Bill Barlow

ATLANTIC CITY — An elite rider in the Tour de France will travel an average of 25 to 28 mph over flat terrain. That takes extensive training.

For those riding the fastest e-bikes, that speed is immediately accessible with the assistance of an electric motor. That speed can mean accidents, and more significant injuries.

“You have a body that is moving at a rate of speed that is much greater than that of a pedaled bicyclist. That kinetic energy has to be disbursed somewhere, and it ends up being dispersed inside of the body,” said Dr. Kelly Willman.

Willman, a trauma surgeon and the trauma medical director at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City, said every summer has its characteristic cause of injury.

This year, that is clearly e-bikes.

“As of July, we’ve

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