{"id":190711,"date":"2022-09-21T10:04:50","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T10:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=190711"},"modified":"2022-09-21T10:04:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T10:04:50","slug":"the-world-championships-still-under-attack-from-magpies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2022\/09\/21\/the-world-championships-still-under-attack-from-magpies\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Championships Still Under Attack from Magpies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The importance of wearing helmets shows again, this time at the 2022 road World Championships in Wollongong. However, it is in a different matter than a stranger to magpies might expect. That is because the helmets shield the owners from danger from up above \u2013 the swooping attacks of the infamous birds.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The large population of magpies living around Wollongong is currently in the \u201cswooping season\u201d as the locals refer to it. In a bid to try to protect their young, they attack anything they deem dangerous. And the pros training on local roads falls into that category.<\/p>\n<p>The latest rider to share footage of such an attack on social media is Bauke Mollema. Both he and other Dutch riders came under attack from the birds yesterday on a group training ride.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nZlj94wk6z\">pic.twitter.com\/nZlj94wk6z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cycling out of context (@OutOfCycling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OutOfCycling\/status\/1572189130863579137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>You can see a different attack which we reported on back in 2017 below:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BYHnZUhn1Qs<\/p>\n<p>One of the other riders who came under attack was the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a champion Remco Evenepoel. \u201cA fairly large bird came very close and it just kept following me,\u201d Evenepoel said. \u201cIt was terrifying. But that&#8217;s Australia, apparently. I hope it&#8217;s the only time it happens, but I am afraid of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Luckily the attacks end badly only very occasionally. As all the riders are now aware of the problem, we hope no one gets spooked and goes down. Also, none of the attacks occurred during actual events. Let\u2019s hope that luck continues!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The importance of wearing helmets shows again, this time at the 2022 road World Championships in Wollongong. 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