Apparently Kimber was close to the 66 km mark (around a windmill that was near the course)and going down a hill when two guys went to pass her. One of them cut in front of her, striking her front wheel and causing her to be thrown off her bike. The two guys did not stop. The next racer behind her stopped and called for help, then stayed with her for about 20 minutes until the ambulance arrived (he basically gave up his race to stay with her.) She was unconscious until the ambulance got there.
Her bike is actually in pretty good shape, with the only damage being a missing portion of her traffic bell. Based on what we can tell from the bike, when the other person hit her, Kimber's bike planted down head first and she went over the bars and onto her right side. You can see the road rash and bruises on her right arm and shoulder, as well as the bandaged laceration in this picture. She has matching road rash on her right hip and bruises all over her right side.
Here are the updated pictures of her laceration on her forearm. It seems to be healing, but there will be a significant scar.
Fortunately tomorrow is a holiday in Norway, so she has one more day to recover before going back to work. We will change the bandage on the sutures tomorrow, and it will be interesting to see how it is looking.
Kimber still wants to do the North Sea race in three weeks, but we will have to see how the arm is doing before that one. I just want to see her get back on the bike and have fun.
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