A training ride crash late last year left David Tanner with a litany of broken bones, ending his season and time with IAM Cycling. As bad as the accident was - Tanner spent three weeks in intensive care - the Australian never thought that it would end his career.
Almost seven months from the crash, Tanner is close to the level that saw him spend seven years at WorldTour level, but he is currently without a team and fearful his career may have been prematurely cut short.
The injuries from Tanner's crash were extensive, which becomes clear as he lists them off. A "collapsed and punctured lung, six broken ribs, a broken shoulder and a shoulder blade shattered into pieces. Then six fractured vertebrae. My head was opened up."
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"I did the job properly,” Tanner told Cyclingnews.
Complicating Tanner’s bid for a contract while laid up in hospital was the fact that his IAM Cycling squad and fellow WorldTour team Tinkoff where both closing up shop, ensuring a tough market for any rider out of contract at the end of 2016.
"I was close to getting a ride sorted, and that was right in the middle of all that," he told Cyclingnews when discussing accident's impact on signing a contract. "All my options fell through as you would expect. If you are talking to a guy who is in intensive care and maybe never finds his level again, or there are another 15 guys who can do a similar job and who can start racing in January, you will take the other guys, won’t you?"
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