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Hello, Elle!
I think the medical attention was for the fun riders, not the pros.
Crashes happen in cycling.
That's the nature of the game.
I have been on a couple of cycling forums and the competitors have been praising Ride London to the heavens for the organisation, encouragement, etc.
In the cycling world it is called a "sportive".
And one or two have said it is the best in the country.
These are folk who have ridden sportives ahead of le Tour, so they know what they are talking about.

Hi, Rusty!
Yes, it seems to be cyclists in the amateur race that were involved in the crashes.
The first crash requiring three air ambulances apparently, according to the computer news, although it only mentioned one person being seriously injured.
And the second incident that happened later, only the one air ambulance.
The events certainly seem to be well organised.
I don't like watching a sport where there is a strong likelihood of (serious) injury though.
I can derive no pleasure from the sport, as I am always "waiting" for the next disaster.
I'm edgy all the time!
You mention Regent's Park being big! We have so many parks both in Central London and out in the 'suburbs'. Many of them are very large indeed!
And we have a lot of commons too.
London and its surroundings are very green!


Thanks for all the updates and links, JG!
It is very helpful.

Hello, Elle!
Could well be that it was a rider who is unused to riding in a group who was hurt.
But "seriously" injured implies it was not a simple crash?
Maybe hit by a car or motor bike?
I honestly thought they have escaped London very quickly and are out in the country, but it was only Regent's Park!
Did you know that the word "shrapnel" comes from a British general of that name?
I did not.
I am off to shop.
No milk!

Hello Elle/Rusty

I have been trying to get live coverage of London Ride on computer but just don't seem to manage it - even Jazzy's link does not work for me. A shame, I would have liked to watch it.

What I did read though is that one cyclist had 'collided with a tree?' - if correct, I am not surprised he is seriously injured !

Hi, Rusty!

Hi, Rusty!
I shall try again!
The cat somehow posted before I could write anything further!
Seemingly, the injured cyclist crashed into a tree, but the information given out so far is hazy.
It doesn't seem to be known whether the bike hit the tree, or the rider was thrown from the bike and then collided with the tree........not in the account that I read earlier, anyway.
But it sounded as though he is seriously injured.
Both patients - the one from the later crash, too - were taken to St George's Hospital.
No, I didn't know about "shrapnel" coming from a General of that name.
Presumably because he invented it?
You are a mine of information!
(I wish I could see inside your head!)
Did you get your milk?
My husband has just returned with the Sunday Times - I am now going to look for the Rio news!

Yes, Pigale, that is what I read , too!
Altho the report didn't seem to know whether he crashed into the tree on or off his bike.

Hello, Elle!
Yes, Major-General Henry Shrapnel, Royal Artillery, devised anti-personnel shells , which came to be known as "shrapnel" shells.
A pity about the lad hitting the tree.
Hope he is on the mend.
I got milk and a mackerel.
It is a fine day up here.

Hi, Rusty!
I think the article ( in the Times ) by David Walsh, about Thomas Bach is excellent!
Mr B should be ashamed of himself.
After all, everyone else is!
I have switched off the television....I do not want to see any more cycling or worry about potential crashes!
I really did enjoy the women's race around London, though - along the Mall with St. James' Park on the left, through Green Park up Constitution Hill, along Birdcage Walk, past the Horse Guards parade, through Admiralty Arch and back down the Mall.
Great stuff!
Do you know that you can walk a very long way in London simply continuing from one park to another....... through St. James' Park, , onto Green Park, then through Hyde Park and on through Kensington Gardens?
Now how "green" is all that?
Is the mackerel for your tea?

Hello, Elle!
David Walsh was the main man to bring down Lance Armstrong.
Excellent investigative journalist.
Thomas Bach is only one of many these sports organisations are infested with. Do we have a British Olympic Association?
Why are they not condemning the IOC?
I enjoyed the "tour", too.
I'd never seen Wimbledon before.
And the narrow Surrey lanes. Very appealing!
Unfortunately, BBC lost the pictures near the end.
Tom Boonen won.
I have not heard tell of Green Park before.
Are you making this up?
Yes, my mackerel was for my tea with tomatoes.
Remember you have to phone your cousin this evening?