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Video: Peloton safety in spotlight again as moto takes out rider
The issue of rider safety in the pro peloton is in the spotlight once again after Lotto-Soudal rider Stig Broeckx was struck from behind by a motorbike during today's Belgian one-day race, Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne.
Video shows how the rider drifted out of the peloton towards the right of the road just as the moto approached, and despite the pilot trying to take evasive action, he was unable to avoid hitting the 25-year-old.
Oh no !!!! again a accident with a motor rider #KBK pic.twitter.com/F8X7oFjFaY
— Peter SagFan (@Peter_SagFan) February 28, 2016
The incident happened with around 35km remaining of the race, which was won by Trek-Segafredo's Jasper Stuyven.
Lotto-Soudal subsequently confirmed on Twitter that he Broeckx had been taken to hospital to be checked over.
There were a number of incidents last season of riders crashing after being hit by race vehicles, including Peter Sagan being hit by a moto at the Vuelta, and Jesse Sargent being struck by a neutral service car at the Tour of Flanders.
The bike that hit Broeckx today appeared to be carrying a member of the race's medical staff, with a red cross on the back of the passenger's hi-viz vest.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
Bit embarrassing for the Egyptian diplomatic service though, and hopefully will result in the driver not doing it again.
Is that like comfort eating, but with bikes?
I was going to say much the same thing, although the particular bit of road in question seems like pristine tarmac by Ox standards. Also the video...
"at a typical racing speed of 40kph, drag makes up about 90% of the total resistance."...
Having been knocked off three times by pedestrians who ran into me, I could hardly disagree.
There was a nationwide consultation about decades of car dominance sometime in the early 1960s, I remember my grandmother telling me about it. ...
I have absolutely no idea what you are getting at there . . . . . .
I purchased a Ribble on Jan 6th 2022 and it finally arrived on the 22nd June 2022....A painful wait!
And just like that, probably not PBU but another of the same set of drive-through opinions did precisely that on t'other thread.
This is quite right , frankly I don't think the plod want to be bothered with these pesky cyclists, they actually have the affrontery to take up...