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joe_papp

From Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Joined: May 13, 2009

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- joe_papp replied to the thread Race interference: Protests, Sabotage, and Assaults.
  
  Yet another stage (13) of the Vuelta a España disrupted by an illegal and potentially deadly road incursion from anti-social...
  
  Sep 5, 2025
- joe_papp reacted to Netserk's post in the thread Race interference: Protests, Sabotage, and Assaults with Like.
  
  You don't approach a repeated encounter as if it's a one-off. But yes, the police should have been better prepared so they could more...
  
  Sep 5, 2025
- joe_papp reacted to Red Rick's post in the thread Race interference: Protests, Sabotage, and Assaults with Like.
  
  So let me get this straight, I simply turn around your logic that actions have consequences, and you instantaneously start throwing the...
  
  Sep 5, 2025
- joe_papp reacted to Red Rick's post in the thread Race interference: Protests, Sabotage, and Assaults with Like.
  
  Blocking the road of a bicycle race is probably not the smartest or safest way to handle things.
  
  Sep 5, 2025
- joe_papp reacted to Pippo_San's post in the thread Race interference: Protests, Sabotage, and Assaults with Like.
  
  I can't stand these kind of protests. There may be all the valid reasons on Earth, but you just can't ruin the job and even the safety...
  
  Sep 5, 2025
- joe_papp reacted to Red Rick's post in the thread Race interference: Protests, Sabotage, and Assaults with Like.
  
  Adressing the source? A cycling team is about as peripheral as it gets. What sets it apart, is due to cycling being cycling, it's an...
  
  Sep 5, 2025
- joe_papp reacted to proffate's post in the thread Race interference: Protests, Sabotage, and Assaults with Haha.
  
  Guess it depends on what you mean by "fight", as I consider these protests non violent, in fact if you ask the protestors I would wager...
  
  Sep 4, 2025
- joe_papp reacted to the delgados's post in the thread Race interference: Protests, Sabotage, and Assaults with Haha.
  
  Exactly. It was the rider who said they felt unsafe. I remember Pidcock complaining about the very same thing, saying no one will will...
  
  Sep 4, 2025
- joe_papp reacted to ChewbaccaDefense's post in the thread Race interference: Protests, Sabotage, and Assaults with Haha.
  
  While some of the protesters moved barriers, and there was a physical clash...on the scale of political violence, that was nothing...
  
  Sep 4, 2025
- joe_papp reacted to Red Rick's post in the thread Race interference: Protests, Sabotage, and Assaults with Like.
  
  Pidcock said that riders don't feel that safe anymore. The finish was changed and and there was no winner because of safety concerns. A...
  
  Sep 4, 2025
- joe_papp reacted to the delgados's post in the thread Race interference: Protests, Sabotage, and Assaults with Haha.
  
  That's your interpretation of events. Were any weapons confiscated? Did anyone cause harm to another person? And who are the "people"...
  
  Sep 4, 2025
- joe_papp reacted to ChewbaccaDefense's post in the thread Race interference: Protests, Sabotage, and Assaults with Haha.
  
  Adapt as the situation arises. I hate to be the bearer of bad prophecy, but with the state of the world right now, and the apparent...
  
  Sep 4, 2025
- joe_papp reacted to Red Rick's post in the thread Race interference: Protests, Sabotage, and Assaults with Like.
  
  No, but there is a clear, implied threat of an impending, unsafe situation. That's a line that was very clearly crossed all the while...
  
  Sep 4, 2025
- joe_papp reacted to Armchair Cyclist's post in the thread Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2025, Stage 10: Sendaviva – Larra-Belagua (175.3k) with Like.
  
  My understanding is that the only rider to go down at that point was Petili , who finished the stage 121st, so far from being one of the...
  
  Sep 3, 2025
- joe_papp reacted to Danskebjerge's post in the thread Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2025, Stage 10: Sendaviva – Larra-Belagua (175.3k) with Like.
  
  "The disruption caused Intermarché-Wanty rider Simone Petilli to be knocked off his bike in the mayhem as riders swerved and braked to...
  
  Sep 3, 2025
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