Who Crashed

Davey Crockett said:

Who was the rider that crashed in the final corner?

I had two radio stations and two tv stations tuned and none even mentioned the crash.

But it's there sure enough when I replayed the tape

Looked like he got up pretty quickly.

Robert Chung said:

Looked like he got up pretty quickly.

He did, but he then pressed himself up against the barriers to let the peloton pass, so he came in
at the back of the first big bunch at the earliest.

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Who was the rider that crashed in the final corner?

Axel Merckx

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Who was the rider that crashed in the final corner?

Oscar Camenzind

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Who was the rider that crashed in the final corner?

Axel Merckx

Merckx crashed at the top of the last hill.

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Who was the rider that crashed in the final corner?

Axel Merckx

Nope. Merckx crashed prior to that
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Oscar Mannheim said:

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Who was the rider that crashed in the final corner?

Oscar Camenzind

Thanks. It was bugging me
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Originally posted by Davey Crockett
Who was the rider that crashed in the final corner?

I had two radio stations and two tv stations tuned and none even mentioned the crash.

But it's there sure enough when I replayed the tape

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From CN: "Astarloa powered around the last bend and had plenty of time to celebrate his win, as the small chase group wound up behind him for the silver medal, minus Oscar Camenzind who crashed on the last corner. "

So, Camenzind, if that's the crash you're talking about...

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Who was the rider that crashed in the final corner?

Oscar Camenzind

Correct. I saw the race in Swiss TV. The commentator Hans Jucker literally needed hours to figure
out, what happened to Camenzind. He was in the group after Astarloa and he did not appear within the
first finishers. It was really not so difficult to see, what happened to him. He took his bike
rather fast again, but at that time the peloton was there already. In the TV-pictures, one could see
him standing together with his bike few meters after the last turn, where he crashed. Perhaps he was
seriously injured. I had the impression, that he just could not get into the road again, while all
the others rushed by. Anyway, I think he had made a good race.

Clever of I.A. He refused to work together with the seemingly final break (where he probably was the
best sprinter besides Bettini), to attack himself soon later - just before the peloton catched
(almost) the group. Perhaps not nice, but successful. In the men's pro race in recent years, Spain
certainly was the most successful nation. Since Olano (with Indurain second) they probably did not
belong to the top favorites often (with the exception of Freire's second win).

Regards, Dieter