Mallorca: German national team cyclists suffer serious injuries after car hits group
Six members of the German track cycling team were injured, some of them seriously, when they were hit by a car on Mallorca, the German Cycling Association has reported.
The team members were taken to a hospital on the Spanish holiday island. Some of them suffered bone fractures, but none was in critical condition.
The six injured cyclists include former under-23 European champion Tobias Buck-Gramcko and Benjamin Boos, third in the world championships, and Max-David Briese and Moritz Augenstein, all members of the German endurance team.
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According to the report from the cycling association, the driver of the car is 89 years old and failed to see the group before running into them head-on.
Team trainer Lucas Schadlich, who was in the accompanying car, witnessed the accident.
The next major event is the European Track Cycling Championships in Heusden Zolder in Belgium next month.
Local newspaper Ultima Hora reported that the driver had tested negative for alcohol and drugs. He is reported to have told police he had been distracted at the time of the accident and did not see the group.
