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Qinghai, China — Rock Racing’s Oscar Sevilla collided with a spectator who stepped into the road to take a photo of the finishing sprint Saturday at the Tour of Qinghai Lake in China.
The high-speed crash sent Sevilla sprawling to the pavement and destroyed his bicycle. But the Spaniard did not break any bones and plans [...]

As many of you Bicycle.net readers have already heard, there was a major “Road Rage” incident in Brentwood (in Los Angeles).
We made a very difficult decision to not run the story because it was a very difficult story for us. We know both riders and have ridden Mandeville Cyn. many many times. This story was [...]

Ricco wins Tour’s sixth stage
SUPER-BESSE, France, July 10, 2008 (AFP) - Italian Riccardo Ricco of Saunier Duval won the Tour de France sixth stage, a 195.5km race from Aigurande to here in the Massif Central, here Thursday, with Kim Kirchner of Luxembourg, riding for the Colombia team, taking the race leader’s yellow [...]

Bend, Ore. — Team Type 1’s Ben Brooks is hospitalized in stable condition following a violent crash Wednesday during the opening stage of the Bend Memorial Clinic Cascade Cycling Classic in Bend, Ore.
The 29-year-old Australian fell victim to one of a half dozen cattle guard crossings along the 83-mile (133.5 km) Prineville Road Race. A [...]

Gas prices are too high, right?  Absolutely unbelievable — somebody should do something about this, shouldn’t they?  How can we get by paying $4 a gallon?  Who’s getting rich off this?  Why doesn’t the government step in?
 
Those thoughts - headlines - rants - often go through my mind as I ride.  Sitting on a bike [...]

At a local crit in Los Angeles called the Dash 4 Cash there was a pile up in front of me. With no where to go, and the brakes locked up I hit the asphalt. It appears the dude behind me also had no where to go except over my back which left this very [...]

George Hincapie of Team HighRoad took a pretty nasty crash in the final circuits around Santa Rosa in stage one of the Tour of California. Here are Bicycle.Net’s exclusive photos.

Back on his feet:

Photos by Michael Roe

Here is a photo of a friend. This occurred on a ride around Lake Tahoe when a driver made a last minute right hand turn without looking. He did this just as we were riding by him.

This photo is from the 2003 Brentwood Crit in Brentwood, CA. You know the place, OJ Simpson made it famous a few years back.
I was on my way to winning the CAT 4 race, when I over cooked the last turn and slid for what seemed like at least 50 meters.
Aron Gadhia, CPT, USACC
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July 4th 2007, I was riding south on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, CA. A Honda Accord is looking for a parking space and pulls over to park right in front of me while I am descending at around 25 mph. I head butt his trunk, flip over handle bars and land on [...]

This new section of Bicycle.Net is dedicated to Road Rash, wipeouts and everything else that can go wrong when its just you, two wheels, a bit of carbon fiber and whole lot of potentially angry asphalt.
Send us your best pictures and stories of hard core failure on two wheels.
But first, Here’s a basic kit [...]