Dutch cyclist Tijmen Eising, 35, suffered a heart attack following the NK Gravel (the Dutch national gravel cycling championship) in Rijssen last Saturday, shortly after winning a bronze medal. Eising, who rides for BEAT Cycling, experienced chest pressure after the race and was eventually hospitalised in Enschede when a passing ambulance was flagged down by first-aiders who disagreed with an emergency dispatcher's initial assessment that one was unnecessary. Doctors found a blocked coronary artery and damage to his heart, and Eising, who had already planned to retire at the end of the season, has now decided to end his career immediately.