{"id":920541,"date":"2026-10-08T11:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/920541\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T11:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:00:12","slug":"van-baarle-injured-in-crash-ahead-of-wedding-to-ferrand-prevot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/920541\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Baarle Injured in Crash Ahead of Wedding to Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot describes a frightening training crash that left Dylan van Baarle needing wrist surgery ahead of their wedding.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Dylan Van Baarle\" src=\"https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-2295571970.jpg\" data-loaded=\"true\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1216\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\"   bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-2295571970.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"fp-leadCaption py-tight text-left font-utility text-utility3-size leading-utility3-line-height text-secondary\">Van Baarle was involved in an incident with a motorist and his season is over. (Photo: Luc Claessen\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Updated October 8, 2026 04:31AM<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"article-content-link text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/dylan-van-baarle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dylan van Baarle<\/a> suffered a scare just weeks ahead of his wedding to <a target=\"_self\" class=\"article-content-link text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/pauline-ferrand-prevot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot<\/a> in an incident involving a car during a training ride Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutchman was taken to hospital after the collision in Tiel, Netherlands, according to <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"article-content-link text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hln.be\/wielrennen\/helm-heeft-zn-leven-gered-pauline-ferrand-prevot-deelt-hoe-verloofde-dylan-van-baarle-aan-het-ergste-ontsnapt-bij-aanrijding-op-training~a8be03c9\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Het Laatste Nieuws<\/a>, and diagnosed with a fractured wrist.<\/p>\n<p>Further details of what\u2019s being described as a \u201croad traffic accident involving a car\u201d are not immediately available.<\/p>\n<p>His fianc\u00e9e said his helmet saved his life after a heavy impact to his head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got a big impact on his head, the helmet definitely save his life,\u201d Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot wrote on <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"article-content-link text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/paulineferrandprevot\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m really really grateful that things turned out pretty well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"article-content-link text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/soudal-quick-step\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Soudal Quick-Step<\/a> confirmed that a CT scan revealed no damage to his skull or spine.<\/p>\n<p>Van Baarle faces surgery Thursday and will miss Paris-Tours, ending his first season with the Belgian squad, officials confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Superstar couple to wed this month<br \/>\n<img alt=\"Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1008289\" style=\"color:transparent\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-2275153535.jpg\"\/>Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot and Van Baarle are set to get married later this month.  (Photo: Szymon Gruchalski\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The accident comes as one of cycling\u2019s super couples prepares to marry later this month.<\/p>\n<p>They are the only couple to have both won <a target=\"_self\" class=\"article-content-link text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/paris-roubaix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Paris-Roubaix<\/a>: Van Baarle took his cobblestone home in 2022, and Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot added hers in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot thanked Soudal Quick-Step for arranging prompt care and friends for helping them through what she called a \u201creally horrible, long and stressful day\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot \u2014 winner of the 2025 <a target=\"_self\" class=\"article-content-link text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/tour-de-france-femmes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tour de France Femmes<\/a> \u2014 pulled out early in the 2026 edition and ended her season early, citing fatigue and recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to sleep alone for few nights, but that\u2019s the tradition before the big wedding day I guess,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot describes a frightening training crash that left Dylan van Baarle needing wrist surgery ahead of their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":920542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,214038,63,784,73253,85,488607,172608,75493,428484,419870,67883],"class_list":["post-920541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-audio-true","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-parent_category-news","tag-sports","tag-tag-dylan-van-baarle","tag-tag-paris-roubaix","tag-tag-pauline-ferrand-prevot","tag-tag-soudal-quick-step","tag-tag-tour-de-france-femmes","tag-type-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920541","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=920541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/920542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}