Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Johan Bruyneel's Ride off a Cliff

I'm reading Johan Bruyneel's book We Might as Well Win.

I just read through a section where he describes his ride off a cliff during a descent of the Cormet de Roselend, a mountain pass in the Alps. He was the GC hope for his team that year. On the descent a rider in front of him (Tony Rominger) started to lose control of his bike. Johan jerked his bike to the right and quickly hit a patch of gravel and lost traction. He went off the road and down an almost vertical embankment. The drop was about 100 feet! Ouch!

The crazy part? He claws his way up the hill, grabs a new bike and finishes the stage. It's no wonder he and Lance won the Tour de France 7 times.

Check out the crash here on Youtube.

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