RIP Chris Anker Sørensen

[steveindenmark]

Danish ex pro cyclist Chris Anker Sørensen was killed while cycling in Belgium yesterday. He was there to commentate on the cycle racing for TV. As a cyclist he was always approachable and entertaining when being interviewed.

Its a sad loss for cycling.
RIP Chris

https://www.velonews.com/news/chris...n-crash-while-cycling-at-world-championships/

 

[dodgy]

Terrible loss, though I'm sure PeteXXX didn't mean to hit the 'laugh' response button.

 

[roadrash]

tragic

 

[Shadow]

Tragic indeed.
I did not know the guy at all and yet this has really upset me.
My thought rest with his family, friends and colleagues.
RIP in the heavenly velodrome.

 

[Milzy]

Very sad to hear this. The driver should be locked up for at least 5 years.

 

[dodgy]

Very sad to hear this. The driver should be locked up for at least 5 years.

You must have found the details of the incident somewhere, what happened?

 

[steveindenmark]

Very sad to hear this. The driver should be locked up for at least 5 years.

Do you kmow the circumstamces of the accident?

 

[Milzy]

Do you kmow the circumstamces of the accident?

Can’t find specific details, I understand a van didn’t see him near a junction.

 

[ColinJ]

Terrible loss...

Indeed - it is very sad.

... I'm sure PeteXXX didn't mean to hit the 'laugh' response button.

And @DCLane probably didn't think that the news was 'cool' either! (It is very easy to click the wrong icon replying to threads like this. I have done it a couple of times.)

 

[PK99]

Can’t find specific details, I understand a van didn’t see him near a junction.

Source?

The Danish newspaper says that according to press reports in Belgium, preliminary investigations have established that the driver of the van involved was not to blame for the collision.
https://road.cc/content/news/chris-anker-sorensen-killed-while-riding-bike-belgium-286453

 

[steveindenmark]

Can’t find specific details, I understand a van didn’t see him near a junction.

I think an investigation is needed before you start jailing people for 5 years. Maybe we should wait before commenting.

 

[Milzy]

Source?

The Danish newspaper says that according to press reports in Belgium, preliminary investigations have established that the driver of the van involved was not to blame for the collision.
https://road.cc/content/news/chris-anker-sorensen-killed-while-riding-bike-belgium-286453

How can a driver be not to blame? You have a responsibility not to kill other road users.

 

[PK99]

How can a driver be not to blame? You have a responsibility not to kill other road users.

This is off-topic for this thread, but I will answer that question directly...

A decade or so ago, a road cyclist died in Richmond Park. Three of us happened to be cycling the Tamsin trail and saw the ambulance, police cars etc etc. My cycling mates were the next day, on learning it was a fatality, apoplectic wrt the driver's guilt. As with your response here, it must have been the driver's fault, lock him up.

I took the trouble to track down the reports. It turned out that two club riders had been on a training ride (high-speed Bit and Bit) had touched wheels and one had collided head-on at full speed with a car coming in the opposite direction.

An accident.

 

[Milzy]

This is off-topic for this thread, but I will answer that question directly...

A decade or so ago, a road cyclist died in Richmond Park. Three of us happened to be cycling the Tamsin trail and saw the ambulance, police cars etc etc. My cycling mates were the next day, on learning it was a fatality, apoplectic wrt the driver's guilt. As with your response here, it must have been the driver's fault, lock him up.

I took the trouble to track down the reports. It turned out that two club riders had been on a training ride (high-speed Bit and Bit) had touched wheels and one had collided head-on at full speed with a car coming in the opposite direction.

An accident.

That’s horrific

 

[steveindenmark]

Listening to reports it appears that Chris was riding by himself on a cycle path and rode into the side of the van. This is supposition on my part. In Denmark if you are on a cycle path the cyclist usually has priority unless there is a give way sign on the cycle path when you get to junctions. This would be the norm for Chris. I do not know if this is the case in Belgium. If the vehicles have priority over cycles when crossing cycle paths . It is easy for me to see how this accident could have happened and how the driver may not be to blame.