"The 33"-Road Bike Racing - Crazy crash sequence of pics (@Dawg Days)

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RudeSiggy

07-13-09, 11:01 AM

http://sigberto.blogspot.com/2009/07/crash-sequence-pics-dawg-days-mens-35.html

Forgive me for the blog instead of pics... I don't feel like posting all of the pictures again without having to shrink them. It's a rest day at Le Tour, I'm excused, no?

Laggard

07-13-09, 11:01 AM

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RudeSiggy

07-13-09, 11:03 AM

^^ just noticed. tried to fix, but the pics aren't going into it. I think they're too high-res... sorry. check out the blog, it's worth it.

RudeSiggy

07-13-09, 11:05 AM

take two... hmmm...

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_bt0K5hqlFAY/SltY_UVPIYI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/sCSr5xRWBUc/s400/crash.dawgdays09_%20053.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_bt0K5hqlFAY/SltZuPTbQ4I/AAAAAAAAAfY/-Fus5bu98Qw/s400/crash.dawgdays09_%20054.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_bt0K5hqlFAY/SltZ0hi-ylI/AAAAAAAAAfg/VU5Lxox6XNQ/s400/crash.dawgdays09_%20055.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_bt0K5hqlFAY/SltZ8YTR1dI/AAAAAAAAAfo/kyrktXu5XbE/s400/crash.dawgdays09_%20056.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_bt0K5hqlFAY/SltaNR1a5BI/AAAAAAAAAfw/lB2y6pvKL4c/s400/crash.dawgdays09_%20057.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_bt0K5hqlFAY/SltaN5yzfFI/AAAAAAAAAf4/tJnX_8V8ly4/s400/crash.dawgdays09_%20058.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_bt0K5hqlFAY/SltaOLG83gI/AAAAAAAAAgA/hhXlFCqzTNY/s400/crash.dawgdays09_%20059.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_bt0K5hqlFAY/SltaOfy5epI/AAAAAAAAAgI/AQ1mS79-TXs/s400/crash.dawgdays09_%20059b.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_bt0K5hqlFAY/SltaOsVRCUI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/bPaeZmHxtVU/s400/crash.dawgdays09_%20060.jpg

mattm

07-13-09, 11:08 AM

Wow, nice sequence. Painful to look at though.

RudeSiggy

07-13-09, 11:12 AM

pretty unfortunate events... 2 guys left in ambulances

Doggus

07-13-09, 11:14 AM

Caption contest - lolcatz style!

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_bt0K5hqlFAY/SltaOfy5epI/AAAAAAAAAgI/AQ1mS79-TXs/s400/crash.dawgdays09_%20059b.jpg

McTufferton

07-13-09, 11:17 AM

Brutal.

Hope everyone is alright.

enjoi07

07-13-09, 11:42 AM

pretty unfortunate events... 2 guys left in ambulances

woooowwww. im sure the guy who sat on the freeeking curb was one of those.

mmmdonuts

07-13-09, 12:23 PM

I was rooting for the guy in red/black, he almost made it thru. How many times did the guy in the gutter get hit by other riders?

blarnie

07-13-09, 12:49 PM

It doesn't look like the guy in red held his line and caused the guy next to him to crash.

djbowen1

07-13-09, 01:30 PM

the first picture says a lot. they are both sprinting with their heads down.

FatguyRacer

07-13-09, 01:40 PM

Man, that is painful to look at. I was signed up to do that race and the 4 race later in the day. I bailed on them both due to exhaustion and stayed home. I know both of those teammates, but no one has posted anything to the ABRT listerserve to say how they are doing. Unfortunately, for our team, another guy on the team, a former Rite Aid pro, was struck by a car on Saturday while training with 3 other teammates and sent to Shock/Trauma. He's banged up good, but OK. All these incidents only add insult to injury to our team, as the husband of one of our Elite Womens team members was struck too and suffered 2 collapsed lungs.

If I find anything out about the 2 guys in the Dawg Days race, I'll let you all know.

It's not been a good week for ABRT team guys and injuries. On the other hand, we did win a couple of races.

