News bot Posted August 9, 2015 Posted August 9, 2015 Matt Brammeier was involved in a high speed crash on stage 6 of the Tour of Utah. The Irishman collided with a service car on the descent from Guardsman Pass in Big Cottonwood Canyon. He was chasing back to the main peloton by the time.Click here to view the article
Fisan Posted August 9, 2015 Posted August 9, 2015 I hope his career will survive this. But it looks and sounds bad at the moment...Â
javadude Posted August 9, 2015 Posted August 9, 2015 Jeez, he hit that car hard. He wasn't going to make that corner in any case, totally misjudged it. pista 1
Butterbean Posted August 9, 2015 Posted August 9, 2015 Yoh that's a seriously sickening bunch of crashes. The first one was horrible, the second one with the motorbike was bad too. Wow. Strongs to all the riders involved. pista 1
Pure Savage Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Yoh, there is misjudging and then there is misjudging. Massive something failed? Looked like scrubbed of zero speed. Hope his ribs and pelvis heal quick
Odinson Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Chilling to watch, but if it wasn't due to a mechanical error (such as failed brakes), the fault lies 100% with the rider. There's no way in hell he would've made that switchback at that speed.Â
Tumbleweed Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Chilling to watch, but if it wasn't due to a mechanical error (such as failed brakes), the fault lies 100% with the rider. There's no way in hell he would've made that switchback at that speed.  Ja, couldn;t see so great on the work monitor, but it looks like he did a stoppie just before impact...
jimmycool Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Ja, couldn;t see so great on the work monitor, but it looks like he did a stoppie just before impact...Yes, he went from a tail slide into a stoppie. If you play the video on 1/4 speed it is quite easy (and terrible) to see what happened and yes, if he didn't hit the car, who knows how far down the side of that mountain he would have gone.... joh. Tumbleweed 1
Odinson Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Wonder which is/was the lesser of two evils? Slamming into the Porsche or flying down the side of that mountain?Â
xcd Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 I believe he had a mental shutdown. His muscles took all the blood not allowing his brain enough to operate clearly.. (Deon) 1
Odinson Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 I believe he had a mental shutdown. His muscles took all the blood not allowing his brain enough to operate clearly.. I'm not sure whether this is a trolling comment or not. TheBikeShackZA, Long Wheel Base and TheKaiser 3
FrankG Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 The way that motorbike rides off after 2 people have just crashed into him, you would think he would do a u-turn and head back up the hill to warn other cyclists. xcd 1
xcd Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 I'm not sure whether this is a trolling comment or not. . I have been told by someone in the MtnQ team .maybe a Dr or someone with more medical knowledge can explain "mental shutdown " better.The bottom line is its very sad !
Mongoose! Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Jeez, he hit that car hard. He wasn't going to make that corner in any case, totally misjudged it. Maybe the car block his sight for a split second and he thought the corner was a little bit further? Anyway this could not a pleasant experience...eish.
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