After getting knocked silly in a bad crash at this year’s Tour de France, semi-local Chris Horner is back training again (with a helmet on, no less).

While out on a ride today, I ran into America’s fastest skinny-tire racer. Horner explained that while he was psyched to start training again, he was bummed he’d have to pass up on the upcoming Marathon National Championships here in Bend (Sept. 17).

Since the Tour of California winner is still on blood thinners as a precaution, a crash during the 50+ mile mountain bike race could be really crappy.

Still, good to see Horner is doing okay. We wish him well.

photo credit: Katyann Kintz

This article appears in Sep 1-7, 2011.

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Horner Back on the Bike

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
September 1, 2011

<h1>Horner Back on the Bike</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />September 1, 2011</p> <p> After <a href="http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/07/news/horner-abandons-tour-team-defends-decision-to-let-him-finish-stage_182840" target="_blank">getting knocked silly</a> in a bad crash at this year's <a href="http://www.letour.fr/us/index.html" target="_blank">Tour de France</a>, semi-local <a href="http://www.chrishornerracing.com/articles/" target="_blank">Chris Horner</a> is back training again (with a helmet on, no less).</p> <p>While out on a ride today, I ran into America's fastest skinny-tire racer. Horner explained that while he was psyched to start training again, he was bummed he'd have to pass up on the upcoming <a href="https://www.usacycling.org/events/2011/mtbmarathon/" target="_blank">Marathon National Championships</a> here in Bend (Sept. 17).</p> <p>Since the Tour of California winner is still on blood thinners as a precaution, a crash during the 50+ mile mountain bike race could be really crappy.</p> <p>Still, good to see Horner is doing okay. We wish him well.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>photo credit: Katyann Kintz<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/katyannkintz/"></a></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/horner-back-on-the-bike-2138997/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=15060&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/horner-back-on-the-bike-2138997/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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