Bjorg Lambrecht`s death caused by internal hemorrhage
(Cyclingnews.com)

Lotto Soudal team doctor Maarten Meirhaeghe has released information regarding the cause of Bjorg Lambrecht`s death following a crash during Monday`s stage 3 at the Tour de Pologne. In a press statement issued on Wednesday, two days after the accident, Meirhaeghe said that Lambrecht suffered a severe laceration to his liver that caused an internal hemorrhage and a cardiac arrest. `Bjorg died from a big liver laceration which caused a massive internal hemorrhage. As a consequence, Bjorg suffered a cardiac arrest,` Meirhaeghe said. `Bjorg had the biggest stroke of bad luck that was possible by the way he crashed. With such internal hemorrhages, a miracle is needed, a miracle which he wasn´t given...ADVERTISEMENT `The place and the time did not influence the consequences. Even if such trauma would have happened inside a hospital, the chances of a bad outcome are real.` Lambrecht crashed into a concrete culvert partway through the 150km flat stage 3 between Chorzow and Zabrze at the Tour de Pologne on Monday. It was unclear why he fell and no other rider was reportedly involved in the crash. Race doctors provided medical treatment to Lambrecht at the side of the road, but his condition didn`t allow him to be transported to the hospital by helicopter. He was taken to a hospital in Rybnik by ambulance where he later died during surgery. You can read more at Cyclingnews.com