Cyclists Mourn Kivilev’s Death after Crash

Members of the Kivilev’s Cofidis team at the start of the Paris-Nice stage

Cofidis team doctor Jean-Jacques Menuet said Kivilev almost certainly would have survived if he was wearing a helmet. “The injury Andrei sustained on his skull is located at a point that would have been protected by a helmet,” Meunet told the French wire service AFP.

Don’t be stupid. If you can afford to buy a bike, you can certainly afford to buy a helmet.