2015 tour de france stage 3, Antwerpen-Hoei 159.5km

[pedromiguelmartins]

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This is scandalously pathetic.

Why? Do you even know what you are talking about? Should they kept going without a stand by ambulance?

 

[Miburo]

If there's no ambulance, then it's an even bigger disgrace for the aso.

That's their responsibility no?

 

[DFA123]

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I would expect that if there are no ambulances available, they would neutralize for insurance / liability purposes.

Yeah, it's fair enough to stop it. They can't continue without enough police & ambulances to support the race properly.

 

[Amsterhammer]

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There are so many examples of gc riders losing time in crashes and never getting their races neutralized. Why does canc get it?

Dont think its about Canc. Its about so many seriously injured that they dont have anough medical support.

Exactly this. Stop with the Cancellara bashing already. There was total chaos, too many injured for the medical assistance available. As much as it goes against the grain of 'the race goes on at all costs', it was correct of them to neutralize, at least imho.

 

[Red Rick]

Gonna be fun, cobbles tomorrow, crosswinds after that, 'nother mur later this week.

And then we're gonna do a TTT. Nice one ASO, jesus *** sucking christ

 

[del1962]

If no ambulances left right thing to do

 

[rhubroma]

Neutralising the race because half the field crashwd and need medical attention. Feel free to use your brains people.

Get out of here at most 15 went down. This called the hyper-safety culture litigation and the tempora felice has bread. Before they raced without helmets and broke their skulls and nobody stopped the race.

 

[AICA ribonucleotide]

Did Albasini go down with the rest of orica? Gerrans, Impy and Mattews all went down.

 

[sometriguy]

I'm assuming the breakaway was caught right before the crash or that they were also stopped?

 

[The Hitch]

It's been 15 mins and still no ambulance. Does the NHS cover Belgium too?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

I assume they've stopped the escapees as well?

 

[DFA123]

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If there's no ambulance, then it's an even bigger disgrace for the aso.

That's their responsibility no?

There are ambulances, but they are stopped to attend to the couple of dozen riders that went down at 50km/h. They can't have an ambulance for every rider

 

[ggusta]

the restart should be interesting having not moved a muscle for 10+ minutes

 

[Cimber]

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..........

 

[Miburo]

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If there's no ambulance, then it's an even bigger disgrace for the aso.

That's their responsibility no?

There are ambulances, but they are stopped to attend to the couple of dozen riders that went down at 50km/h. They can't have an ambulance for every rider

Being the tour, they should

 

[nilfen]

Will they stop race for safety reasons if too many are injured and the doctors/ambulances can't follow the peleton?

 

[BlackWhiteEagle]

Just turned the tv on, what the hell happened?

 

[vavafroome]

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I assume they've stopped the escapees as well?

Already been caught

 

[f1seb]

Wow what utter horseshit!!! This is all for the yellow jersey. Neutralize the climb unbelievable.

 

[Christian]

Start will be given at the head of the climb

 

[pedromiguelmartins]

Regardless of who's right or wrong, can someone explain the stupid bashing of 1 of the top3 riders of the 2000s? Just because he neutralized a stage when the shlecks went down?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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Just turned the tv on, what the hell happened?

Huge crash, several riders abandoned. Race neutralized.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Well lets just hope this does not set a precendent because it will kill the racing . . .

 

[shalgo]

According to UCI rules, in all World Tour events, the Local Organizing Committee shall provide: "Two or more ambulances to provide immediate aid to accident victims and equipped to give emergency cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and advanced life support; at least one ambulance must be available at all times when the other ambulance(s) is/are in use."

http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/Rulesandregulation/16/26/69/2014.12.01-PART13NEWMEDICALRULES2015_English.pdf (13.4.018)

 

[DFA123]

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It's been 15 mins and still no ambulance. Does the NHS cover Belgium too?

Where are they going to get it from? You can't just phone a local hospital and get one to come immediately to support a sporting event - they have other important things to do

Or should they leave the riders with broken bones and needing medical treatment to wait so that the race can continue?