Panamera Saves Cyclist

"Just wear your damn mask..." (jimal) 08/11/2015 at 08:31 • Filed to: Two Wheels Bad, Porsche, Tips, Crashlopnik

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I can’t remember if I saw this on Jalopnik yet, but a cyclist is lucky to be alive after piling into the side of a Porsche Panamera this weekend during a race in Utah.

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Normally, piling into the side of a car would be a bad thing, but considering the out-of-control speed the rider was carrying when he hit the side of the Panamera, and what was on the other side of the Panamera, he was extremely lucky to get away with minor injuries.

Plus find the bonus carnage and win a special prize.*

*No actual prize offered.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Just wear your damn mask... 08/11/2015 at 08:34

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Yep. Being Gawker Media, most of the posts are criticizing the guy in the car and the guy on the motorcycle who got t-boned because the cyclist is always right or something...

Just wear your damn mask... > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 08/11/2015 at 08:47

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What? Where?

atrombs > Just wear your damn mask... 08/11/2015 at 08:49

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Given the choice, I’d rather smack into the side of a car then a tree.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 08/11/2015 at 08:52

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I don’t see how anyone could be considered at fault here. Car makes the turn the same as all those before and after, there was bike traffic around those as well, this guy just happened to lose it, which isn’t really hard to to at those speeds. Trying to turn would’ve just meant going under the tires instead of into the side. The Motorbikes probably shouldn’t have stopped there, but they were out of the line the bikes were generally taking, and at that speed on that line I wouldn’t have been surprised to see them wipe out anyway.

Just wear your damn mask... > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 08/11/2015 at 08:52

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Never mind. Found it.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > atrombs 08/11/2015 at 08:53

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I’d rather be a spectator than run into either.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 08/11/2015 at 08:59

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The motorbike was an event official. They were trying to slow/stop people because of the accident. Instead, two cyclists rammed him. Is bike racing supposed to be done with your eyes closed? I get the original one. Going too fast and maybe cooked the brakes. Whatever. Rider error one way or the other. If he was going too fast and cooked his brakes, it’s becuase he wasn’t managing them. If he missed his point, it’s because he made a mistake. It’s the second and third one that I don’t get as it’s very clear that there’s something going on and that everyone on the corner is trying to get riders to slow down.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 08/11/2015 at 08:59

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I’d rather just keep laughing at them from behind my computer screen.

Nerd-Vol > Just wear your damn mask... 08/11/2015 at 09:03

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Hopefully that thug ass biker pays for the damage done to that nice car!

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 08/11/2015 at 09:04

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I’m not quite that sadistic. Yet. I’ll leave that to you

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 08/11/2015 at 09:06

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An official? Critcism retracted.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Nerd-Vol 08/11/2015 at 09:07

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Couldn’t have made it any uglier. In fact, the biker should bill the driver of the car for “restyling” :)

atrombs > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 08/11/2015 at 09:25

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Oh man, that is a better option.

Moves-Like-Senna > Just wear your damn mask... 08/11/2015 at 09:54

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Personally not a big Matt Brammeie fan and this really is why. Unless his breaks cut out, it looks like he wasn’t paying attention more than anything. If you’re at that level, you rarely lose control of your bike unless it’s due to mechanical failure or lack of attention.

I specialize in sprints and descents and he looked way too eager coming down. The path he chose is the path I would have chosen about 8 years ago if I was trying to catch up to the peloton and shows inexperience. He’s not inexperienced but he’s made mistakes like this in the past.

Moves-Like-Senna > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 08/11/2015 at 09:55

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That really pissed me off. The Panamera was in the right, the motorcycles and following cars were the problem. In a race, if there’s an accident like that, the cars need to stop where they are and not try to get out of the way. It’s the most frustrating thing in the world as a cyclist when they decide to move.

Just wear your damn mask... > Moves-Like-Senna 08/11/2015 at 10:17

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Yeah, I don’t know what he was doing or where he thinks he was going, but he definitely wasn’t looking far enough down the road for the speed he was carrying.

Just wear your damn mask... > Moves-Like-Senna 08/11/2015 at 10:18

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IMHO the support vehicles - including the motorcycles - were in the right and the cyclists, who weren’t looking far enough down the road for the speeds they were going, were in the wrong. Low eyes will get you every time.

Moves-Like-Senna > Just wear your damn mask... 08/11/2015 at 10:24

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The problem became when the vehicles continued to move after stopping for me. If there’s an accident, once you stop, you stop as you know there’s potential other vehicles right behind you navigating. The cyclists that hit the motorbike were under the assumption the bike had stopped, for good reason, but this year there have been countless press motorcycles causing accidents. BMC has called them out since they’ve cost them multiple races.

Just wear your damn mask... > Moves-Like-Senna 08/11/2015 at 10:33

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The motorcycle had barely moved when the two cyclists hit it, one at the front and one at the back. Considering both cyclists dodged other cyclists who did see people signaling that there was a blockage in the road and had slowed before they got to the motorcycle, I’m not laying much blame on the moto.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Moves-Like-Senna 08/11/2015 at 10:34

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The bike never stopped. It slowed, but did not stop or do anything sudden, and before it there’s another bike and some people trying to flag the cyclists down to let them know to slow for danger ahead. They’re flagging the course for about ten seconds before the second accident. They ignored this, almost hit the guy trying to slow them, then rammed the motorcycle. The cyclists should have been paying attention.