LOVELAND — Two men attempted to rob a 20-year-old man around 5 p.m. Tuesday while he was riding his bike on North Wilson Avenue just south of West Eighth Street.

Loveland police Sgt. Mike Halloran said two men and two women were in a mid-2000 silver Chevrolet Impala when they drove past the bicyclist and began heckling him.

The bicyclist reported to police the Impala continued to drive southbound on North Wilson Avenue and did not stop, initially.

However, as the 20-year-old man approached the entrance of the Loveland Recreation Trail, Halloran said, the bicyclist once again saw the Imapala.

“… The car U-turned and drove up to him,” Halloran said. “One of them threw a McDonald’s cup at him. They came in at a high rate of speed and cut him off.”

Halloran said two men jumped out of the car and attempted to punch the bicyclist, but he was able to avoid the attack. He got back on his bicycle to get away.

As he began to pedal, he noticed one of the men pick up a rock.

“He thinks (the rock) knocked him out and when he opened his eyes there was a lady standing over him,” Halloran said.

The woman was not involved in the attempted-robbery.

The bicyclist reported the two men tried to take his backpack and bicycle from him before he fled.

The bicyclist did not know the assailants. The 20-year-old man suffered bruises and a lump on his head.

He described one assailant as a man with a smaller build and dark hair. He was wearing a white sleeveless tee shirt and had tattoos on both of his arms.

The second man was short, stalky and had blonde hair. He was wearing camouflage-printed shorts and a black shirt.

The second assailant had tattoos on both of his arms and his shoulders and is believed to be about 18 to 24 years old.

The bicyclist described the women in the car as being 17 to 21 years old.

Anybody with information about this incident is asked to call officer Doug Savage at 962-2500 ext. 1166.

Dana Rieck: 970-635-3630, rieckd@reporter-herald.com or twitter.com/DanaRieckRH