Awful! Dozens of people injured at bicycle race accident in Hungary – VIDEO

Krisztián Lovassy, Olympian, was amongst those who were badly injured in a mass fall while competing in a race between Tótvázsony and Balatonszőlős. The olympian has never seen so much blood at a race.

Around 200 people competed in the race, which is a quite a lot for a mainly amateur race, 50 of the racers fell in an S-curve, going almost 70 km/h, and 19 people, 17 men and 2 women, were injured in the mass fall, reported 444.

Lovassy was held in hospital for two days after the accident, as he needed to be observed due to a head injury. He stated on Monday, that he had never been in such a racing accident before, not in Hungary and not abroad.

Lovassy and his team were only able to join the line up around 150-200th places, so they were among the last people to arrive. “I did not hear any good about the track, its layout, designation, and it was pointed out that the slope was almost life-threatening, as it had been re-paved and it is easy to go 80-90 km/h.”

The professional cyclist and his team tried to get as far ahead as possible, as they knew the slope would surely result ina mass fall. They managed to get to around 20-30th place, but Lovassy was behind in his team, and did not manage to escape the fall, despite trying to go down the slope as carefully as possible.

Lovassy also noted that he did not believe many of the amateur racers had gone with such speed before. “Many probably thought that this is a race, they need to give it everything. Even on a slope, where due to the partial close-offs, the arcs of the curves could be cut  off, and an even faster speed can be let on. But when someone is not prepared, and has never gone so fast, they will not be able to take the turn.”