Unnecessary Aggressor eats pavement at the Boise Twilight P1 race

#42 from the Austin Aviators harasses my teammate. In the first clip, you'll see him crash himself out by trying to take out my teammate. In the second clip, you'll see that when he comes back into the race, he immediately goes for my teammate again.

[@eto2352]

USAC needs to pull his license for a season. That's b.s.

[@conniesuirofsorts2383]

Hopefully this makes it to the right viewers so he can receive a fine or something

[@itstrbo]

This is why I can't do crits. Someone does this to me, and I'm gonna be waiting in the parking lot for them or just hop off my bike and settle it mid-race...cycling is dangerous enough without these sort of antics

[@BETRNSX]

For sure. Second time, I would pushed them back, got off and beat the crap out of them if they want to play games like that.

[@BurgerLover911]

This is very rare

[@slangig]

Have you thought about signing up with legion?

[@ronm7114]

fr this guy should be in jail. What an utter po garbage.

[@bugodi327]

Well not everyone has the emotional control of an 8 year old…

[@BrianFaure]

That is nuts...he needs to be pulled from racing and the team. If he has to do that...he must not be any good

[@mikeclips8723]

Swift trail, execution

[@thhorwitz1]

That rider has won a Pro Road Tour criterium (Armed Forces).

[@mikeclips8723]

@@thhorwitz1 They need to treat his with respect. He just lost a child. Pray for this man.

[@ivanboesky1520]

BS, kick that loser out. 😀

[@jpvdw1961]

​@@mikeclips8723 so in one comment you want to execute him and second we have to pray for him? WTF?

[@Celeritate7]

Damn.. If I made the rules that would be a perma ban

[@dominickbrookes5103]

Usa cycling should ban him permanently

[@bugodi327]

Too strict a punishment for this kind of incident

[@tylersnow75]

@@bugodi327I think I found the shameful rammer here

[@samj1185]

#42 is disturbed that day. Bike racing has no place for such behavior.

[@ultimatist]

Imagine what goes on in the head of that clown!

[@mylittlepitbull3143]

When I used to race, I believe that racing was self-policing. In other words, he would have been in the gutter. Well, fighting has always been a part of racing.

[@markmark2469]

There's a reason I only do road races and time trials. Crits are too crazy! Staying upright (but aero - Lol) on the bike is a priority for me.

[@kaseycarpenter73]

this. I raced my last crit decades ago. now endurance. the only thing I miss is the adrenaline dump. I don't miss the shattered bones and expensive carbon replacement all b/c someone really REALLY wanted that free carwash or powerade preem.

[@kasimirdenhertog3516]

Looks like a great little track! Not the endless obstacles, cobbles and speed bumps we have here in the Netherlands.

[@Littleweenaman]

hey when it’s 109 degrees out that cobblestone don’t sound to bad 😂

[@kasimirdenhertog3516]

@@Littleweenaman OK, yes, perhaps then I would prefer cobblestones 😁

[@jpvdw1961]

Ya ain't much if ya ain't Dutch!

[@junkandcrapamen]

Monumental idiocy.

[@wackery_zeimer]

BS like this has had me questioning my will to race these big events recently...

[@future46r]

I’m with u buddy

[@jk2302]

Damn, that was Connor Salee, normally a nice guy wonder what his deal was that day...

[@mikeclips8723]

He lost his daughter. Pray for this man

[@Thezuule1]

@@mikeclips8723 doesn't give him the right to take it out on others and praying isn't going to change anything.

[@mikeclips8723]

@@Thezuule1 I pray for you and your conversion

[@Thezuule1]

@@mikeclips8723 I repeat, praying isn't going to do anything. You don't have magical powers where you mumble to yourself and I suddenly become convinced that imagined things are real. You're not somewhere I'm going, you're somewhere I've already been. Thanks for your faux concern though just the same.

[@mikeclips8723]

@@Thezuule1 I pray for your conversion. Homosexuality is wrong.

[@dangurtler7177]

If this is just a crit, why would the guy reenter the race or be allowed to reenter when he is a lap down?

[@jamesbancroft2418]

Its a new racing format that allows "subs" of sorts.

[@FreeMTrider]

In the NCNCA, if a rider crashes or has a mechanical, they can reenter the race if there are more than five laps remaining. Typically the lap rule is subject to the promoter's rules.

[@dangurtler7177]

@@FreeMTrider That is an interesting rule. The application isn't clear to me though, the rider just comes back in and then is on the same lap as everyone else or does he have to make up the distance he lost?

