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Quick Step Floors pro crashes into a BEAR while training in California

Matteo Trentin happily unharmed after close encounter of the ursine kind

Among the things you don't want to meet while descending at speed is a bear. But that's what happened to Quick Step Floors rider Matteo Trentin over the weekend while training in California.

The two-time Tour de France stage winner - who also has a stage of the Giro d'Italia among his palmares - posted a picture of his shattered helmet to Instagram, along with a brief description of what had happened.

The 27-year-old Italian, who rode in the Tour of California earlier this month then stayed to train in the Lkae Tahoe area, wrote: "Always wear a helmet fellas!!it can also happen that during training a bear cross your path when you are in a fast downhill.

"No space to brake so i got an accident with him!! He wasnt a fluffy teddybear."

He added: "Thanks @iamspecialized_road for the fast replacement!! On the road again!!"

Encounters between bears and cyclists are not unusual, but typically happen away from roads.

Earlier this month we reported how a mountain biker in Slovakia had filmed a friend of his being chased by a bear on a trail through some woods.

> Video: Bear charges at mountain biker

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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Ush | 7 years ago
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 posted a picture of his shattered helmet to Instagram,

Can I post a picture of the basket of shattered eggs that saved my life yesterday?  Thanks Egg Marketing Board for the free replacement!!!!!   Remember:  always wear your eggs guys!!!!!!!!

 

I suppose someone is now going to post nasty comments about my eggs.

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SingleSpeed replied to Ush | 7 years ago
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Ush wrote:
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 posted a picture of his shattered helmet to Instagram,

Can I post a picture of the basket of shattered eggs that saved my life yesterday?  Thanks Egg Marketing Board for the free replacement!!!!!   Remember:  always wear your eggs guys!!!!!!!!

 

I suppose someone is now going to post nasty comments about my eggs.

 

 

 

A very good point incredibly well put, as you so demonstrably point out an eggshell is quite literally sufficient to protect the contents of your skull.

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Ush replied to SingleSpeed | 7 years ago
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SingleSpeed wrote:
Ush wrote:
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 posted a picture of his shattered helmet to Instagram,

Can I post a picture of the basket of shattered eggs that saved my life yesterday?  Thanks Egg Marketing Board for the free replacement!!!!!   Remember:  always wear your eggs guys!!!!!!!!

 

I suppose someone is now going to post nasty comments about my eggs.

 

A very good point incredibly well put, as you so demonstrably point out an eggshell is quite literally sufficient to protect the contents of your skull.

Can't you read?  It's not an eggshell.  Of course an eggshell wouldn't do it.  It's a basket of eggs.  Moron.

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SingleSpeed replied to Ush | 7 years ago
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Ush wrote:

 Moron.

 

Oh, the irony.

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Ush replied to SingleSpeed | 7 years ago
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SingleSpeed wrote:
Ush wrote:

 Moron.

 

Oh, the irony.

Are you seriously telling me that you would go out without a basket of eggs on your head?  My friend was knocked down by a car and you could see that all the eggs were crushed after it.  He has photos to prove it.  And he is a paramedic and he says that the cyclists that he sees without baskets of eggs are all dead. 

And you can quote all the statistics you like.. it is OBVIOUS that a basket of eggs protects your head.  If you don't believe me then try running your head into a wall without a basket of eggs and see how you like it.  

At least, please tell me that you make your children wear baskets of eggs?

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The Rake | 7 years ago
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He's smarter than the average cyclist, though this goes down as a bit of a boo boo

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peted76 | 7 years ago
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^^

Hook line and sinker.

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Carton replied to peted76 | 7 years ago
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peted76 wrote:

^^

Hook line and sinker.

I think you caught an old boot there. Or an old rotting egg ... egg carton? Can't quite keep up.

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s_lim | 7 years ago
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There could've been a grizzly end to this tale

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StraelGuy | 7 years ago
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No, but maybe in his cycling shorts when he saw what he was about to crash into.

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2wheelsor4 | 7 years ago
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Did Trentin sh*t in the woods??

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Grahamd | 7 years ago
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Hope the bear is ok.

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Jackson | 7 years ago
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I shouldn't have to wear a helmet. Bear education is the key.

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Tommytrucker | 7 years ago
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Bloody cyclists running red lights.

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wycombewheeler | 7 years ago
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disc brakes should be banned on bears - problem solved.

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Yorkshire wallet | 7 years ago
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What has the bear said about this?

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barbarus | 7 years ago
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I guess he may now paws before a steep descent.

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