Bad News: Beloki breaks THREE bones

"Ed Hill" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Not that we really need anymore convincing about how hard Beloki fell based on the video and audio
but apparently he broke every bone that touched the ground -- his femur, elbow and wrist. No
wonder the guy was in such incredible pain. I'm really bummed he couldn't get back on his
(another) bike and finish

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Why would you want to see a guy ride with 3 broken bones?

obviously he isn't from Marblehead.

Of course, at the time, I was hoping he wasn't injured too badly and could continue.

Kurgan Gringioni said:

"Ed Hill" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Not that we really need anymore convincing about how hard Beloki fell based on the video and audio
but apparently he broke every bone that touched the ground -- his femur, elbow and wrist. No
wonder the guy was in such incredible pain. I'm really bummed he couldn't get back on his
(another) bike and finish

<snip>

Why would you want to see a guy ride with 3 broken bones?

"Ed Hill" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Not that we really need anymore convincing about how hard Beloki fell based on the video and
audio but apparently he broke every bone that touched the ground -- his femur, elbow and
wrist. No wonder the guy was in such incredible pain. I'm really bummed he couldn't get back
on his (another) bike and finish so that we could be treated to more incredible stages, but
now I'm feeling worse with this news. He's a great competitor, hopefully he'll come back and
win some year.

Ed

Yes, very sad that he got hurt like that.

Dashii

"Ed Hill" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Not that we really need anymore convincing about how hard Beloki fell based on the video and
audio but apparently he broke every bone that touched the ground -- his femur, elbow and
wrist. No wonder the guy was in such incredible pain. I'm really bummed he couldn't get back
on his (another) bike and finish so that we could be treated to more incredible stages, but
now I'm feeling worse with this news. He's a great competitor, hopefully he'll come back and
win some year.

Ed

Holy cow. I heard him screaming in pain. That was something awful to see. I hope he comes back
next year. He said he would not return if he did not win but this is obviously something he did
not expect.

Looked like he suffered a high femur fracture from the way he fell, very similar to many senior
citizens' "broken hips", which are actually fractures 1-4 inches down from the head of the
femur that angles into the hip socket. Due to his age/occupation, this should be very
repairable using surgical screws, or a combination of screws & plates, depending on the
location of the fracture. He's in for some long & painful rehab, though. Here's to his
successful recovery & return to racing!!!

Pat former trauma victim, USCF retired & 23 year EMS vet

"Ed Hill" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Not that we really need anymore convincing about how hard Beloki fell based on the video and
audio but apparently he broke every bone that touched the ground -- his femur, elbow and
wrist. No wonder the guy was in such incredible pain. I'm really bummed he couldn't get back
on his (another) bike and finish so that we could be treated to more incredible stages, but
now I'm feeling worse with this news. He's a great competitor, hopefully he'll come back and
win some year.

Ed