I thought he was injured a couple of weeks ago? I’m pretty sure he didn’t start the last 2 races.

That crash by Erice is hard to watch. That’s her second bad wreck this season. After her crash in Leogang she came back two weeks later to get a 2nd at Val di Sole. Fingers crossed, hoping for no serious injuries in this one.

as much as I’m done with all the complaining about UCI and the coverage that’s pretty good.

Third, she got airlifted after a non race crash in the break before worlds. Hope she’s ok.

Side of her head and shoulder laced that horizontal post in the ground pretty hard.
Strange crash…she screamed before she went off the drop like she’d lost her brakes.

Correction.  Looks like her foot clipped the log upon entry into the shoot and kicked her forward and off balance.

Canadian Cycling Magazine says:

“Junior world champion Erice van Leuven had a big crash in practice, leaving the mountain via helicopter. Her Commencal Les Orres team has since confirmed the champ is OK.”

(No indication of what “OK” means, but hopefully it includes “no broken bones and no concussion.”)

https://cyclingmagazine.ca/mtb/les-gets-world-cup-downhill-qualifying/

Injury count this year seems off the charts compared to years past.

Im sure the more competitive field in both mens and womens has some to do with it. But it’s also hard to ignore the addition of Semi’s and also the pending 2024 team implosions that must be putting more pressure on riders to have strong 2023 results. 

At the risk of being downvoted his form this season is poor with plenty of younger riders and privateers more focused, driven and having a better attitude to training, racing, etc

Dean is siting way back in 83 position in the World Cup Series this year. Hasn’t qualified for any of the finals, only qualified for 2 semis this season and he wasn’t selected for the Australian World Champs Team due to poor form/attitude.

The UCI rankings only use the results in the last 12 months and currently he has no UCI points as his performance in the last 12 months is poor. Only racing the world cups, and the Australian Championships where he hasn’t picked up points due to the results hasn’t helped his cause. 

Andorra took me down again.Crashed in morning practice. Broken wrist.
After winning world champs, I came with a good feeling here. Frustrated now but feeling alright tho.
Try the best to come back quick!

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