Jonas Vingegaard crashes in training after being tailed by amateur rider

[OVERDRIVE]

Jonas hit the deck while trying to drop an amateur rider. 

Should he just have ignored him and gone on with his day? Thoughts? 

Jonas Vingegaard crashes in training after being tailed by amateur rider, as Visma urge fans to give pros 'as much space and peace as possible' | Cyclingnews

[betaboy]

It was a downhill chase, every man for himself, pro or no pro… 💪🏻

[OVERDRIVE]

41 minutes ago, betaboy said:

It was a downhill chase, every man for himself, pro or no pro… 💪🏻

[dave303e]

At the end of the day he had 2 brake levers in his hands, at any stage he could have sat up, eased on the brakes off to the side safely, let the amateurs go and given himself space to ride in a safe way...

 

[Mamil]

Wannabe streetfighter sees a champion boxer and squares up to him. 

[Wannabe]

27 minutes ago, Mamil said:

Wannabe streetfighter sees a champion boxer and squares up to him. 

Hey, I wasn’t some wannabe street fighter. I was a solid amateur welterweight with several titles under my belt... lol.

I agree, it was a bit silly from the amateur. 

[BuffsVintageBikes]

I believe the saying is... "Pride comes before a fall". He had choices, he chose the wrong one.

[mikkelz]

It's a public road... it's not like the "amateur" broke into private property to disturb a training camp or something?

If he hadn't crashed, this wouldn't be a news story.

[babse]

not used to having someone sit his slip and his normally in their slip?

[Titan Racing Bikes]

28 minutes ago, babse said:

not used to having someone sit his slip and his normally in their slip?

Shots fired!😀

[ChrisF]

2 hours ago, Mamil said:

Wannabe streetfighter sees a champion boxer and squares up to him. 

 

Seen some strange rider behaviour out on the roads, leading up the World Champs of fun rides .... sure to get even more fun in the last few weeks.

 

Pass someone with a decent speed difference ... some distance later you notice he is half wheeling you ...  NEARLY came down that time !!  Actually impacted my Winelands event ... I was super alert of any rider in my slip !

 

Choose your passing moves ... 

Make sure it is safe to move over for the passing move ...

Make SURE what the rider behind you is up to .... some have ZWIFT legs and zero race-craft ....

Edited January 28 by ChrisF

[Headshot]

LOL - the Danish Anchovy needs to chill...

[Mamil]

I'm a huge Ving fan - I like that he's quiet and somewhat shy, strikes me as an extreme introvert. When he waited for pog on that TdF stage a couple of years back it impressed me a lot, I doubt he was dicing this amateur - more likely he just wanted to be left alone and crashed because he was anxiously trying to get away. 

The rider I fanboy about is Mohoric - strikes me as a genuine guy.

[Pandatron]

It was me, I beat him on the climb and he was jelly

[Bro Derek]

The oke rides in a group for a living.... one guy following him down a hill shouldn't make any difference.

This is just clickbait and mood filler for engagement during the off season

[NGM]

Well the amateur rider did upload this photo to his ride on strava:

So I'd imagine if jonas had just slowed down he would have done the same to get some better photos. That's speculation of course. But to assume Jonas could have just pulled the brakes to let him go past might be a bit like assuming a famous actor could just slow down and let the paparazzi drive away. Then he posts a self-righteous rant, most likely because he actually feels bad about it and is being defensive, or because he wants people to know he handled a descent better than a TDF winner. 

I'd find it annoying if i was out training.

In fact its the main reason I didn't go pro.