Broken Bones In Cycling | GCN Asks The Pros

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An unfortunate certainty of professional cycling is crashing. Sadly sometimes bones get broken, Matt talks about his broken bones as well as asking the pros.
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Ex-Professional Cyclist Matt Stephens talks about his own crashes giving a total of 7 broken bones. Matt's bones include jaw, nose, collarbone x2, pelvis, tibia and tibial plateau.
Have you suffered a broken bone(s) as a result of a crash? Let us know in the comments 👇
Matt interviews the following riders whilst at the Abu Dhabi Tour to find out their broken bone total.
Jack Haig - Orica Scott
Tao Geoghegen Hart - Team Sky
Manuel Quinziato - BMC Racing Team
Robert Gesink - Team LottoNL Jumbo
Johann Van Zyl - Dimension Data
Alexey Vermeulen - Team LottoNL Jumbo
Fumiyuki Beppu - Trek Segafredo
Michael Gogl - Trek Segafredo
Rafal Majka - Bora Hansgrohe
Mark Renshaw - Dimension Data
Tanel Kangert - Astana Pro Team
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@gcn 7 жыл бұрын

Have you been unfortunate enough to break a bone(s) through cycling? Let us know 👇

@keriezy 7 жыл бұрын

Global Cycling Network Right cheek and 3rd rib separated from sternum.

@stefantroanca2862 7 жыл бұрын

Global Cycling Network unfortunately yeah... I broke my scaphoid last summer, had a screw inserted, which I have to keep a few more months.

@PauloSerra 7 жыл бұрын

Shoulder popped out ... Put it in place myself, but it took a long time before it would stay in on some movements ...

@gcn 7 жыл бұрын

ouch.

@paddyorooney87 7 жыл бұрын

Global Cycling Network does a car collision while commuting count? If so 6 broken bones in my right foot, 4 1/2 months on crutches and 3 permanent screws. Still love riding though.

@superfisto 7 жыл бұрын

*Do a video on coming back from a broken bone!* (collarbone, elbow, wrist, etc)

@lucianonarno1408 7 жыл бұрын

Matt, in your vast experience, could you tell us how you and the rest of the guys at the peloton felt about switching from singlespeed to derailleur geared bikes?

@Adventurer_Gaming 7 жыл бұрын

Luciano Narno xD

@tonydyett8752 7 жыл бұрын

And how did it feel from going from the huge wheel at the front to both wheels being of equal size, i think they called it the safety bike??? Keep up the good work fella.

@JacoboAmaro 7 жыл бұрын

0:32 I didn't know that Matt used to be emo.

@curlisdave 7 жыл бұрын

HackoboProducciones +1!

@rollingnome 2 жыл бұрын

I'm currently watching this, lying in a hospital bed with a double fracture of the pelvis, having been hit by a car whilst on my bike. Feeling rather fed up, and sorry for myself! Was in great shape before. Can't believe I will need 3 - 4 months off the bike! I need a hug!

@transes81 Жыл бұрын

Be glad it wasn't the face like me 3 years ago . Very difficult to recover from facial fractures

@ronypsp 7 жыл бұрын

Another cracking good video from GCN

@acroallmountaineering7408 7 жыл бұрын

Just completed the first ride on the turbo trainer since I had the ilizarov frame holding my leg together removed last week. Still not allowed to walk on it but I can ride! Broken tibia and fibula four and a half months ago.

@shavonpeacock7967 7 жыл бұрын

Only one, courtesy of a pickup truck. Total destruction (impact burst) of my uppermost lumbar vertebra. Incidentally, the surgeons had to remove one rib to access the injury site to remove the bone fragments, all of which but one missed my spinal cord. The remains of the rib were packed into the hole in my hip, where they took the chunk of bone that they used to fuse across the gap where my L1 vertebra used to reside. I also have a metal plate, screws and rods holding it all in place. All this happened over twenty years ago and I am still riding as much as ever.

@sattvavasavadasengupta711 7 жыл бұрын

Is that Lasty's skeleton? Where is he ?!?

@maxoconnor3716 7 жыл бұрын

I recently broke my scaphoid and I can definitely say 2 months in a cast and no riding is a form of torture

@xGshikamaru 7 жыл бұрын

No bones but 3 teeth when I fell head first when my front fork bailed out. One actually got ejected but it was already broken due to street/aggressive roller some years ago. Yeah, cycling can be dangerous, but so are many other sports ;) great video!

