Breaking News: Jeremiah Bishop crashes out of Intermontane Challenge

Monavie-Cannondale.com rider Jeremiah Bishop crashed during yesterday's stage 3 of the Intermontane Challenge in Kamloops, British Columbia. Initial reports indicate that Bishop finished the stage but had to be taken to hospital shortly after where he was diagnosed with compression fractures of his T4 and T5 vertebrae as reported on the Monavie team web site. The injury to his spinal column did not affect his neurologic function.



Bishop is undeniably the best mountain bike stage racer in the United States. The Monavie rider won the American Mountain Classic, Breck-Epic, and at the time of his crash he was in the leader's jersey of the 5-day Intermontane stage race. Bishop is also scheduled to represent the United States at the Marathon World Championships in Stategg, Austria, August 23rd. It is unclear if Bishop will be back on his bike by that time.

Stage 3 of the Intermontane Challenge was neutralized after the finish due to confusion concerning the racecourse after a local trail builder sabotaged the initial racecourse and race official attempted to re-route the course.

We wish Jeremiah Bishop a speedy recovery and send our best wishes to him and his family.