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If you watch the video there is clearly a solid path under the very light sandy covering, looks like concrete to me. They are not riding on just loose sand. You can't, I've tried. It looks very similar to a dusty, dry, dirt road.
hrotha said:
If you watch the video there is clearly a solid path under the very light sandy covering, looks like concrete to me. They are not riding on just loose sand. You can't, I've tried. It looks very similar to a dusty, dry, dirt road.
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The biggest problem with this whole route mess is that was discovered so relatively late. If it had come out last week then there would have been more time for the teams and organisers to sit down together and find a suitable solution.
And what about team vehicles? Some of those sections seem rather too narrow for cars.
I suppose on the dirt road section they could use something like this:
which would also sove the problem of the surface getting messed up, but then they wouldn't have anywhere to keep the bikes, not to mention I don't think it can go quite as fast as the riders.
And what about team vehicles? Some of those sections seem rather too narrow for cars.
I suppose on the dirt road section they could use something like this:
which would also sove the problem of the surface getting messed up, but then they wouldn't have anywhere to keep the bikes, not to mention I don't think it can go quite as fast as the riders.
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Exactly, and a heterogeneous crap surface is always more dangerous than a homogeneous crap surface.
I'll wait till Sunday, I don't like openinig ceremonies and beach parades.
hrotha said:
Exactly, and a heterogeneous crap surface is always more dangerous than a homogeneous crap surface.
I'll wait till Sunday, I don't like openinig ceremonies and beach parades.
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I don't understand where this loose-sand-on-a-hard-surface talk is coming from. Looking at this Picture it looks more like a road consisting of just dirt which will be completely messed up once the riders start going over it, unless they roll out the steam-rollers.
- May 15, 2011
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The race was made public in January. The stage map was in the Vuelta web site at that time. I had a look at it on Google Street View. Seems that riders and teams don't care about race recon if it is not the Tour.
RedheadDane said:The biggest problem with this whole route mess is that was discovered so relatively late. If it had come out last week then there would have been more time for the teams and organisers to sit down together and find a suitable solution.
And what about team vehicles? Some of those sections seem rather too narrow for cars.
I suppose on the dirt road section they could use something like this:
which would also sove the problem of the surface getting messed up, but then they wouldn't have anywhere to keep the bikes, not to mention I don't think it can go quite as fast as the riders.
The race was made public in January. The stage map was in the Vuelta web site at that time. I had a look at it on Google Street View. Seems that riders and teams don't care about race recon if it is not the Tour.
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That talk probably comes from numerous other pictures in which the road doesn't look nearly as bad and quite solid, actually.RedheadDane said:I don't understand where this loose-sand-on-a-hard-surface talk is coming from. Looking at this Picture it looks more like a road consisting of just dirt which will be completely messed up once the riders start going over it, unless they roll out the steam-rollers.
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LaFlorecita said:Lose some guys? Seriously? It's a sandy road, not Crostis descentDBotero said:
LaFlo and I are agreeing!!
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By the teams and riders.
Sure, the route was official, on a profile and a map, but did the organiser publicate actual pictures? Of course it's also the teams' own responsibility to recon the routes, and I guess if anything positive is going to come from this then it's reminding the teams that they need to recon routes a bit earlier than two days before the race.
SafeBet said:
By the teams and riders.
Sure, the route was official, on a profile and a map, but did the organiser publicate actual pictures? Of course it's also the teams' own responsibility to recon the routes, and I guess if anything positive is going to come from this then it's reminding the teams that they need to recon routes a bit earlier than two days before the race.
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Doesn't sound very professional. They have a rider association which is there, among other things, to manage security issues in bike races. And yet every time we see riders complaining on Twitter a couple of days before the race. If they really care about security they should start doing something about it.hrotha said:
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DBotero said:
+1
If a team tried to race on that course all out then I think we would lose some GC guys. I also think its rich that some comments on here are saying 'just do it'. If the riders are not happy with the safety aspect then that is good enough for me. They afterall are taking the risks not some couch surfer who wants thrills and hasn't ridden the course
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No, no pictures, just like they won't go take pictures of every bump and pot-hole out on the course and tell the riders to avoid them.
I'm all for rider safety taking forefront, but this complaining is a joke.
RedheadDane said:
No, no pictures, just like they won't go take pictures of every bump and pot-hole out on the course and tell the riders to avoid them.
I'm all for rider safety taking forefront, but this complaining is a joke.
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HelloDolly said:
The problem is that some riders probably are happy to ride on it. Just a vocal minority have forced it to be neutralized. I can't imagine that riders who can handle their bike, like Sagan, Nibali or Valverde are losing any sleep over riding through a short section with a bit of sand.
It's a far less dangerous situation than a mountain descent or on cobbles for example, where even if you're not a good descender or cobbles rider, you have to push your limits to stay with the group or risk getting dropped by the peloton.
If a rider with poor bike handling skills doesn't feel comfortable here, they could just drop off the back and ride the last 300m at a gentle pace by themselves. They'd lose a handful of seconds, but that's a fair price to pay for their lack of handling skills - which, after all, is a part of the sport.
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It's such a short stage, having no time gaps would be ridiculous. Teams that want to soft-pedal are going to lose 30 secs max - so what ? Just get on with it
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