Crash for Matt White

[steve]

ahh ****!

Crash for Matt White
http://www.cyclingnews.com
Australian Matthew White (Cofidis) has crashed while warming up for the Tour de France prologue in Liège, Belgium. White was rushed to the hospital with a severe cut on his head and a suspected broken collarbone, putting his first Tour participation in serious doubt.

Cyclingnews will have more information as it becomes available.

 

[tinajoy]

Originally posted by steve
ahh ****!

My heart goes out to him. All that hard work!!

 

[gntlmn]

Yeah! This same thing happened to Bob Rolle when he was with 7-11. He was replaced before the race. This is the same with Matt White's team, his replacement arriving on very short notice. So I suppose from a team perspective, it's better to happen now than a few stages down the road. But that doesn't make Matt feel much better I suppose.

 

[patch70]

Doesn't really feel like a good start to the tour for the Aussies:
White crashes out before the start
Rogers crashes during prologue
McGee feeling like **** and riding poorly
Gates crashes and misses the cut
O'Grady crashes 4km from end of Stage 1
Time for a change of luck?

 

[ed073]

Originally posted by gntlmn
Yeah! This same thing happened to Bob Rolle when he was with 7-11. He was replaced before the race. This is the same with Matt White's team, his replacement arriving on very short notice. So I suppose from a team perspective, it's better to happen now than a few stages down the road. But that doesn't make Matt feel much better I suppose.

A high speed dash across Belgium for Peter Farazijn, apparently.

 

[iBanesto]

he has been working hard to ride the tdf! so close but now so far!!!

 

[Lisbon]

Yea it's a shame to work so hard to get to this race and then crash during warm-up, hope he will be here next year.