Skilled biking is extra harmful than ever, in accordance with the professionals, with quicker speeds, extra animated racing and sub-par security measures heightening the chance of crashing. 

Earlier this month, a collection of high-profile crashes triggered debates inside the sport over rider security. Grand Tour winners Primož Roglič, Remco Evenepoel and Jonas Vingegaard are all at the moment sidelined, having deserted Itzulia Basque Nation, the latter two with a number of fractures. Wout van Aert, too, broke quite a few bones in a arduous fall at Dwars door Vlaanderen.