After suffering multiple injuries in a horrific crash at the Tour de France, Alessandro De Marchi is working hard to come back stronger than ever for 2020. But he was "fed up" and furious when he collided with a driver on a home training climb.

On July 14, de Marchi dropped out of the Tour after suffering a broken collarbone and ribs, a lung contusion with pneumothorax, and massive road rash, including a left eyebrow injury requiring stitches. It was also a month of enjoying family time, reflecting on how dangerous my work can be, and realizing once again how much cycling is like oxygen to me. Races, training sessions and their programs, the quest for continuous improvement and constant testing are now an essential part of my life."

De Marchi may have been back to square one when an inattentive driver hit him on an uphill climb.

De Marchi wrote on Instagram, "I'm fed up. My throat still hurts from yelling and screaming at a car driver for the umpteenth time today when I was involved in my umpteenth "near-miss." I can't take it anymore."

According to de Marchi, he was driving from his home toward Buja, heading up a climb known as "Tonino 2." As he was slowly climbing in the right lane, he heard a car and then a brush of air on the left side, the same side where he had crashed in the Tour de France.

"The car was a big Audi, three times my speed, passing me by mere inches!" After skidding to a stop, De Marchi shouted at the driver, and another driver who saw him honked his horn and began arguing with the Audi driver.

De Marchi told the offending driver that he could have killed him, to which the other driver replied, "I didn't touch you, go to hell!"

De Marchi replied, speeding to his destination, a newsstand, where De Marchi took pictures of the tag, driver, and car.

"Dear ignorant driver, today in your beautiful gray metallic Audi A6, you almost killed me ...... to get to the newsstand first! Dear ignorant driver, I hate you with all my heart. I hope you read these lines or someone who remembers your car will think of you and show you. On the other hand, thank you, driver of the blue jeep, for showing solidarity and helping me. If you read this message or if someone who knows you notices your jeep (I think it's some kind of blue Suzuki), please contact me."

Road cyclists have always faced the dangers of training on the open road, but the last few years have seen a series of high-profile incidents by professional racers that have rocked the peloton. Dani Martinez (EF Education First) was attacked by an enraged motorist in Tuscany last year while training.

Yoann Offredo was assaulted by a man with a baseball bat in 2017, Chris Froome was hit from behind and knocked off his bicycle by a driver in the south of France, Aud Biernik was traumatized in a similar incident, and Michele Scarponi was killed by a distracted driver all died in the same year.

"Motorists in general: do I deserve this? De Marchi writes. 'Do I really deserve to risk my skin for the simple fact that I drove on a road that was too narrow or had too much traffic? Or why did I drive too far down the middle of the lane and slow you down?

"Remember, you can kill people with your car! Husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, friends ......"

"You can kill people with your car!