@algall75 7 жыл бұрын

Collarbone February 2016, off the bike 8 weeks. Back riding an hour after consultant gave the okay! ;/)

@davidthomas9079 7 жыл бұрын

A year last February i came off on black ice & broke my hip! They put it back together with a Dynamic Hip Screw. In January this year i found out the DHS was loose so i have just had the DHS removed.....all that muscle to repair & recovery again. First time in 52 years that i`ve broken any bones,,,but i did a real job!!

@bikeanddogtrips 7 жыл бұрын

matt talking about his broken bones reminded me of that old film/movie Lethal Weapon 4 with mel gibbon and pasty kensit comparing old wounds. at least you kept your shirt on

@The29ervince 7 жыл бұрын

35 years of riding, break free, until last year when I broke my collarbone, shoulder blade and multiple rib fractures all in one go!

@ashishpathak3199 3 жыл бұрын

I am not a pro.. but i just fractured my left wrist..intra articular radial bone... Crashed with high impact while cycling.. Indeed gives me peace n motivation to see that I am not alone and that I can be be back on saddle soon.

@kchall5 7 жыл бұрын

I know a guy who played basketball for decades, and he said the worst injury he had was a broken wrist. When he got too old for basketball he took up cycling, and since then has suffered two catastrophic open compound femur fractures, one on each leg. I told him he would have been better off sticking with basketball.

@jamesnickless7664 7 жыл бұрын

Dan's looking lean...

@wuntbedruv 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah he does appear to have lost some weight......... and some height!

@andrewbristol2738 7 жыл бұрын

As I was finishing a 104-mile ride in northern France a couple of years ago I was flipped off when a hydraulic bollard came up in front of my wheel on the hotel forecourt. Separated shoulder, now held together with kevlar tightropes.

@chrisdahms9682 7 жыл бұрын

Interesting video. The next time you interview these guys, could you ask them how many cycling helmets they have cracked/broken? Would be a good reminder to beginners to always wear a helmet.

@teuast 7 жыл бұрын

Several weeks ago I was on my way to Student Health at uni to deal with an unrelated health problem I was having when I turned onto a wooden footbridge and immediately lost traction, fell straight on my butt. Luckily, though, it only added insult to injury, rather than more injury. When I got to the health center, I filled out the drop-in form with the important stuff about why I was there, then when it asked about if I'd been hurt recently, I said "Yes." When? "About 15 minutes ago." How? "Fell off bike, bruised pride." The doctor commended me for staying positive.

@EnzoTehBaker 7 жыл бұрын

I've broken 25 bones in about 12 years. Tibia, Fibula, Ankle, 8 metatarsals, collar bone, 4 bones in my hand, nose, skull, scapula, scaphoid, two other bones in my wrist, forearm, rib. Only a few of them were in the same incident and the only ones from cycling were the scapula and collar bone. I have titanium in three of my limbs and a reconstructed shoulder.

@aviationtv118 7 жыл бұрын

I broke my wrist and arm yesterday while cycling

@line6owner 7 жыл бұрын

One crash involving a stray cat = broken bone in hand, collar bone, and 8 ribs in December 2016. I'm still getting over that crash! Everything I broke came on that one crash.

@joss867 7 жыл бұрын

Currently sat watching on the sofa which a Ruptured MCL, ACL, Broken Tib and Femur. #cycling, #whoops

@MattDion 7 жыл бұрын

Joss Rennocks ouch. Wishing you a speedy recovery!

@gcn 7 жыл бұрын

get well soon Joss

@cliveramsbotty6077 7 жыл бұрын

nasty. it's possible to make a full recovery and i hope you manage it within a year or so, but go steady pal! ham string or cadaver graft for the replacement?

@joss867 7 жыл бұрын

Cadaver graft. This is my second major knee injury last time I did Acl, Pcl. lateral, tib, fib and femur 😁 ironically I started cycling as part of my rehabilitation as rugby was no longer an option.

