Six national team cyclists rushed to hospital after they are hit head-on by car in terrifying accident

SIX members of the German national track cycling team were rushed to hospital after a horrible car accident.

According to MDR, the athletes were hit head-on by a car in Mallorca on Monday and some suffered serious injuries.

German Cycling announced that the cyclists are undergoing treatment in hospital.

Thankfully, none of them are facing life-threatening injuries.

The athletes were named as Tobias Buck-Gramcko, Max-David Briese, Moritz Augenstein, Bruno Kessler, Benjamin Boos and Louis Gentzik.

All of the aforementioned athletes belong to the national endurance team.

Boos and Kessler won the bronze medal in the team pursuit at the 2024 Track Cycling World Championships in Copenhagen.

According to the German cycling association, a pensioner failed to see the group and drove his car head-on into them.

Spanish outlet Ultima Hora report the driver tested negative for alcohol and drugs.

The pensioner told police officers he had not seen the group and was distracted.

National coach Lucas Schadlich was in the support vehicle and witnessed the accident.

The athletes suffered numerous broken bones and that will lead to "a long break from training and competition for some";.

Reports suggest team-mate Felix Gross avoided the accident despite being scheduled to train with the rest of the team.

Gross started training later and only joined the group after the accident had already happened.

The national team had travelled to Mallorca to prepare for the European Track Cycling Championships, which takes place between February 12-15 in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.