"During a time trial I am basically blind" - Stefan Küng blames improper signalization for his nasty crash at European Championships

Stefan Küng has revealed he barely remembers his horrific crash from the European Championships, where he rode into the barriers and was allowed to remount his bike despite a bloodied face and smashed helmet.  

The crash caused huge controversy at the time with many people criticizing Swiss Cycling and organisers for allowing the time trial specialist to ride to the finish in what was a confusing sequence of events.

"I think it was a guiding problem. During a time trial I am basically blind, I can only see a few metres ahead due to the position I have to hold and I have to trust the indications that come via radio from the team car," Küng told SRF.

The Swiss Cycling Federation apologised for the incident and said at the time that he should never have finished that race, but that due to the speed of everything and Küng quickly remounting a new bike, they couldn’t assess the situation properly in time.