Antoine Bizet Pulls Out of Rampage After a Crash in Training

 get well soon man !!!

 Damn, is that broken beside an older break?

 @jomacba: Yes

 @TrevZ: Damn!!!! That's badass!!! Shitty... but still badass.

 @panchocampbell: esa es la wea

 Rest up Antoine big ups! You will be back soon!

 Heal up my man. So sad to not see you at rampage...

 You are my favorite at Rampage every year. You capture the wild spirit of the event. A deep loss and you will be sorely missed.

 @NYShred: I'm not sure I agree with you on this. Mountainbiking is an industry, riders are essentially products, and social media is their marketing tool. This is their lifeblood. Building a career off of selling themselves as riders and attracting attention to themselves makes them more marketable. The more marketable, the more potential backing they get from sponsors. More backing means bigger salaries, more rider support, more media coverage by such sponsors, and again more backing by sponsors. Most professional mountainbikers are grossly underpaid, and ultimately will have to fall back onto a secondary career path at one point. On another note. While many people are only interested in these riders for the abilities as riders, others are interested in these riders as people. So while one aspect may not be of any interest to you per say, it may be to others.

 @jomacba: "riders are essentially products" - ummm, Get. the. f*k. out of here with THAT nonsense.

**Riders are human beings**, not products. The shit they sell are the products, theyre not selling their personal lives. I can't believe someone has to explain this to anyone. A stretcher selfie is a desperate attempt at producing content vs. actually producing an edit with *gasp* actual riding. Show me the crash that landed you in the hospital - not the view from your hospital bed.

Stretcher selfie's are what turns desperate human beings into products. Congratulations you are the sheep that lets that Kardashian behavior continue.

 @NYShred: You might not like it, but the social media version of themselves that celebs and sports people put out there - that's a product. And there's a big blurry line between that and the person behind the product. Take that woman who used filters to appear like a 20 year old influencer in videos on the next. It's an extreme example but it illustrates the point - she wasn't selling herself, but was definitely selling a version of herself, and making good money too.

Not saying I agree with it, but that's what social media has given us, like it or not

 Pretty disgusting that you folks think humans are products. Your flawed logic: Would any athlete in todays world be successful without being social media sluts? Absolutely, because there are still people who dont subscribe to that version of your f*ckedup reality. YOU go stalk that instagram. YOU go get your fill of thoughts and prayers. YOU go live your life in the shadows of others. Pretty pathetic lot this species has become where you care more about the stretcher selfie than admitting its weird as f*ck that its even a thing.

 @NYShred: it seems you require a lesson in the fundamentals of capitalism. Call me.

 @NYShred: Slow down babe. Humans sell a version of themselves as a product. No one is saying you can buy and sell a person (transfer fees for football players aside, but that's really just buying out an employment contract).

Also, I can only see an interesting debate about the why the stretcher selfie even exists. I can't see anyone preaching why we are entitled to see it, which is what your comment sounds angry about.

 @fracasnoxteam: you dont think so??? We do!!!!

 @Kacus88: isn't it "a crowd favourite"?

 His runs scored where they need to be. His second place 2012 run was his best run. Tricks only make up 25%, they do not count toward line difficulty, amplitude, fluidity. Only norbs got robbed

 @SnowshoeRider4Life: And Brendog last year too. And Semenyuk in 2015.

 @chuxxo: unfortunately nope. was brendogs run better than tom v? nope. semenuks wasn't better than andreu's.

 @SnowshoeRider4Life: nopenopenope !

 He'll be the first rider to set up a handrail on his line and send a crank arm grind

 can't help but wonder if the bone broke right at the first screw up top. Hectic stuff. Heal up Antoine

 @Kapricorn: Was my first thought, too! That needs a good surgeon. Good luck, Antoine!

 @yoobee: Just weld an extra bit on to the old plate. Simples.
Courage à toi Antoine.

 Ugh. I had my humerus plated in August and I did not enjoy looking at this X-ray.

 @brianpark: Top screw was definitely a stress raiser and will have caused it to break where it did. Grim.

 Definitely seems screwed

 Gutted for Anton but, yeah. This

 Exactly! I’m am surprised! At least if Semenuk messes up this year.... Emil will bring the style!

And when’s Rogatkin gonna ever come back to Rampage?

 @DigRenno: When he qualifies....

 Exactly- stress riser at the end of the implant. Not a realistic issue for mere mortals but these guys are pushing their bone to elastic limits regularly. Unfortunately removal of implants on a humerus fracture is incredibly invasive and unrealistic.

 True, I was told it's stronger if I get mine removed, but sometimes it takes moving muscle out of the way to get to the hardware and this means weeks of recovery time. So most leave the hardware unless it causes problems. I've had my Ti plate and screws in my arm for many years now.

 Probably won’t happen. They cut back the number of riders a few years ago based on input from the riders themselves.

 Correct, he will be at rampage as Gee Atherton pulled out.

 Exactly what I was thinking. Freeride is a natural progression from slopestyle but his main focus has been slopestyle and crankworks. he has been showing himself on the bike bike in Sweden, but it's like he went from dipping his toe in the pool to diving head first. I just hope he chooses a mellow line and doesnt do anything crazy.

 Yeah dude