http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/8166222/Jure-Robic.html
Incredible athlete, RIP.
Remember reading about his death on cyclingnews. Seemed incredibly gifted, but slightly un-hinged. Although, that could be said of many great athletes. A sad loss.
RIP Jure, but didnt this happen back in September?
Sorry, copied off a facebook link and think it maybe old news. Unbelievable levels he pushed himself too and the consequent results, just amazes me the amount of punishment the (some) can endure, training non for 48 hours at a time.
Amazing what he was capable of
madness!
Towards the end of the Race Across America, he was known to weep uncontrollably and was sometimes to be seen hopping off his bike to fight imaginary assailants – bears, wolves or aliens – which turned out to be mailboxes. He imagined that cracks in the road were coded messages, and on one occasion became convinced he was being pursued by the Mujahedeen on horseback; his support team encouraged him to ride faster, pretending that they could see them too. "Sometimes during races he gets off his bike and walks towards us in the follow car, very angry," recalled a team member in 2006. "We lock the doors."
Great article from 2006 NY times on him worth reading
[url= http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/sports/playmagazine/05robicpm.html?_r=1& ]That Which Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stranger[/url]
never heard of him but this paragraph alone makes me like him
Towards the end of the Race Across America, he was known to weep uncontrollably and was sometimes to be seen hopping off his bike to fight imaginary assailants – bears, wolves or aliens – which turned out to be mailboxes. He imagined that cracks in the road were coded messages, and on one occasion became convinced he was being pursued by the Mujahedeen on horseback; his support team encouraged him to ride faster, pretending that they could see them too. "Sometimes during races he gets off his bike and walks towards us in the follow car, very angry," recalled a team member in 2006. "We lock the doors."
What he die of? what a top top person, more of him fewer simon cowells please!
From his OB
Jure Robic died on September 24 when he collided with a car on a mountain road near his home in Jesenice.
