Very sad day for women's cycling...

**Technotart** · 07-19-2005, 09:53 AM

Amy Gillet News Story

Amy Gillet was killed and 5 of her team mates seriously injured in a training ride in Germany. They were hit by an out of control car on a stretch of wooded road.

Messages of condolence for the injured and the riders families can be sent to the following email address:
feedback@ausport.gov.au

Cyclingnews.com Story

**DeniseGoldberg** · 07-19-2005, 11:23 AM

I absolutely hate to hear that accidents like this one have happened. I wish there was some way to prevent them - and this one sounds truly senseless with what sounds like a driver on the wrong side of the road.

My heart goes out to her family and friends, and to the other cyclists who were injured as well.

--- Denise

**spazzdog** · 07-19-2005, 11:50 AM

What a horrible situation for these women and their families. For one car to virtually wipe out an entire team... unbelievable!

**betagirl** · 07-19-2005, 12:21 PM

Wow. That's absolutely horrible.

**Grog** · 07-19-2005, 12:38 PM

That really hurts... I feel really horrible too, and all of my thoughts are with the cyclists, their families and friends, and all of the cycling community. ouch...

**wabisabi** · 07-19-2005, 12:51 PM

Oh, so sad. I imagine that most of us can imagine all too well what happened. This past weekend we were coming down a big long hill, and a driver, going too fast, was in our lane, and had to swerve to get out, the exact situation where an overcorrection can occur, which sounds like what happened here.

**RoadRaven** · 07-19-2005, 01:01 PM

Dayam <insert profane swearing here>

This kind of thing makes me so mad

When it is operator error (and the driver lost control from inexperience) it is not an accident. An accident is something that is preventable. This was preventable. This was simply a crash.

I feel awful for the 18 year old learner driver, but dayam... this should not have happened.

I'm at a loss for words... I've always felt that the invention of the car gave us one of the most widely available potential lethal weapons, and this is a great example

I will write to the email, thank you Tech... but at the moment I am at an absolute loss as to what to say --- this should not have happened

Be safe out there, wonderful women of TE
Ride hard... but be safe

**SpinSis** · 07-19-2005, 02:20 PM

How absolutely horrible. Thank you for passing along the news. How senseless and unfortunate. I hope her teammates are able to get the support they need, as well as that young driver. Words may be hard to find for an email, but don't underestimate the impact of the act itself. Sadly it is reminding me of the sudden death of Nicole Rinehart. I lived just down the street and watched that race...the flowers from strangers were there for years.

Be safe everyone.

**julbee** · 07-19-2005, 03:46 PM

Thanks for the post, Techno...
It is sad... and seems so senseless.
My heart goes out...

I'm with Road Raven on this one... this is very angering!
I was out on my first "official" road ride this past Sunday... and we were clearly within the "confines" of the "bikepath" lane...when a truck, with a trailer in tow, came along, speeding and swerving over the line into our lane! We could have tapped the windows on his vehicle... or worse!

What's it going to take to get motorists to acknowledge the presence of bikers and to observe their right to be "safe" on a bike path lane? We were quite upset at the time.

~Inner Peace~

**MightyMitre** · 07-19-2005, 04:00 PM

This is such sad news about Amy Gillet.

I also can't even start to imagin how the friends and family of the team must be feeling with their love ones so far away from home at such a critical and desperate time.

My thoughts go out to all those involved.

**PinkRacer** · 07-19-2005, 04:03 PM

This too awful... you see motorist everyday who don't obey the laws and use the bike lane etc...

Some peace the other day I witnesses a drive get a ticket for making a right hand turn using the bike lane as a turn lane….

This is so sad...

**RoadRaven** · 07-20-2005, 04:50 AM

Here is a picture from the Sydney Morning Herald of how it happened... I felt sick for the coach who saw it all unfold in front of his car!

http://www.smh.com.au/media/2005/07/...538976011.html

**bikerchick68** · 07-20-2005, 11:40 AM

this is truly sickening... it will change ALL of their lives forever... including that young drivers... she too, will have to live with the permanence of her actions...

so very, very sad for all involved...

**Lynne** · 07-20-2005, 11:55 AM

I was really hoping that the men's austrialian team member would have been able to take the stage (I forgot his name) in yesterday's Tour. I guess moving up to 7th place overall was a good memorandum, right? I'm sure he was very sad-from listening to the announcers, the male team is likely very close to the female national team.

I guess I'm a softie, but I also feel very badly for the young driver. Too inexperienced, too fast and it looks like she hit a defect in the road.

**Technotart** · 07-20-2005, 05:31 PM

I was hoping yesterday that he would win too - it would have been for them...it still was, but If I had been hanging out in front of him, well, I don't know that I would have fought him for it when he went to sprint past....

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