@cliveramsbotty6077 7 жыл бұрын

Oh mate that sounds nasty, knee all shredded again and a broken femur... but it sounds like you're an active person and I'm sure you'll be able to work through it with positivity! All the best for the ongoing recovery dude

@DG-od4pl 7 жыл бұрын

I love the spooky lighting.

@logicmonkeyuk 7 жыл бұрын

7 broken bones in 21 years. Lightweight. I did 8 in one crash just before xmas: finger, radius, ulna, more ulna, collar bone, shoulder blade and two ribs. Importantly, the bike was fine.

@mikesimms1 7 жыл бұрын

Just one broken wrist for me. Sadly, Strava only gave me a Suffer Score of 12 for it. :)

@tonydyett8752 7 жыл бұрын

Not even epic????

@odin2823 7 жыл бұрын

major forearm break- compound fracture to ulna and fracture to radius and dislocated wrist after crossing wet railroad tracks in February of 2016, eventually led to artificial ulna head replacement....

@martinsutoob 7 жыл бұрын

In the last stages of broken collar bone recovery. Interestingly I was on Zwift the other night when I dropped my towel, and, desperate to stay in the group draft I was reaching down for it whilst still pedalling like fury. All of a sudden I realised the whole set up was about to go over, and banged my poorly arm against a chair to save myself. It hurt for a while but luckily it's ok. More importantly, I stayed in the draft.

@lucianonarno1408 7 жыл бұрын

I've done about 4000 km so far, kinda new to cycling. I've fallen badly and also got hit by a car once but I only got road rash and deep cuts.

@phillrobinson9795 7 жыл бұрын

Grade three AC separation. No bone actually broke, but ligaments and muscle ripped putting my collar bone behind my shoulder

@rogerneilson815 7 жыл бұрын

Cervical spine (fortunate to walk but numbness in right arm), both collar bones, rib, both forearm bones (plated for life), 4th metacarpal (can't grab bars proper anymore 😞, one of those weird hand bones that look like popcorn chicken, ankle. Those are sports crashes... List goes on for others...

@budesmatpicu3992 7 жыл бұрын

this should be included in GCN challenge... nobody beats Matt

@tonydyett8752 7 жыл бұрын

Oh dear! From one accident= 3x broken & displaced ribs, torn pectoral muscle, several weeks/months worth of concussion, & a few minor rips of the skin caused by front chain wheel & exposed sharp flints sticking up through the Concrete like summer baked chalk of the South Downs. Helmet disintegrated( doing it's job).....back on the bike ,one handed as soon as i could....christ that hurt!

@kaybikerow 7 жыл бұрын

Broke my right acetabulum sliding out on a wet railway track. Fortunately right at the end of season.

@ScottyCycles 7 жыл бұрын

Broken back at T-6 vertebra and my right maxillary arch (under the right eye cheek bone)

@chrisschreck9069 7 жыл бұрын

Just a separated AC joint, right shoulder--nothing broken (yet). I do have marks from a road rash on my back from last year that look like a two year old got hold of a pencil and marked up a wall.

@filipkapaczynski4517 7 жыл бұрын

You should make it "Dan's scars style" :)

@PeterKenyon 7 жыл бұрын

Broken right humerus (completely), dislocated right shoulder joint, shattered head of humerus. One accident in forty years of recreational cycling. 6 hours surgery, metal plate 9 pins; back on bike 6 months. Rehab, 2 years. Accident type - embarrassing.

@yazandouleh9088 Жыл бұрын

Global cycling network please make one episode about the falls mechanism, and what are the tips to follow in case someone is about to fall, maybe a guide or tips, I broke my lift shoulder in 2020 while training which needed a surgery with implant, then right shoulder non-displaced fracture while sliping on a corner, in both falls I streached out my hand which I shouldn't do as per the doctor, but I could not control my reaction. At the point while falling what can I do to reduce the effect?!

@Definishline 7 жыл бұрын

In late November 2016, I was run down by a motor vehicle. It was a hit and run so I don't know much about the vehicle. I fractured my fibula and damaged my Lumbar 1. I am now walking about with a slight limp. Any advice on the best way to recover faster from broken bone injuries for cyclists.

@williamvandenboom303 7 жыл бұрын

Femur where it attaches to the ball at the hip. 3 titanium screws and it's better than before!

