The images are incredibly violent.

On Wednesday, the Tour of Burgos had a sad end to the race with a massive crash a few hundred meters from the finish which did not leave everyone unscathed.

Occurred 500 meters from the line after the glide flight of David Decker (Jumbo-Visma), ejected from his bike because of a very, very badly placed speed reducer, this accident led to the evacuation of Frenchman Damien Touzé (AG2R Citroën Team) in an ambulance.

He suffers from a traumatic brain injury and a concussion.

Passed just before their Jumbo-Visma teammate, Timo Roosen, Edoardo Affini and Chris Harper were able to offer a hat-trick to their team but the heart was not in it.

If the winner raised his arms when crossing the finish line, he apologized afterwards, explaining that he had not realized the fall just behind him.

“No reason to congratulate me, he wrote on his Twitter account.

I hope everyone is doing well after the huge crash.

I wish a speedy recovery to the runners concerned.

We had no idea what had happened behind us, and that it was a fall of this magnitude.

If we had known, we would never have celebrated.

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No reason to congratulate me.

I hope everyone is ok after the huge crash.

Wishing a quick recovery for the involved riders.

We had no clue of what happened behind us, and that it was a crash of this extent.

If we knew, we would never have cheered https://t.co/uphypKx2kb

— Timo Roosen (@TimoRoosen) August 3, 2022

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David Decker comes to the support of his teammate

Caught in a violent controversy on social networks after his gesture, Tim Roosen received the support of David Decker.

"I see people complaining about the enthusiasm and happiness of my teammates Timo (as he wins a race!) and Edoardo," he wrote.

They didn't know what was going on and with this speed, near the finish it was impossible to know.

I'm not complaining, so no one should do this in my opinion.

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The images of his back, scratched everywhere, give an idea of ​​the violence of the fall of the Dutch cyclist, who took advantage of his message to give his news: “I am OK with regard to what happened.

Nothing broken a priori except my morale, but I have a lot of injuries.

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