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Police probing triathlon cyclist's undertake of horse rider

Footage of incident at Windsor Triathlon yesterday has been viewed more than 3.8 million times on Facebook
by Simon_MacMichael
Mon, Jun 18, 2018 17:11
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The horse rider who filmed the moment she was hit by a competitor in yesterday’s Windsor Triathlon who undertook her at speed during the cycling leg of the event has said that police are investigating the incident.

The footage, shot by Facebook user Jennifer Katherine, has been viewed more than 3.8 million times on the social network since being posted yesterday morning.

In a follow-up post, she called for road users to show mutual respect towards each other, adding that the incident is “Under investigation with police” as well as with officials from Human Race, the organisers of the event.

The route of the cycling leg of the event lies entirely within Berkshire, meaning that Thames Valley Police would be the relevant force, and the horse rider was reportedly due to speak officers this afternoon.

Meanwhile yesterday evening, following publication of our original story on the incident, Human Race reiterated on social media that they are conducting a full investigation and that any riders identified through the video will be excluded from future events.

> Video: Horse and rider struck by undertaking cyclist participating in triathlon

They said: “We are in contact with the individual effected by the horrible incident earlier today at Windsor Triathlon. We want to sincerely apologise to her and her poor horse.

“We have convened a senior level committee internally, and along with British Triathlon we will be reviewing the video evidence to identify those involved in this.

“Those at fault will be disqualified and banned from all future Human Race events.

“There will be further ramifications for these people with British Triathlon and potentially further action taken,” they added.

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Simon MacMichael

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.

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fenix replied to Yorkshire wallet | 6 years ago
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Yorkshire wallet wrote:
Plasterer's Radio wrote:

The public image of cycling just took a big hit.

Well done you assholes in the clip.

 

Triathletes not cyclists. It's like grouping poodles and whippets. I'd be shell shocked if someone asked me if was a triathlete. How embarrassing.

 

Mehhh - there's loads of pro cyclists that have done triathlon. Jalabert did long distance with great success.   

 

I really don't get all this cliquey-ness.  its just as bad as nobbers who lump all cyclists together. Get over yourself. 

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BehindTheBikesheds | 6 years ago
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So attempted murder/attempted GBH with intent 4 years with hard labour/bread and water.

It's a shit show for sure but as usual the over-reaction to what is a relatively minor incident is made into a major fucking witch-hunt, same old.

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newtonuk replied to BehindTheBikesheds | 6 years ago
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BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

It's a shit show for sure but as usual the over-reaction to what is a relatively minor incident is made into a major fucking witch-hunt, same old.

 

It's hardly a minor incident.

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oldstrath replied to newtonuk | 6 years ago
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newtonuk wrote:

BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

It's a shit show for sure but as usual the over-reaction to what is a relatively minor incident is made into a major fucking witch-hunt, same old.

 

It's hardly a minor incident.

relative to all those people, and indeed horses, killed or seriously injured each year it's trivial. It's not worse than my being forced into a ditch by an aggressive BMW drivet, which the police didn't even pretend to care about. Sure, it's a big thing for horse and rider, but it genuinely is minor by any objective standard.

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newtonuk replied to oldstrath | 6 years ago
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oldstrath wrote:

newtonuk wrote:

BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

It's a shit show for sure but as usual the over-reaction to what is a relatively minor incident is made into a major fucking witch-hunt, same old.

 

It's hardly a minor incident.

relative to all those people, and indeed horses, killed or seriously injured each year it's trivial. It's not worse than my being forced into a ditch by an aggressive BMW drivet, which the police didn't even pretend to care about. Sure, it's a big thing for horse and rider, but it genuinely is minor by any objective standard.

 

So you accept that being run off the road is a trivial, minor incident?

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Nemesis replied to BehindTheBikesheds | 6 years ago
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BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

So attempted murder/attempted GBH with intent 4 years with hard labour/bread and water.

It's a shit show for sure but as usual the over-reaction to what is a relatively minor incident is made into a major fucking witch-hunt, same old.

I wondered who’d be the first to minimise this.... and it’s you. 

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BehindTheBikesheds replied to Nemesis | 6 years ago
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Nemesis wrote:

BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

So attempted murder/attempted GBH with intent 4 years with hard labour/bread and water.

It's a shit show for sure but as usual the over-reaction to what is a relatively minor incident is made into a major fucking witch-hunt, same old.

I wondered who’d be the first to minimise this.... and it’s you. 

I wondered who would overreact to what is a minor incident that happens tens of thousands of times a year to people on bikes who don't get a response by plod, don't go whining to the media don't get millions getting on the case of motorists.
If you can't see how minor this is COMPARATIVELY you have no objectivity whatsoever.
The over reaction is fucking ridiculous, well done for jumping on the bandwagon and as I said, it's a shit show by the knobs on the bikes but this IS a minor incident whichever way you look at it. Unpleasant but minor... relatively speaking which is what I said.

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brooksby replied to BehindTheBikesheds | 6 years ago
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BehindTheBikesheds wrote:
Nemesis wrote:

BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

So attempted murder/attempted GBH with intent 4 years with hard labour/bread and water.

It's a shit show for sure but as usual the over-reaction to what is a relatively minor incident is made into a major fucking witch-hunt, same old.

I wondered who’d be the first to minimise this.... and it’s you. 

I wondered who would overreact to what is a minor incident that happens tens of thousands of times a year to people on bikes who don't get a response by plod, don't go whining to the media don't get millions getting on the case of motorists. If you can't see how minor this is COMPARATIVELY you have no objectivity whatsoever. The over reaction is fucking ridiculous, well done for jumping on the bandwagon and as I said, it's a shit show by the knobs on the bikes but this IS a minor incident whichever way you look at it. Unpleasant but minor... relatively speaking which is what I said.

But, y'know: "horses"!   3 21

(Instead of mere dandy-horses...)

The public like horses, and I suspect that a horse owner has a greater chance of knowing the chief constable...

 

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muppetkeeper | 6 years ago
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It's right that the Police are investigating, it would also be great if they would jump to it on the over 100 close passes shown on this website.

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