British pro cyclist broke neck in National Championships mega crash

Seb Grindley apologises to others caught up in incident, caused by a pothole in west Wales

Seb Grindley at the National Championships
(Image credit: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)

British pro cyclist Seb Grindley broke his neck in a huge crash at the British National Road Championships last week.

A large crash after about an hour of the elite road race split the field and ended the race for many. Grindley of Lidl-Trek Future Racing and Thomas Gloag (Visma-Lease a Bike) were among those affected. The race was not officially neutralised, despite the road being blocked by the crash for minutes on a narrow Welsh road, with the front group continuing to push on.

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Adam Becket
News editor

Adam is Cycling Weekly’s news editor – his greatest love is road racing but as long as he is cycling, he's happy. Before joining CW in 2021 he spent two years writing for Procycling. He's usually out and about on the roads of Bristol and its surrounds.

Before cycling took over his professional life, he covered ecclesiastical matters at the world’s largest Anglican newspaper and politics at Business Insider. Don't ask how that is related to riding bikes.

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