Madison’s test dispute on the final day of the Ghent Six Days, one of the great events on the track cycling calendar, left us the image of the spectacular fall that Mark Cavendish suffered and that ended with the British cyclist admitted to the hospital to spend the night in observation as a precaution despite the fact that he managed to get up on his own foot to reassure the fans.
The crash occurred with 29 minutes to go to the end of the test. At that moment. At that moment one of the cyclists climbed to the top of the velodrome after doing the sharpening with another runner and se crossed in front of the Olympic and world champion Lasse Norman Hansen, who went to the ground and in his fall he dragged Mark Cavendish, who made several lateral turns because of the speed of the race at that time.
Fortunately everything was a scare since Hansen managed to rejoin to continue in the race while Cavendish managed to get up to greet the public and reassure the fans about his situation. to be later transferred to a hospital to spend the night in observation as a precaution pending new tests.
Cavendish’s fall partially marred a race that, after its resumption, left us the victory of the Belgian duo formed by Kenny de Ketele and Robbe Ghys in the retirement of the former as a professional, a true legend of track cycling. Belgian who has eight world medals (among them the gold achieved in 2012 in Madison with Gijs Van Hoecke) and who received a tribute from the Ghent Velodrome in recognition of his career.