Originally Posted by
Creakyknees
I slo-mo'd it. Rider in yellow got his right side of bars behind rider in red's bars; made contact, rider in red slowed up a bit, pushing rider in yellow's bars into a quick right jerk he couldn't recover / prevent.
After all these years, I find myself sticking out my elbows like curb feelers whenever things get tight. And avoiding bar to bar contact.
I concur, looks like he let himself get hooked. My elbows come out, too; because I'm short, my handlebars are a lot lower than a lot of other guys'. It's easier to get your levers hooked if your bars are lower.
But it's pretty hard to tell for certain what happened based on the video, so there's not much sense in analyzing it to death.