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tour de moselle fall.pngVideo: Pro rider takes a nasty fall as handlebars are snapped clean off
The victim, Maxime Roger of Chambrey CF Cycling Club, was travelling at around 60km/h when his TT extensions became detached from the base bars, according to an interview on French cycling website directvelo.com.
While at first it appears the fall was as a direct result of Roger's TT bars coming away from their mounts, road.cc's Jo Burt pointed out that his tyre also appears to blow, which further knocked the rider's balance and ability to possibly save himself by quickly grabbing onto the base bars. Talk about getting all your mechanicals out the way in one go.
Roger painfully skids along the floor before coming to a stop near a grass verge, ending his day and his participation in the multi-stage event.
Edit: It appears the rider wasn't very seriously injured after the fall, explaining in the interview with DirectVelo that he has very sore knees but hopes to be racing again at the end of the month at the Trophy of Champions event.
Jack has been writing about cycling and multisport for over a decade, arriving at road.cc via 220 Triathlon Magazine in 2017. He worked across all areas of the website including tech, news and video, and also contributed to eBikeTips before being named Editor of road.cc in 2021 (much to his surprise). Jack has been hooked on cycling since his student days, and currently has a Trek 1.2 for winter riding, a beloved Bickerton folding bike for getting around town and an extra beloved custom Ridley Helium SLX for fantasising about going fast in his stable. Jack has never won a bike race, but does have a master's degree in print journalism and two Guinness World Records for pogo sticking (it's a long story).
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I thought that the Superman position was banned by the UCI.
Gloves. The 2 pieces of protective equipment I'd actually go back home for if I forgot.
The tyre blew after his weight was already off the bike, didn't cause the crash. I wonder if someone used the wrong bolts of over-torqued them?
Main question in my mind is why on earth he wasn't wearing gloves? I wear kevlar palmed gloves for this reason exactly.
The tyre blowing was a result of the crash, not a contributing factor.
That's what I thought, too.
Oof.
Think the tyre went after he got a foot down - you see the spray of white. Mind, his right foot unclipping could have unbalanced him first...
One hell of a slide. I wonder how much of the front of that skinsuit remained?
Why you should always wear gloves!
Apologies for not clarifying whether the rider was ok folks - in his interview with DirectVelo he says he cant bend one knee, is very sore but hopes to be racing again soon... so it looks like no long-term damage sustained luckily!
That's all very well but you didn't answer the important question: is the bike damaged?
I think it's fair to say the bike was damaged before he fell off
Ouch, and no gloves either.
Team Radio: Roger and out. Looks nasty though, hope he's OK.
Nasty. Hope he's okay. It looks like the wet tarmac might have been a saving grace as his hands appeared to glide along.
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