@michaellee1663 7 жыл бұрын

The dangers of not getting clipped in hey Matt ! ( TeeHee, big fan really of your really)

@401SNelson 7 жыл бұрын

Poor Matt, you fall a lot while attempting to clip in ;-)

@deppermeister 7 жыл бұрын

0:28 didnt realise matt used to be in a screamo band xD

@dugongpoo 7 жыл бұрын

So, confirmation (if we needed it) that Matt is fairly accident prone on a bike.

@robwynn405 7 жыл бұрын

By the sounds of it Matt your the worst of the bunch😂 I've had many over the years but worst was a bmx tabletop jump to flat , resulting in a double break of my wrist,quick way to learn about landing ramps and approach speed, hence why I'm a roadie now. Keep up the good work GCN.

@n0twist1 5 жыл бұрын

watching this just having my first cycling (and ever) related broken bone in my finger :(

@Frack_Black 7 жыл бұрын

@2:40 Alexey Vermeulen is Daniel Radcliffe.

@DirtyBunnyAdventureCycling 7 жыл бұрын

Apparently, GCN has a bone to pick with pro cyclists! ... I'll... show myself out now...

@willgh6767 7 жыл бұрын

River Otter Cycling Club good one 😂😂

@joachimvadseth6414 7 жыл бұрын

There has been numerous videos about protein and food on this channel. I ride 90-120 minutes a day indoors. Mostly intervals (FTP, SST, Z3). Is it necessary to take a recovery shake afterwards? How much training is needed? Im about 70kgs and have ridden now for 3 1/2 years. #askgcn #torqueback #askgcnanything

@Dhungerf60 7 жыл бұрын

Matt, is it an illusion or is your left arm shorter than you right? It was also nice of Dan to hang out with you in the studio.

@wuntbedruv 7 жыл бұрын

Femur pelvis right wrist left wrist three ribs and right collar

@agivney 7 жыл бұрын

I hit a car in a roundabout (the police were coming through as well!), I just got a little whip lash and when my helmet hit the road it cracked, but I was O.K. I asked the driver to buy me a new helmet, which he kindly agreed to do (he stopped but then drove through as I was coming down a steep hill, I had right of way). His car got a bump in it (that was from me) plus a long scratch from my bike scraping it. It was a wake up call for me to be careful. If I had of been hit by the car front on I would have been run over.

@markwatson8783 7 жыл бұрын

A lot of wrist injuries, which is understandable. A design change in gloves could help. Thoughts?

@robjay8508 7 жыл бұрын

just broke my radius and ulna with the bone coming out a little the healing is going good but the mental confidence getting back out is a problem don't know how to come back

@undeadgm7 7 жыл бұрын

"To subscribe click on the bones" I see what you did there!

@bjarkebonke1903 7 жыл бұрын

The amount of crashes and broken bones I have had makes me feel more pro (cat2)

@shanecampbell2480 7 жыл бұрын

So far I've broken my collarbone twice, 8 ribs, humerus, scapula, and vertebrae, but apart from that, nothing :-)

@filipvrcakovski 7 жыл бұрын

Is the collar bone most common injury in cycling and actually is it AC shoulder separation or broken collar?

@joevanniroillamas1961 7 жыл бұрын

Haven't broken a bone, only dislocated a shoulder joint.

@chetbrazier2256 7 жыл бұрын

beginning of last season, crashed and broke bones in my left forearm clean through. 2 months in a cast...bye bye first racing season

@koko-lores 7 жыл бұрын

Which is the most dangerous race in terms of broken bones/distance covered? And which type of rider (sprinter, climber, tt, classics) is at highest risk?

@RealMJSr 7 жыл бұрын

Broke my hand in a fight, broke my ribs skateboarding. Nothing cycling, yet!

@Max-te5fe 7 жыл бұрын

Last august, I broke both the radius and ulna in my left arm. I had to have metal put in it, which is still in now

@Djuntas 7 жыл бұрын

They say you dont break the same place/bone twice, I wonder if thats the case for high impact crashes too :P

@briancartoscelli8029 7 жыл бұрын

I have not broken any bones but I've had a hematoma blood clot but I kept riding home

@greg_loper 7 жыл бұрын

Ouch!

