Isle of Man TT Legend Battling Back After Health Scare

Isle of Man TT stalwart David Madsen-Mygdal will not be competing in the biggest road races this year as he battles back from a recent health scare.

Now 69 years of age, Madsen-Mygdal had intended to race at the 2025 North West 200, the Isle of Man TT and the Manx Grand Prix, the three biggest road races in the UK.

However, his licence has since been revoked by the ACU after a recent health scare that involved suffering a major ischaemic stroke seven weeks ago.

Madsen-Mygal had been a consistent racer on the Isle of Man Mountain Course for more than 40 years, which began in 1981 with his first appearance at the Manx Grand Prix. Since then he has finished a huge total of 130 TT races.

The stroke was brought about after Madsen-Mygdal confirmed he had not been eating or drinking enough water, but rather drinking alcohol and smoking on a skiing trip prior to the health scare.

A statement confirmed: “We would like to let everyone know that Dave suffered a major ischaemic stroke 7 weeks ago. He didn't want it to be made public until now. He's feeling much better and has made a remarkable recovery so far.”

Madsen-Mygdal also added: “It has been fairly hard to come to terms with the fact that I had a stroke. I thought I was fairly fit. Obviously I wasn’t.

“I was only skiing a fortnight before I had the stroke. I was doing what I shouldn’t have been doing - drinking, not eating enough, [was] dehydrated, not drinking water, smoking. Everybody knows I smoke a lot, but I haven’t had a fag for the last seven weeks!”

Madsen-Mygdal then finished his statement by saying he intends to regain his level of fitness, which indicates he’s perhaps not done with racing just yet.

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