[@FreeMTrider]

@@dangurtler7177 if the rider was in a breakaway or up the road on his own, they will let the rider rejoin at that point. If he is in the main pack, he joins at the back of the pack.

[@FreeMTrider]

⁠@@jamesbancroft2418that format is the one they used in Miami as the premier of a new Pro team format. I don’t think Boise Crit is part of that series which is a team invite only.

[@charlesmansplaining]

Maybe a visit in person after the race to bust his nose might make him think about doing that shit again.

[@Ih8GoogleandApple]

Would have liked to see him try the same bump after re entering the race and snap his Sirvelo in 1/2 when he hits the pavement again.

[@jamesbancroft2418]

There's a phrase you all might have heard, it goes like this....Fuck around and find out!

[@skyscraper5910]

maybe he just didnt see him in the first one but after that second one, bro I wudda went and snapped his frame after the race.

[@Littleweenaman]

The second time you are getting an open Palmed slap across the face that’s just unnecessary aggression

[@christopheryellman533]

I would catch the little 145-pounder off his bike somewhere.

[@TheOrangeRoad]

What a feel good story

[@siberian13]

Try that shit with me and I’ll end up on tv in an orange jumpsuit for what happens next.

[@ivanboesky1520]

Yeah, sure tough guy. LOL

[@jpvdw1961]

I'd love to meet that aggressive rider on the track.....

[@FreeMTrider]

Wow......I'm sure they were having words or maybe one of them had words before that idiot tried to run your teammate into the barrier. That was unacceptable. Like others have said, that rider should be suspended and even fined.

[@jamesbancroft2418]

That's called karma! LOL hopefully he got what was coming to him.

[@blaketart496]

They need to just pit the gloves on after the race. Definitely can't be doing dumb ish like this with 40 or 50 other folks around and all riding 6-10k bikes.

[@CyberNancy]

What did your teammate say lead up to the other rider going after him the first time?

[@andrewchapman5659]

yeah theres something going on missing context

[@halfak]

According to my teammate, he has no idea why the rider was going after him. I didn't see anything and there was nothing else captured on video AFAICT. The aggressive rider commented on my instagram post and offered no justification for his behavior.

[@halfak]

@onehandwashestheother Really? Swinging across the road in order to purposefully make contact with another rider and crashing himself out in the process wasn't "wrong"?

[@halfak]

@onehandwashestheother Oh yes. Those true competitors crashing themselves out trying to be tough. How delightful.

[@CyberNancy]

@@halfak it seems like sometimes people get amped up during a race and act out in an over-the-top way. It’s like when somebody lays out a massive hit after the whistle in football.

[@bentrodoutdoors7953]

Don’t let a coward like that roll free _ name them

[@shavaylahalvarez1411]

Connor Salee

[@shellsbignumber2]

Maybe he played too much Road Rash as a kid?

[@redfixfive]

well Aviators is a Legion umbrella team?? following the same playbook 🙄

[@Dellvmnyam]

From the point of view of the aggressor it was a necessary aggression.

[@Smaug1]

I love to see instant karma like this.

[@rf6934]

Deliberate aggression while racing, with a number pinned on, under a license is unacceptable. Governing body should take action based off of recommendations. Local promoters can ban at their level too, say for a year, stay away from my event, go fight somewhere else. Deliberately crashing someone else is criminal, ban for life type behavior. Just getting in a fist fight after the race in the parking lot doesn’t prompt our teams, organizations, promoters or governing bodies to do anything. There should be people to contact in order to make your case that a racer was clearly TOO AGGRESSIVE in today’s race. If we all race like we’re being filmed with a GoPro, or whatever, from behind, with consequences if we act stupid, then we will all race on our best behavior, like competitive Ladies and Gentlemen should. ✌️🪂🪂🪂🪂

[@halfak]

USAC has been notified with this video and put in contact with people involved who can speak to what the camera doesn't catch that well.

[@darthjohn0]

I’d grab his brake if he continuously made contact with me.

[@stevehageman6785]

Wow, everything is NASCAR now???? :-(

[@decius596]

Bet this guy drives a f250 and coal rolls other road riders when he's not training

[@tylersnow75]

Insanity

[@coletraincyclist5979]

See u in the parking lot bump me then

[@tristanm8250]

I'm a 100kg cat 5 chad, I'll bump who I want when I want. What's a toothpick-armed little skinny boi like u gonna do about it?

[@shalakabooyaka1480]

You guys should do like NASCAR used to, and beat people asses when they act like this lol

[@abuckeye26]

Put his name

[@austinplais3392]

That man is possessed by evil. That’s unfortunate and I’ll be praying for him man