105th Ronde van Vlaanderen: April 4th, 2021

[Savant12]

So no bottles for the fans anymore...

What an absolute crap rule from the UCI. Can't give your bidon to a kid in a non-dangerous situation? Absolute rubbish.

 

[yaco]

The issue is not with the UCI but with the general expectations of society.

 

[Breezy1985]

The UCI is utterly insane. Riders and teams need to strike. Without them, the sport is nothing.

I'm with the UCI on this one. Don't throw your rubbish in the countryside

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I'm with the UCI on this one. Don't throw your rubbish in the countryside

he didn't, he threw it to the fans

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I'm with the UCI on this one. Don't throw your rubbish in the countryside

He threw it to a fan.

 

[KZD]

This is getting beyond ridiculous, I am all for the preservation of the environment but that bottle wasn't even thrown away to the middle of nothing...

 

[ice&fire]

I wonder how many riders will finish the GTs with these insane rules.

It only takes a coordinated collective bidon throwaway to change the rule

 

[Breezy1985]

he didn't, he threw it to the fans

If everyone does that and they are not all picked up it becomes rubbish. I'm glad the UCI are setting an example

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Laporte dropped a cookie wrap when he stopped for his puncture, I imagine a DSQ is incoming.

 

[glassmoon]

Also isn't the DSQ only after repeated littering?

 

[Breezy1985]

Laporte dropped a cookie wrap when he stopped for his puncture, I imagine a DSQ is incoming.

He had a car coming so if he is that ignorant it's his own fault

 

[titan31]

It should be acceptable to throw it to fans really. I can get the not throwing it in random areas but if loads of fans around you know it's getting picked up.

 

[Volderke]

Wallays just dropped his bidon in the collect zone (it was close, some meters further and it was outside the collectzone and a DSQ)!

 

[Jungle Cycle]

It only takes a coordinated collective bidon throwaway to change the rule

exactly! or at least exaggerate de ridicule of it.. and nothing would happen.. just like OTL with 94 cyclist in some GT...

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Michael Schär DQF for littering

Insane.

There is a kid on the roadside begging for the bidon, and he throws it to him.

DQing a rider for that is out of order.

 

[Breezy1985]

It should be acceptable to throw it to fans really. I can get the not throwing it in random areas but if loads of fans around you know it's getting picked up.

They could designate dumping zones in the villages so that most fans can still get some souvenirs

 

[Mayomaniac]

They could designate dumping zones in the villages so that most fans can still get some souvenirs

Yeah, that could work. But *** the UCI and their stupid rules.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Time for biodegradable bidons in the peloton.

 

[Volderke]

The ones in the back of the peloton will be finished on the next climb (Marlboroughstraat). I know from experience

 

[ice&fire]

They could designate dumping zones in the villages so that most fans can still get some souvenirs

Stop making sense.

 

[topcat]

I still have Erik Breukink's bottle that he littered on Patrick's Hill. I had to shoulder a few fans to make the catch. It was full, I didn't drink it. Can we start a thread: "Ode to the water bottle".
Is there a race taking place?

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Rolf Soerensen making the point on the Danish broadcast, that the weather (no wind/no rain) is making the race too easy, meaning all the favorites will be there when the race is decided.

 

[glassmoon]

In the past the littering was fined with 50 francs but I guess pros just didn't care much...

 

[Mayomaniac]

Swiss TV is even more nationalistic than Rai, 90% of the talk is about Swiss riders. How Dillier is MVDP's most important domestique and how he would have been a co-leader for Paris-Roubaix...

 

[Breezy1985]

Time for biodegradable bidons in the peloton.

But then everyone will complain that the kiddiewinks won't have souvenirs