{"id":257835,"date":"2025-11-12T01:38:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T01:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/257835\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T01:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T01:38:09","slug":"we-cyclists-dont-have-much-to-protect-us-pro-cyclist-urges-drivers-to-be-careful-after-being-hit-hard-by-motorist-who-failed-to-give-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/257835\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe cyclists don\u2019t have much to protect us\u201d: Pro cyclist urges drivers to \u201cbe careful\u201d after being \u201chit hard\u201d by motorist who failed to give way during training session, leaving her in \u201cpain everywhere\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Belgian cyclocross champion\u00a0Marion Norbert Riberolle\u00a0has been left with an upper leg wound after being hit by a motorist who failed to give way during a recent training session.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old revealed on Facebook<\/a> that she was hit by a driver while training on Sunday, an incident\u00a0that has ruled her out of her next three races.<\/p>\n

“A ‘small’ unexpected fall, not on the training schedule this morning. I left the hospital this afternoon after being hit by a motorist for refusing priority, and unfortunately, it hit hard,” she posted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The result: a few staples, a hurt back, pain everywhere and a bad morale. Luckily, the bike is doing better than me.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"MarionMarion Norbert Riberolle staples (credit: Marion Norbert Riberolle)<\/p>\n

“Bit of a rest now, time to let it all sink in, and get back on the bike and racing soon, I hope. Thank you, everyone, for the calls and messages. Most of all, be careful of us on the road: we cyclists don’t have much to protect us.”<\/p>\n

>\u00a0British cyclist to miss Tour of Britain after being hit by driver who tried to “squeeze huge 4×4 past at high speed” on country lane blind bend before returning to “verbally abuse and threaten” female rider<\/a><\/p>\n

Her team confirmed that she would miss Tuesday\u2019s Superprestige Niel and both races planned for the weekend in Merksplas and at the Flandriencross in Hamme on Sunday on Facebook.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

“Belgian champion Marion Norbert Riberolle has to let the next three races – Niel, Merksplas and Hamme – pass. Marion came in on Sunday during a training collision with a car,” the team said.<\/p>\n

“She suffered a deep cut wound, which was closed with staples. Recovery is going well, but she’s getting some much-needed rest. Next Monday, there will be a re-evaluation to determine when she can resume the competition.<\/p>\n

“Get well soon, Marion.”<\/p>\n

Riberolle\u00a0is the latest in a long line of pro cyclists injured in collisions with drivers in recent years. \u00a0Visma-Lease a Bike rider Cian Uijtdebroeks\u00a0was hospitalised after being hit by a motorist<\/a>\u00a0in June, while former\u00a0Tour de France white jersey winner\u00a0Pierre Latour\u00a0was struck\u00a0by a lorry driver whilst training for his final race last month.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

French pro cyclist C\u00e9lia Le Mouel called for has called for motorists<\/a> to show more caution and vigilance around cyclists, after she was hit by a car driver in November 2024, leaving her bike snapped in two.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And last year,\u00a0Remco Evenepoel also asked motorists to be careful<\/a>, calling for them to use the Dutch Reach technique when exiting their vehicle,\u00a0after the three-time world time trial champion\u00a0suffered\u00a0multiple fractures in a dooring incident on a training ride.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Belgian cyclocross champion\u00a0Marion Norbert Riberolle\u00a0has been left with an upper leg wound after being hit by a motorist…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-257835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}