Yep, the West bound Shoulder of Del Dios, tends to always have debris from vehicles and chunks of fallen rock that have skipped over or through the catch fence. Its a Fast section if you are in the drops or on a TT bike and making a decent effort (or greater). In a paceline on Roadbikes that section is near 50mph. If a paceline passed a single rider who couldn't hold his line because of debris, it would be pretty ugly indeed.
And I'm not saying I think this is what happened, I'm just saying that if you are familiar with that piece of road; you could see how things could go awry in a heartbeat.
quote MSUGUY:""yet the OP isn't able to confirm he was clipped, he just thought he was. If his memory was so vivid up to hitting the ground I would imagine he would of known exactly what happened. ""
Sometimes when things happen for the first time, your brain doesn't know how exactly to process the sensations that are occurring as you go down. So, I can understand that part being potentially confusing to the downed rider. Its like when you are on the mat being choked out for a second time and your breathing gets really snore like: oh yeah.......here we go again.
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And I'm not saying I think this is what happened, I'm just saying that if you are familiar with that piece of road; you could see how things could go awry in a heartbeat.
quote MSUGUY:""yet the OP isn't able to confirm he was clipped, he just thought he was. If his memory was so vivid up to hitting the ground I would imagine he would of known exactly what happened. ""
Sometimes when things happen for the first time, your brain doesn't know how exactly to process the sensations that are occurring as you go down. So, I can understand that part being potentially confusing to the downed rider. Its like when you are on the mat being choked out for a second time and your breathing gets really snore like: oh yeah.......here we go again.
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