Oliver Bearman described his crash as scary, stating, 'It was a scary moment out there but everything is OK, which is the main thing.' He noted that he escaped with only bruising after a 50G impact.
The avalanche was classified as a Size 4, large enough to destroy cars, damage trucks, demolish small buildings, and break trees. It began as a wind slab before descending to the mid-February facet or crust layer.
I was feeling quite exhausted after the flight, and while walking down a steep cobblestone street, I tripped. I flew through the air and fell flat on the ground, face first. For some reason, the instinct to put my hands out to cushion the fall hadn't kicked in, so I landed straight on my chin. I knew immediately that my jaw was broken I'd heard the awful crack. Before long, blood was gushing down my face.
The crash on a fast, narrow section of densely wooded downhill saw race leader Paul Lapeira (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) and former Pologne winner Rafal Majka (UAE team Emirates-XRG) amongst the multiple fallers, second-placed Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) forced to abandon, and several other riders... forced to quit.
The driver of an allegedly stolen car sped across the Manhattan Bridge and lost control, striking and killing two people before careening into an NYPD van on Saturday morning.
Tonelli traveled the world climbing mountains and riding down them with his LAST bike in no-fall zones. He and Giovanni Mattielo are credited with the first mountain bike ascent and descent of Argentina's 22,211-foot Cerro Mercedario in January 2025.
Zair Murzakov, a married father from Brooklyn, died when his tractor-trailer plunged off the Delaware Memorial Bridge early Friday morning, falling over 170 feet into the river.