Cycling analyst Jan Bakelants responds to collision during cycling tour, despite extensive experience: “Alarming that I didn’t see it”

“In every training session there is a moment when you have to be ‘awake’ to avoid a collision.” Ex-pro Jan Bakelants (40) was hit by a car on Wednesday, exactly on the first day that the MAMILs – middle-aged men in lycra – came out en masse. The cycling analyst tells HLN what exactly happened and how easy it is to end up in dangerous situations during training. “No matter how alert you are, the opponent must have seen you too.”

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