@jammasterflash9448 7 жыл бұрын

So Matt has broken way more bones than other pro cyclists! The closest was 4!! Quick question Matt. How many of those accidents were as a result of not being able to clip in?.....😂

@tomrengert1221 7 жыл бұрын

I have have had a ridicules 40 crashes and only broken my left little finger.

@kathrynfrancis7400 7 жыл бұрын

Few weeks ago riding uphill, back end stepped out violently and I got slammed into the floor. Spiral fracture to my tibia and fibula and torn membrane between the bones. Also may need another operation as they mis alligned my leg when they pinned it.

@agivney 7 жыл бұрын

Ouch, that sounds nasty. I hope you make a full recovery.

@hmartinspliff 7 жыл бұрын

I don't break bones, I break records. I might have burst my ear drum once when I broke the sound barrier on a long mountain descent.

@adrianb3869 7 жыл бұрын

Why did I watch this before a big event?

@Daniel1928XT 7 жыл бұрын

i guess most wrist fractures that pro cyclist talk about are, mostly broken scaphoid bones (open hand fall) i suffer that once (car crash, in the middle of my daily training), so much recover time for a insignificant bone smaller than a bean. annoying.

@J_Cav84 7 жыл бұрын

@28 Seconds, Matt: Sportin' the Gallagher Brothers hairdo. Mid-to-early 90's crash, mate?

@kulasisi08 7 жыл бұрын

Broke 3 ribs in a criterium race. Took me 6 weeks before I was able to ride again properly.

@SwedishHouseFifa 7 жыл бұрын

I haven't broken a bone yet :D

@jreason 7 жыл бұрын

SwedishHouseFifa count yourself lucky!

@kneawah 7 жыл бұрын

All of them

@maniac0303 7 жыл бұрын

Last year i broke my right humerus twice while riding my mtb... :(

@abisenior2718 7 жыл бұрын

Ive done scaphoid on each wrist... not cycling tho, football and trolley surfing 😑😂

@jqcyclist 7 жыл бұрын

Not a pro by any stretch of the imagination but the only bones I have ever broken were while I was on a bike. I have broken my right collar bone and broken elbow. Funny story about the broken elbow, I didn't know it was broken until 6 weeks later when I went to the Doc and got it x-rayed. The broken piece already started to fuse back with the bone but slightly out of place so now I get to stay slightly abnormal. Ok, so not really a 'haha' funny story.

@livefreeandshred9818 7 жыл бұрын

3:30 did Matt shave his face with a hatchet?

@derekclaussen2268 7 жыл бұрын

Matt, you have to amend your count. The nose is not a bone, it is cartilage.

@keinumatti 7 жыл бұрын

Could the reason that pro-cyclists break so many bones be down to i) lower bone density due to not doing high-impact exercise, and ii) less skeletal support from muscle on the upper body? If so, isn't there a case for incorporating cross-training and upper-body gym work into our routines as cyclists?

@nastraightsix 7 жыл бұрын

Oh my, I have so much respect for you riders. I only ride on my indoor cycle out of fear of cycling on the roads. The infrastructure here in Canada does not support multiple vehicles on the same road enough and the thought of being taken out by a door, no less a three ton macchiato fuelled hunk of metal makes me generally in awe of you lot. Keep up the great work and the absolutely stellar content :)

@transes81 Жыл бұрын

You can road cycle and be selective on distance and which roads to cycle. As I learnt from a road accident that left me with a broken jaw. The thought of going indoors was too extreme, so kept my road cycling going with safeguards and restrictions

@christopherpeltzer2155 7 жыл бұрын

Matt was not in anatomical position (palms forward-- supinated) when he went over the bones he has broken. But good video.

@Karlylite1 7 жыл бұрын

yes, acetabular fracture and collerbone...getting old.

@alecmileman5267 7 жыл бұрын

Tore the ligaments and Tendons in my left ankle by falling onto a rolled ankle! I couldn't unclip because it was so weak

@ranga8038 7 жыл бұрын

I've fractured my femur when a car pulled out at a junction

@chrisjenkins1 7 жыл бұрын

Not been into cycling that long. Strava says I've done 608 miles in total. I've not broken anything OR had a puncture yet. Feel free to let out you're thought that I'm doing it wrong or I'm not a proper cyclist:p