Aude Biannic left traumatised after being hit by car in training
FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope rider Aude Biannic says that she’s still traumatised after being hit by a car during training. Biannic had been training on her time trial bike on Tuesday near Rennes in northern France when she was struck from behind by a motorist. Since the accident, she has only been on the home trainer, concerned that she may be hit again.
“At first I did not want to talk too much about it, I thought it would not change anything,” she told French newspaper Le Telegramme. “But yes, I, too, got hit by a car on Tuesday in training. And I too am doing well ... I only have big aches, but it could have been more dramatic. I am still traumatised: since the accident, I have not been back out.
“I do not want to go on the road. I am scared. The first time I go out to train, I certainly will not go alone. Looking back, I think I was lucky. A few centimetres ... If the person had not braked at all, she would have crushed me. In my misfortune, yes, I had a little luck.”
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Biannic explained to Le Telegramme that she had only just started her training ride when the car appeared to accelerate into the back of her. “I started training on my time trial bike, and after just five minutes at an intersection, a car came at me from behind,” she said.
“I turned to the left, the car that was following me took the same direction. At the end of the intersection, as the light was red, I slowed down while the car accelerated. I still wonder why. She hit me from behind and I fell back. My head hit the ground first. Fortunately, I had my helmet. It had to be going at 30-40 kph. The shock was violent. I have to wear a neck brace for seven days but as the [injured] muscles are more located in the front of the neck and the abdomen, this neck brace doesn't do much for me.
“I still do not understand why she did not see me; I was right in front of her. I did not slalom between the cars.”
When will it stop?
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