Swiss cyclist Gino Mäder, revived and taken to hospital after a serious fall into a ravine

Gino Mäder, Swiss cyclist from the Bahrain-Victorious team, suffered a serious fall at kilometer 197 of the fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse when he fell into a ravine, lost consciousness and had to be revived immediately. He was then airlifted to Chur hospital where his condition will be assessed.

American Magnus Sheffield (INEOS Grenadiers) was also involved in this incident.

“At kilometer 197 of the stage, in the descent of the Albulapass, two riders collided at high speed. The race doctor came to the scene within two minutes. Magnus Sheffield was taken to Samedan hospital with bruises and concussion,” the race organization said in a statement released on Twitter.

“Gino Mäder was left unconscious on top of the water and was immediately revived and later transported by helicopter to the hospital in Chur. The severity of his injuries has not yet been clarified.. A status update will be provided as soon as there is new information.. The circumstances of the accident are being clarified”, indicates the text regarding the Swiss runner.

Along the same lines, a text released by his team on the official Twitter account is pronounced, who also specifies that Mäder left the road and fell down a ravine.

When the news broke, other squads in the peloton wanted to send their best wishes to the runner. This is the case of the Movistar Team, who tweeted “Fuerza Gino”, of Israel-Premie Tech, who wrote on the same social network “We send all our support and best wishes to Gino and his team” or of INEOS Grenadiers, where Sheffield runs. , which posted “We're with you, Gino.”

They also echoed the news and remembered him from runners such as the Frenchman Lilian Calmejane, the Spanish Juan Ayuso, winner of the stage, and the Belgian Remco Evenepoel, the main favorite to win the overall standings and currently ranked fourth in the same.

The latter has been critical of the layout of the stage: “I hope that all those involved in today's crash are well. I hope that the end of today's stage makes the organizers of the events and ourselves as riders think.”

“A high finish could have been perfectly possible, it was not a good decision to make us finish after a dangerous descent. As cyclists, we must think about the risks we take when going down the mountains,” he added in this regard.