Video: Cyclist smashes bike borrowed from 'homie' in two after crash

A cyclist competing in the qualifying round for the Red Hook Criterium in Milan this weekend will have some explaining to do to one of his ‘homies’ – after smashing the bike he had borrowed from the friend in two after being eliminated following a crash.

Jeremy Santucci was filmed before the race with the Sardo bike, explaining he’d borrowed it from his “homie” Sergio, who he says is “like family” to take part in the fixed-gear criterium, which also has events in Barcelona, London and Brooklyn, where it was founded.

His race came to an end, however, when he crashed into a wall, and that would have been the end of it had Santucci – a model in the books of West Hollywood-based agency DT Model Management – not been filmed performing the mother of all flounces as he hurled the bike to the ground.

His reaction is understandable though – the high speed crash wasn’t his fault, he risked being seriously injured, and the bike was apparently broken already as a result of it. Here’s footage of the crash – Santucci appears to be fourth rider back.

Afterwards he wrote on Facebook: “When you heart rate is above 190 and you train all year for finals and get crashed out ... there are a lot of feelings running through you ....”

 

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A video posted by Marco Poccianti (@marcopoccianti) on Oct 2, 2016 at 7:28am PDT

The black make-up under the eyes, by the way? It’s used by players of American football and some other sports played under floodlights to reduce glare.

The jury’s out on whether it works for a bike race.