The surgeon said that I would probably have to wear gloves in the Winter, but he made such a good job of it that I don't need them. There was very little pain, only a feeling like an electric shock and I stood there for ages, not daring to look at my hand, asking myself what that I had done.
In the emergency hospital a nurse asked to look at my wounds. I said to her "at your own risk", she passed out! Later on she asked me why I had not passed out, I said that a pro cyclist can take a lot of pain. Which is very true, I had learned to go through the pain barrier in a time trail at the age of 18.