Steve Peat seriously injured - will he now retire?

The world record holder in terms of Downhill World Cup victories (17 wins) suffered a more serious injury than expected in a motocross accident and will require surgery in April.

Steve Peat suffered the injury during motocross training. In a rear-end collision with another rider, he fell on his knee in such an unfortunate way that an operation is now necessary. Peat has spent the last few weeks trying to support the damaged cruciate ligament with tape, but this was only a short-term solution. Steve Peat still intends to compete in downhill competitions at the highest level, hence the decision to have the operation at the beginning of April. Retirement is therefore out of the question for the former world champion of the Santa Cruz Syndicate team and he intends to return to the race tracks this season.

Peat has been training really hard again for the 2015 season, as evidenced by the short promotional clip for Santa Cruz's new Quervelo Stigmata.