Marco Haller’s team-issue Specialized bike destroyed by reversing car

Marco Haller
Marco Haller (Image credit: Getty)

Seasoned Austrian pro Marco Haller has described how a confused car driver reversed into his bike and drove over it several times, destroying his Bora-Hansgrohe team issue Specialized Tarmac bike.

The former Austrian national champion and winner of last year’s Hamburg Bemer Cyclassics  told the Kleine Zeitung that the driver "initially thought he had only caught a branch."

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.