{"id":555943,"date":"2026-03-22T00:29:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T00:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/555943\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T00:29:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T00:29:31","slug":"cyclist-left-motionless-and-rushed-to-hospital-after-horror-nine-bike-pile-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/555943\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclist left ‘motionless’ and rushed to hospital after horror nine-bike pile-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Debora Silvestri was rushed to hospital after a crash during the women’s Milano-Sanremo race on Saturday, with the cyclist catapulted over a guard rail on the Cipressa descentWill Schofield Senior Sports Reporter and Mark Wakefield<\/a> Sport Central Audience Writer<\/p>\n

20:27, 21 Mar 2026Updated 20:35, 21 Mar 2026<\/p>\n

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Cyclist Debora Silvestri was rushed to hospital after a crash(Image: Eurosport)<\/p>\n

Cyclist Debora Silvestri was taken to hospital on Saturday afternoon following a crash during the women’s edition of Milano-Sanremo.<\/p>\n

Silvestri was trailing Polish champion Kasia Niewiadoma down the descent of the Cipressa – the second-to-last climb of the renowned race when the former Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift competitor came off on a bend.<\/p>\n

Several riders came off their bikes, including Silvestri who collided with a fallen rider and was propelled over the barrier, landing on a slip road several metres from the road. And supporters were swift to express their concerns on social media, reports the Daily Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Oh no, what a horrible crash. I hope everyone will be okay,” one fan stated. While a second added: “That Laboral riders crash was absolutely horrifying, I hope she is as okay as she can be!”<\/p>\n

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“A reminder how inherently dangerous road racing can be. Hoping they’re all OK,” a third said. As a fourth stated: “She was launched, one of the most terrible crashes I have witnessed. It seemed that she was able to move her leg though.”<\/p>\n

And another said: “That was brutal to witness, she didn’t move. Hope they\u2019re all ok.”<\/p>\n

Silvestri’s team have now provided fans with an update via a post on X, formerly known as Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Debora Silvestri has suffered a fall on the Cipressa descent,” the update read. “She is conscious and on her way to the hospital to receive care.<\/p>\n

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Debora Silvestri’s team have provided an update(Image: Eurosport)<\/p>\n

“We will provide more information on her condition in the coming hours.”<\/p>\n

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The race was won by Belgian star Lotte Kopecky, who escaped with a group over the Poggio and won the sprint finish.<\/p>\n

However, the drama was only just starting as the men’s race produced an edition for the ages. Tadej Pogacar joked he’d rather win Sanremo than a fifth Tours de France.<\/p>\n

With 35km remaining, the Slovenian superstar crashed and the race appeared to have passed him by. Yet, following a relentless pursuit, he rejoined the leaders on the Cipressa and instantly responded, taking Matieu van der Poel and Tom Pidcock with him.<\/p>\n

The trio arrived at the base of the Poggio with a 10-second advantage – Pogacar repeatedly surged up the short, gradual ascent, managing to drop Van der Poel.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Pidcock stayed on his bike and was only narrowly defeated in a sprint on the Via Roma, with the chasing group finishing four seconds adrift.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Debora Silvestri was rushed to hospital after a crash during the women’s Milano-Sanremo race on Saturday, with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":["post-555943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}