{"id":189415,"date":"2025-10-04T11:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T11:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/189415\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T11:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T11:52:09","slug":"cycling-is-a-brutal-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/189415\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Cycling is a brutal sport\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/alexander-kristoff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander Kristoff&#8217;s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/sports\/cycling-road\/\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;3ca51f8f-3495-4b66-ab02-6dda27d8c81d&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2025-10-04T10:59:00Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Disappointment for Alexander Kristoff as career ends after crash: \u2018Cycling is a brutal sport\u2019&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;a365-disciplines-crd\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-no\\&quot;,\\&quot;alexander-kristoff\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;seo\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-male\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Disappointment for Alexander Kristoff as career ends after crash: \u2018Cycling is a brutal sport\u2019&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;disappointment-for-alexander-kristoff-as-career-ends-after-crash&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:null,&quot;odf_id&quot;:null,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cycling<\/a> career ended prematurely on Saturday (4 October) when he crashed during stage seven of the Tour de Langkawi and had to quit his final race.<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian was seeking a historic 100th career victory in Malaysia but was forced to sign off after going down midway through stage seven on a straight road along with his UNO-X mobility teammate Erlend Blikra.<\/p>\n<p>Kristoff, 38, who had combined 98 wins seemed to be in pain as he tried to get back on his bike, and was forced to end his chase with 110km to go.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Its not the way I wanted to end the race or the career but cycling is a brutal sport and it changes fast,&#8221; he said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CyclingLegend_\/status\/1974374944973992225\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;3ca51f8f-3495-4b66-ab02-6dda27d8c81d&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2025-10-04T10:59:00Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Disappointment for Alexander Kristoff as career ends after crash: \u2018Cycling is a brutal sport\u2019&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;a365-disciplines-crd\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-no\\&quot;,\\&quot;alexander-kristoff\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;seo\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-male\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Disappointment for Alexander Kristoff as career ends after crash: \u2018Cycling is a brutal sport\u2019&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;disappointment-for-alexander-kristoff-as-career-ends-after-crash&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:null,&quot;odf_id&quot;:null,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow\">interview<\/a> with his team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yesterday I was sick, today I felt a bit better but then I go down very hard. That&#8217;s life but i will not dwell too much about it \u2026 life goes on. I had a good time here until the crash.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I kind of lost my handlebar at full speed, 50, 60k. It was the waste zone and I went to take a gel, just to throw it away in the waste zone after consuming it so I&#8217;m with my hand back in my pocket and suddenly there is a patch on the road, in some bad condition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So just when I&#8217;m not watching the road, and with one hand on the handlebar, I hit bad tarmac and I think my handlebar just turned and I flew over or I lost the handlebar. I&#8217;m not sure \u2013 one of two.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexander Kristoff&#8217;s cycling career ended prematurely on Saturday (4 October) when he crashed during stage seven of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-189415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}