We have our first Superweek crash porn, compliments of Tricia Smith.

It’s impossible to tell exactly what led to what in this sprint from Sunday’s Cat 3 race, but here we have Chris Hurst (Baraboo Sharks) unclipping and falling into Matt Hebard (GS Boulder). Hurst ends up completely on one side of his bike, briefly defying gravity before hitting the ground. Hebard stays upright but hits his arm hard on the barricade.

Hebard placed 4th, Hurst 5th. The uncropped photo series starts here.

Hebard’s initial self-diagnosis was a broken arm, but that proved not to be the case. In fact, he was back in action Monday in Richton Park. Perhaps in an attempt to stay as far away from other riders as possible, he created a huge solo lead in the first 10 laps. He would get caught but after recovering, he successfully got off the front again with about 10 laps to go, this time with Brian Moritz (Bikes To You). Together they built a huge lead, and it was Moritz sprinting out of the final corner for the victory.

There were palpable sighs of relief as riders showed up in Richton Park and found the race much safer and enjoyable than Sunday’s course in Olympia Fields. Let’s hope Bensenville delivers as well.

Full wrap-up to come later.

Richton Park P/1/2 results. Richton Park W-P/1/2/3 results.