Lorena Wiebes withdraws from World Championship madison after crash
Lorena Wiebes has withdrawn from the women’s madison at the Track Cycling World Championships after a crash in the omnium. Nienke Veenhoven will partner Lisa van Belle instead.
Review information is loading.
Lorena Wiebes will miss the women’s madison at the Track Cycling World Championships in Shanghai after failing to recover sufficiently from a crash in Friday’s omnium. Nienke Veenhoven will replace her and race alongside Lisa van Belle, the Dutch news agency ANP reported [1].
Wiebes, the defending omnium champion, was caught in a mass crash involving about half the field, which ended her race early. She said afterwards that she had broken nothing but was in considerable pain in her ribs, shoulders and knees. At the time, she had not ruled out riding the madison; by Saturday, she was not fit enough to return to the track [1].
The madison was scheduled to begin at 12.15pm Netherlands time.
Sign in to give this article a thumbs up or down.
About this discussion and AI questions
Private test discussion. Comments are readers’ views and are not yet automatically fact-checked. Editing is available for 60 seconds after posting.
Sign in with a confirmed reader account and choose a username to read comments and participate.
Sorting applies to top-level comments; replies remain oldest first. New comments and likes can change the order. Refresh for the current ranking.
Loading comments…