{"id":296460,"date":"2025-11-20T06:22:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T06:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/296460\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T06:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T06:22:11","slug":"lorena-wiebes-struck-by-motorist-driver-flees-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/296460\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorena Wiebes struck by motorist, driver flees scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yikes!
Dutch sprinter Lorena Wiebes had a frightening experience this week when she was hit from behind while riding her ebike. She posted about the scary incident on Instagram. Fortunately, Wiebes escaped serious injury. However, she understandably expressed frustration that the driver responsible didn\u2019t stop.<\/p>\n

Every cyclist\u2019s fear<\/p>\n

\u201cTo the person who hit me and didn\u2019t stop: I\u2019m luckily feeling okay, but this could have been way worse,\u201d Wiebes wrote, highlighting how easily the situation could have ended much, much worse. While the driver continued on, two passersby stopped to help, prompting Wiebes to thank them publicly.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old SD Worx-Protime rider also pointed to a wider issue, noting the increasing risk for cyclists: \u201cThat\u2019s what\u2019s so frustrating: nowadays, more and more cyclists are dying because they\u2019re being hit by drivers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wiebes has been enjoying a well-earned break following a long road season and an extremely successful track world championships in Santiago, Chile. Last month, she claimed two world titles on the track. She also won the world gravel champs.<\/p>\n

Despite the triumphs, the championship ended on a low note when Wiebes and her partner Lisa van Belle crashed hard in the madison, resulting not only in physical pain but also unwelcome and very disturbing messages.<\/p>\n

The SD Worx\u2013Protime sprinter took gold in both the team sprint and elimination race. But then she crashed badly in the madison alongside van Belle.<\/p>\n

The messed-up part? In a post to Instagram<\/a>, Wiebes said she was \u201cokay under the circumstances.\u201d But then she shared a screenshot of a really screwed-up Facebook comment. The message, from a user named \u201cBaerke,\u201d wished her \u201cas many broken bones as possible\u201d and called her \u201cthe most unsportsmanlike woman there is.\u201d<\/p>\n

The superstar pro responded: \u201cPeople are so nice these days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wiebes said the Madison result wasn\u2019t what they had hoped for,\u00a0 but joked, \u201cAt least we where holding hands till the last moment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yikes!Dutch sprinter Lorena Wiebes had a frightening experience this week when she was hit from behind while riding…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,48240,28779,10587,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-296460","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-hit-and-run","12":"tag-lorena-wiebes","13":"tag-road-safety","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}