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@justMouse
Murtle, I jfgi'd it:
Riding style
Bahamontes was a talented climber but a poor descender, sometimes taking one foot off the pedal to take mountain bends like a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedway rider. He landed in a cactus bush descending the Montserra as an amateur and thereafter refused to descend mountains alone, once waiting at the top of a col in the Tour de France for other riders to arrive.
He was also temperamental, throwing his bike down a ravine to stop any pressure to continue riding when he dropped out of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Tour_de_France, left him without support. He held on to his bike but took off his shoes.
Sounds about right. Well the down hill bit at least.