Among the things you don’t want to meet while descending at speed is a bear. But that’s what happened to Quick Step Floors rider Matteo Trentin over the weekend while training in California.
The two-time Tour de France stage winner – who also has a stage of the Giro d’Italia among his palmares – posted a picture of his shattered helmet to Instagram, along with a brief description of what had happened.
The 27-year-old Italian, who rode in the Tour of California earlier this month then stayed to train in the Lkae Tahoe area, wrote: “Always wear a helmet fellas!!it can also happen that during training a bear cross your path when you are in a fast downhill.
“No space to brake so i got an accident with him!! He wasnt a fluffy teddybear.”
He added: “Thanks @iamspecialized_road for the fast replacement!! On the road again!!”
Encounters between bears and cyclists are not unusual, but typically happen away from roads.
Earlier this month we reported how a mountain biker in Slovakia had filmed a friend of his being chased by a bear on a trail through some woods.
17 thoughts on “Quick Step Floors pro crashes into a BEAR while training in California”
I guess he may now paws
I guess he may now paws before a steep descent.
What has the bear said about
What has the bear said about this?
disc brakes should be banned
disc brakes should be banned on bears – problem solved.
Bloody cyclists running red
Bloody cyclists running red lights.
I shouldn’t have to wear a
I shouldn’t have to wear a helmet. Bear education is the key.
Hope the bear is ok.
Hope the bear is ok.
Did Trentin sh*t in the woods
Did Trentin sh*t in the woods??
No, buy maybe in his cycling
No, but maybe in his cycling shorts when he saw what he was about to crash into.
There could’ve been a grizzly
There could’ve been a grizzly end to this tale
^^
Hook line and sinker.
^^
Hook line and sinker.
peted76 wrote:
I think you caught an old boot there. Or an old rotting egg … egg carton? Can’t quite keep up.
He’s smarter than the average
He’s smarter than the average cyclist, though this goes down as a bit of a boo boo
Quote:
Can I post a picture of the basket of shattered eggs that saved my life yesterday? Thanks Egg Marketing Board for the free replacement!!!!! Remember: always wear your eggs guys!!!!!!!!
I suppose someone is now going to post nasty comments about my eggs.
Ush wrote:
A very good point incredibly well put, as you so demonstrably point out an eggshell is quite literally sufficient to protect the contents of your skull.
SingleSpeed wrote:
Can’t you read? It’s not an eggshell. Of course an eggshell wouldn’t do it. It’s a basket of eggs. Moron.
Ush wrote:
Oh, the irony.
SingleSpeed wrote:
Are you seriously telling me that you would go out without a basket of eggs on your head? My friend was knocked down by a car and you could see that all the eggs were crushed after it. He has photos to prove it. And he is a paramedic and he says that the cyclists that he sees without baskets of eggs are all dead.
And you can quote all the statistics you like.. it is OBVIOUS that a basket of eggs protects your head. If you don’t believe me then try running your head into a wall without a basket of eggs and see how you like it.
At least, please tell me that you make your children wear baskets of eggs?