@HansenAdam Adam ffs if a rider's family says that they prefer to have images of their loved one you don't have to come to twitter to say that your mother had whatever. What's the point of this tweet? Why would you even consider speaking to families and teams via twitter?

@ZipiZapismo In all friendliness, what am I mean to do? I have riders(who I work for) reach out to me and say they dont want this. I do what they say. Then I hear a different opinion and I suggest they have the phone number of their child's team to have more accurate information.

@HansenAdam Good call. And instruct them to be permanently on the line so they know everything and don’t need press information/speculation.

@HansenAdam Huge amount of respect for being so open about your work on Twitter. Surely it makes a difficult job more difficult to be so publicly available for discussion. I think it’s a great contribution to the sport.

@HansenAdam I have an id card with emergency phone number when I ride. Sounds like radio pocket would be perfect for that.

@HansenAdam Absolutely yet if my family member crashed then my ability to see them get up or not in real time would be appreciated. Waiting on a call is the basis for an anxiety riddled morning and if I see if they crashed it would prompt me to call the team myself.

@HansenAdam But surely in that very moment the team doctors would be busy tending not speaking on the phone till later. I can understand how (some) families would not want to lose sight even for just a sec no matter what. It’s possible to find a balance just not always easy in the moment.

@HansenAdam This is the is the way. I know some feel otherwise, and I respect their view. But even families can mostly just speculate based on what they see on tv. A real medical update as soon as available is what we all need, not guesswork based on tv coverage.

@HansenAdam Certainly the process can be enhanced, race can provide info on the involved riders directly from the doctors and somehow communicate directly to relatives or TV to show it during the broadcast depending on the sensitiveness of the situation instead of showing images of the rider

@HansenAdam @petatodd made this point in her post. I think we all have to respect the opinions of the people closest to those involved.

@HansenAdam I'm not at all surprised.

@HansenAdam 100% it’s definitely not always the way. I have relied on old teams in the past to let me know. Making it a standard practice is a a great start .

@HansenAdam Please, Adam.

@HansenAdam But if they had a direct number to ring they can find the right information from a key pearson.

@HansenAdam adam, it's impressive the lucidity and care you have, cycling only improves with your work, we are grateful

@HansenAdam Obviously the question isn't from whom you want info, it's WHEN. Families want to see this because it's the best info they can get immediately. They can see their loved one. Don't want to see it? Turn it off. Surely we can determine a line between exploitation and information.

@HansenAdam For reference, maybe you did not see this. As he says, maybe some sort of protocol is needed (I also remember the live images af the CPR of Wouter Weylandt, that should have not been done).

@HansenAdam PLEASE ask this for riders racing, Conti, pro conti. U23 etc. I presume someone has a next of kin’s contact details. My U23 kid leaves for Europe for months shortly. at lower levels races aren’t televised. A DNF is sometimes ALL we see, very scary. Are they dead? Crashed? ??

@HansenAdam It's surprising or indeed shocking that families do not have this information. Or rather riders when contracted should provide next of kin information updated for every race/training camp.

@HansenAdam There’s always two sides. Respect both. Not just your side.