Saul Raisin

Saul Raisin (born January 6, 1983) is an American former professional road bicycle racer with UCI ProTeam Crédit Agricole.

Two kilometres from the finish Raisin clipped a wheel, crashed and landed on his head, breaking his clavicle and hip.

[1][4] At the hospital in Angers, France, doctors took hourly CAT scans which showed that an intracranial hemorrhage had formed in Raisin's brain.

[10] Raisin's accident and initial recovery are chronicled the book 'Tour de Life: from Coma to Competition (ISBN 0974849227) which he authored with Dave Shields.

[12] During the 2007 Tour of California, Saul rode each stage before the main race as a promotion of his Raisin Hope Ride,[13] a charity ride that raises money for The Shepherd Center, Camp Twin Lakes, The Brain Injury Association of Georgia and the USA Cycling Development Foundation.