Everything was going smoothly for Spanish cyclist David Torres at UCI Gran Fondo La Nucia on Sunday 08 November, until it wasn’t. Things changed quickly when he misjudged a corner while descending, with the video camera mounted on his bike capturing everything.
Around kilometre 62 of the 132-kilometre gran fondo route through the Sierra de Aitana mountains, Torres took a sweeping right-hand bend too fast, drifted across the road and crashed into the guardrail on the outside of the corner. Luckily, the barrier stopped him from going over the precipice.
His bike was left lying in the middle of the road, while the handlebar video camera remained undamaged, upside down and still filming. Torres lay on the ground, conscious but stunned and in obvious pain. Medics reached him in about 30 seconds, treated him and moved his bike off the carriageway.
Torres is okay. On Facebook, he shrugged off the incident, describing the crash as just another part of the sport. He also thanked the ambulance crews and organisers for their swift response and care.
His video below underscores the old adage: brake before the corner, not in it. Speed is easy to carry into a bend. It is much harder to carry out of one.
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