{"id":575921,"date":"2026-03-31T08:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/575921\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:21:09","slug":"ben-turner-explains-bizarre-crash-in-in-flanders-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/575921\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Turner explains bizarre crash in In Flanders Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has not been the smoothest Flemish spring so far for Ben Turner<\/a> and his INEOS Grenadiers<\/a> team. The Brit, who had started his season well, suffered bad luck twice over the weekend. Above all, his crash in In Flanders Fields<\/a> has clearly left its mark. Turner crashed in highly unusual fashion in the finale, at a point in the race where you would not normally expect to see a rider hit the deck like that. \u201cNot my luck the last races,\u201d he wrote on social media<\/a>. In E3, he was hit by a mechanical problem on the Taaienberg, while on the way to Wevelgem his handlebars became tangled with another rider\u2019s.<\/p>\n

That sent him flying diagonally across the tarmac in spectacular fashion. Fortunately, Turner was still able to see the funny side of it. He joked that it was a good thing he had practised somersaults on the bed as a child.<\/p>\n

Continue reading below the video. <\/p>\n

Turner says it feels like Mike Tyson hit him in the back<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy I haven\u2019t broken anything, but it feels like Mike Tyson punched me in the back,\u201d Turner said. \u201cWe\u2019ll see what is still possible in the coming races…\u201d<\/p>\n

In any case, Turner has already been removed from the start list for Dwars door Vlaanderen. American rider Artem Schmidt will replace him there.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n