Belgian racer Enzo Wouters had a scare during the UCI Road World Championships, after racing for three and a quarter hours in the hot desert sun in the under-23 road race in Doha, Qatar. The 20-year-old finished three minutes behind winner Krisoffer Halvorsen (Norway) and then collapsed after the 166km race with an apparent heat stroke.
Temperatures in the afternoon event soared to 36 degrees centigrade, but fell short of the extreme conditions that would have caused the UCI to shorten the race.
According to Sporza, Wouters' core temperature rose to 40 degrees centigrade, near the limit of what the race doctors say results in heat stroke, where the body loses its ability to cool itself.
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He recovered after an ice bath and some intravenous fluids, but said he has little memory of the incident.
"Immediately after the finish they poured water over me and placed ice on me, even though I was already shivering," Wouters joked. "Anyway, I can't remember anything that happened after the finish."
Wouters' teammate, Guillaume Seye, stayed with him until the finish, and then held him as medics attended to him.
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