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Ambulance and Marco Mathis at Road World Championships.PNGVideo: Ambulance nearly takes out rider at World Championships
Concerns have been raised over the safety of riders competing in the UCI Road World Championships in Doha after live TV coverage of today's men's under-23 time trial showed an ambulance driver coming very close to colliding with Germany's Marco Mathis.
The 22-year-old, who rides for UCI Continental team Rad-Net Rose, was approaching the entrance to a roundabout and seeking the straightest line through it when the driver of the ambulance veered into his path, missing him by inches.
.... #ridersafety #UCIDoha2016 pic.twitter.com/IOYduKlbHh
— CyclingHub (@CyclingHubTV) 10 October 2016
The event is still ongoing, with Mathis currently occupying first place, with around 40 riders left to roll down the start ramp at the time of publication.
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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Am I the only person genuinely surprised to read this? I'd assumed that it would be at night - but 10.30 in the morning???
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They don't deserve any payment, but the rebrand was done before Ashley got his stinky hands on it, so they probably did.
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Totally agree - that's a very nice route for walking along by the river when you're not forced onto Crews Hole Rd.
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There are a lot of people out there who seem to think exactly that. It's like all those times that the traffic lights change as you are halfway...
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No, you're not missing anything. I've just re-read the original article and I clearly just presumed they would hand in their licence…
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Don't forget the hour record!...
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No wonder he bloody won it. Getting massive assistance there.
Probably.
Not far off taking out the motorcyclist either.
Lucky they had an ambulance close at hand.
Oh...
Obviously, has no idea what he should be doing
nice slipstreaming too