Jaco van Gass shakes off collision with car in Paris to take gold in velodrome

Van Gass had been checking out the road and time trial course when a car pulled out in front of him. For a few hours, he thought his chances of riding had gone. “I was heartbroken … I had a big cut on my head, but I had a few scans and I was cleared. I was looked after really well. The next day is always the hardest because that’s when you’re very sore and stiff. The Saturday was very hard to comprehend – will I be riding? By the Sunday I was on the track.”