Chloé Dygert said she could have very easily walked away from cycling without family and friends to help her as she endured a litany of injuries and illnesses over the last two seasons. It all started when Dygert lacerated her left quadricep in September 2020 as she explains in interview for Velo.
"There were not good days, it was hard. The crash itself, it took everything in my body to be able to want to even compete at the Olympic Games. The pain that I had until I had this last surgery, I never thought I was going to be okay again, I never thought I was going to be at the top level again."
"With that thought in my head, I got Epstein Barr and then my heart kept having the issues that I had. I never thought that I was going to give up, but I just never thought I was going to be 100 percent again. That was a hard thought for me because I am so competitive and the thought of not being able to perform at the best I know I can."
"That surgery was life-changing. Not just on my bike, but in everyday life. It’s silly stuff, like, I can sit down on a toilet and not hurt, I can get in and out of my car and not hurt, I can put on pants and not hurt, I can put socks on and not hurt," she said. "I thought that’s just how life is going be forever, and that surgery took away all that pain, all of it. But again, the muscle was completely severed and so the blood flow is not the same, and never will be the same."
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Ondřej Zhasil is a cycling journalist at CyclingUpToDate and has been part of the team since 2023. He is based in Ostrava, the third-largest city in the Czech Republic, and covers professional cycling across the main UCI competitions, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España. A key focus of his work is startlist analysis and pre-race coverage, where he examines team selections, rider line-ups, and tactical scenarios ahead of major events.
Alongside WorldTour coverage, Ondřej has developed specific expertise in junior cycling and in racing across East Asia, including competitions in China and Japan. He also maintains a broad working knowledge of other disciplines and levels, including cyclocross, while continuing to expand his understanding of mountain bike racing.
Ondřej holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Physics, which supports his analytical, data-driven approach to performance and race analysis. In his reporting, he regularly uses ProCyclingStats for results, statistics, and historical context. He places strong emphasis on careful sourcing, editorial accuracy, and updating articles promptly when new, verified information becomes available.
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