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World Madison champion Amy Pieters in induced coma after training camp crash

Three-time rainbow jersey winner sustained head injury while riding with Dutch national track team in Spain

World Madison champion Amy Pieters has been placed in an induced coma after crashing during a training ride.

The 30-year-old’s SD Worx team said that she lost consciousness yesterday afternoon following a crash during a training ride in Calpe on the Costa Blanca.

She was taken by helicopter to hospital in Alicante, and has since undergone surgery for a head injury to relieve pressure created by the fall.

Her team said that a full assessment of potential damage will be possible once doctors wake her up in the coming days.

Pieters was in Spain for a training camp with the Dutch national track cycling team and her family, as well as staff from the Dutch national cycling federation KNWU, have travelled to Alicante to be with her.

The KNWU added that national coach Fulco van Gulik will stay in Spain with a small delegation to support Pieters as much as is possible, with the rest of the track team flying back to the Netherlands as planned. 

Pieters has won the rainbow jersey in the Madison at the past three UCI Track Cycling World Championships, partnered on each occasion by fellow Dutch rider Kirsten Wild.

She was also European road champion in 2019, and the same year was part of the Dutch team that won the mixed relay at the UCI Road Cycling World Championships in Yorkshire.

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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wtjs | 2 years ago
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Agreed. Sounds like this was one of the tragic accidents, and not some driver knocking her off.

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fenix | 2 years ago
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Awful news. Cycling still has its risks.
Fingers crossed for a full and swift recovery.

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