Cycling: Niki Terpstra (Total Direct Energie) is in intensive care after an accident in training at a Dutch hospital. However, according to his wife, Ramona Terpstra, his life is not in danger.
Terpstra was traveling at high speed
Terrible news this Tuesday. As meanwhile several media report, came Niki Terpstra hard fall in training. The Dutchman was doing motor pacing and was therefore traveling at a very high speed. As he tried to dodge a couple of geese, he touched a rock on the side of the track and fell. As a result, the 36-year-old suffered a concussion. In addition, his lungs collapsed, ribs and collarbone are broken. The emergency doctors immediately took him to a nearby hospital with a rescue helicopter. There he is now in the intensive care unit, but according to his wife there is no danger to life.
Ramona Terpstra:
"Unfortunately, the rumors are true. Niki fell badly during training today. He is in the hospital and will have to stay there for a few days. His life is not in danger, but he will need time to recover from this.”