nailed both knees, the right hand, looks like right hip, and right arm. Looked pretty damn painful. Mike’s a stud and tough though so I have no doubt he’ll heal up quickly but, damn, it has to hurt. My warmest wishes to these guys healing up quickly.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Apr 2, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

He was at the Tour of Utah in 2008. So if memory serves me correctly he crashed at the Tour of

Missouri. I want to say it was the same injury plus collar bone. A lot of crashes at the De Panne today.

by cyclingdiva on Apr 2, 2009 7:07 PM EDT reply actions  

Always are

De Panne is always a dangerous race.

Ugh, femur breaks, so not bueno. Best to Blake!

by Jen See on Apr 2, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

De Panne and T-A

races I would sit out if given the choice.

by australopithecine on Apr 3, 2009 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

official injury report at Garmin website

about all three (Caldwell, Tuft, and Friedman), including before and after surgery x-ray pics for Caldwell

by guidemd on Apr 3, 2009 10:12 PM EDT reply actions  

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