Denny Koll

07-13-09, 01:54 PM

I'd be most concerned about the guy who hit the curb.

merlinextraligh

07-13-09, 01:57 PM

http://beta.sandglass.com/dawgdays/_MG_5534.JPG

For whatever reason, it looks like the guy third from the left just loses it. Perhaps jumping on it out of the corner lost control somehow, and moves over into the 4th guy initiatiing the sequence.

RudeSiggy

07-13-09, 02:17 PM

It was a curved road sprint, so obviously everyone's perception of the straightest line between two points varied... interesting photo to fill in the gap there.

RudeSiggy

07-13-09, 02:32 PM

What Stu W. (ABRT, center in pics) commented on my blog:

"Hey guys - I'm fine - a ton of road rash and a totaled frame and front wheel. My team mate Greg G. went to the hospital but he is ok - more importantly so is his carbon Pinarello. It happened so fast - i believe the nature guy - don't know his name - slide to his right just slightly and I hooked his elbow and the rest is carnage...and I was just using this as a warm up for the 4 race. Great pictures even though it hurts to look at them. I hope everyone heals quickly.

"Does anyone know who the guy i locked up with? I know he went to the hospital. I would like to find out if he is ok."

bdcheung

07-13-09, 02:36 PM

Crash716

07-13-09, 02:44 PM

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_bt0K5hqlFAY/SltaOLG83gI/AAAAAAAAAgA/hhXlFCqzTNY/s400/crash.dawgdays09_%20059.jpg

I can't believe this guy had the gumption to take his hands off the bars after:
a) getting second place
b) hearing armageddon going down just feet away from him.

that's what i was thinking...total tool. not to mention a great way to have someone run into you...i never slow down when there is a crash next to me, infact i usually speed up so some rubber-necker doesn't run into me!

bdcheung

07-13-09, 02:48 PM

some rubber-necker like the guy directly behind him?

Crash716

07-13-09, 02:49 PM

some rubber-necker like the guy directly behind him?

exactly...most of the crashes after the initial come from guys staring at the crash.

botto

07-13-09, 02:55 PM

htt p://si gberto.blogspot.com/2009/07/crash-sequence-pics-dawg-days-mens-35.html

Forgive me for the blog instead of pics... I don't feel like posting all of the pictures again without having to shrink them. It's a rest day at Le Tour, I'm excused, no?

incorrect.

RudeSiggy

07-13-09, 03:50 PM

ahhh c'mon, I eventually got the pics up! just took some tinkering on picasa to find the right links.

Treefox

07-13-09, 07:37 PM

I was rooting for the guy in red/black, he almost made it thru. How many times did the guy in the gutter get hit by other riders?

He got up and ran across the line without his bike.

Treefox

07-13-09, 07:39 PM

I'd be most concerned about the guy who hit the curb.

Lots of blood.

Flatballer

07-13-09, 07:44 PM

Looks like the guy in pic 5 has Lightweights, in the middle. Did they make it?

Treefox

07-13-09, 07:53 PM

Looks like the guy in pic 5 has Lightweights, in the middle. Did they make it?

Zipps - if you follow the links to the big pictures.

If he's who I think he is, something happened to a dropout on his fork and the wheel mostly came off, with dropouts (just based on him walking by later on). Wheel looked ok from a little ways away, but I wouldn't count on it being true still.

Flatballer

07-13-09, 08:05 PM

The comments are fun. The Nature Valley guy and the guy who is completely sideways are both posting, and both think it's the other person's fault for not holding their line. Impossible to tell without video.

The guy who looks like the obvious candidate is my vote for the cause. His feet are the wrong direction to be sprinting and leaning the bike. Either way, he's certainly on a different line than everyone else.

Treefox

07-13-09, 08:05 PM

Slower shutter speed, slower reaction, shorter lens, different angle, and initially preparing to get a photo on the line.

http://sites.google.com/site/tsimchak/_/rsrc/1247536959589/Home/dd1.jpg

http://sites.google.com/site/tsimchak/_/rsrc/1247536959589/Home/dd2.jpg

http://sites.google.com/site/tsimchak/_/rsrc/1247536959589/Home/dd3.jpg

(and I've got tons of photos of several races yesterday - was there for the whole day getting sunburnt - will get them online soon)

MDcatV

07-13-09, 08:10 PM