Amaury Pierron will be out of action for a while after a serious crash at last weekends French National Championships that saw him being airlifted to hospital.
The crash happened during Pierron's finals run on a jump in the top fast section of the course and it has resulted in a number of injuries which could see him miss racing for the rest of the season. His crash last weekend follows another incident earlier this month where he
crashed in his final runs during the French Cup race at Alpe d'Huez and was quickly taken to hospital for stitches in his hand.
Following the news of Pierron's crash, our photographer on the ground reached out to Thibaut Ruffin, the Commencal Muc-Off team manager who said: "It could have been way worse as the crash happened on that jump in the top fast section, resulting a broken collarbone, dislocated finger, and L2 and L3 transverse apophysis."
At this time we do not have any more information about the severity of Pierron's injuries or when he expects to return but we will update this article if we hear more.
We're wishing Amaury all the best with his recovery and hope to see him back on the bike soon.
A very nasty injury. All the best to AP and those around him.
I shudder to think
Does anyone know if sponsors help with medical bills, rehab, continued employment within the company even if that is not in an athlete role?
Can anyone in the sport as a athlete or sponsor please give an insiders perspective?
Not all hardware needs to be removed, but if you’ve had an injury like this, and ride aggressively, you may want to have it removed.
Its the lower level guys, the ones that maybe just make the live stream on thier best weeks. Earning just enough to bum round the world with a DH bike. They're the guys getting cut, and maybe never having enough money to come back.
Maybe nothing to it, but seems like that is how Gwin's year went last year.
If your hand and fingers are not 100% I think there is so much information coming from them, and to them, and they are riding so fast, that little lag due to pain or stiffness matters
Regardless, AP is SO fun to watch. Heal up soon, and take your time.
It's a mixture of their extraordinary will and commitment and the economic implications of missing races for them, their teams and sponsors.
I just watched a show thst had other athletes talking about injuries and the bottom line was that they are all willing to sacrifice basically everything to win and the only difference is that some sports are higher consequence than others.
Saw his preview run and I do think this is another evidence that track design maybe should revert a little to the old school with lower speeds and more tech?
I've broken three transverse apophysis and fortunately healed pretty quickly thanks to pilates. As fit as Amuary is I am sure he will have no problem coming back from that.
Heal up AP.
Bon courage à Amaury ! ;-) Tu nous manques !