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Steve Abraham ridingCrash puts Steve Abraham's Year record attempt in jeopardy
Steve Abraham's attempt to beat Tommy Godwin's record for riding the longest distance in a year could be over after he broke two bones in an ankle following a collision with a moped today near Wellington, Somerset.
The news was anounced in a series of tweets from Abraham's official Twitter account the first of which, posted at lunchtime today, read:
There has been an incident on A38 Steve+bike are fine. Steve is having a well earned sleep at a team members house, will keep you all posted
— steve abraham (@steve_abraham74) March 29, 2015
Shortly after 7pm this evening, three more tweets were posted confirming the extent of his injuries.
Extremely sad to announce that aprox 8.10am Steve was ridden into by a moped Steve tried to carry on but stopped in Wellington.Pls next post
— steve abraham (@steve_abraham74) March 29, 2015
He was collected by one of the team and taken to hospital.He has 2 broken bones in his ankle and is currently in plaster.See next post
— steve abraham (@steve_abraham74) March 29, 2015
is looking highly likely that he will require an operation to have a plate and screws. That is all the information available at the moment
— steve abraham (@steve_abraham74) March 29, 2015
Abraham, who is based in Milton Keynes, is attempting to break Tommy Godwin's record of 75,065 miles, set in 1939.
As of Friday, he was more than 2,600 miles ahead of Godwin's pace.
More to follow.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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These attempts are always going to come down to who manages best with injury and illness.
This one sounds serious, and is going to be an enormous setback - but Searvogel is going to have problems too.
Awful news. I'd not put it past him to carry on one legged though.
When I woke up this morning and it was blowing a hoolie and the rain was going horizontal, it was the thought of 'that bloke doing the year record' going out for 200 miles plus in the same weather that galvanised me into putting my cycle shorts on and turning out for the club ride.
All the best Steve.
Regards
M
Unfortunate for this chap, but he wouldn't have beaten what Kurt Searvogel is going to stomp out.
Yeah Kurts doing great mileage on his recumbent bike challenge !!
Absolutely gutted for Steve and dearly hope that he can continue. I wish him and Kurt the very, very best of luck but really don't think this is the time to bring up petty rivalries Jamminatrix.
IMO Steve and Kurt are attempting different records. Steve specifically after Tommy's - on a Road bike.
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