Giro d'Italia 2021 Giro d'Italia, Stage 15: Grado – Gorizia 147 km

[gregrowlerson]

Buchmann involved apparently.

 

[Ranagazoo]

This sets a bad precedent, now whenever there's a big crash a team can ask why the race wasn't neutralized

 

[Orbit501]

I fancy Brambilla and/or Felline from the break today.

 

[Orbit501]

This sets a bad precedent, now whenever there's a big crash a team can ask why the race wasn't neutralized

Exactly!

Unless they can prove not stopping it was denying medical attention somehow. But can't see how that's the case.
It remains a weird decision to me.

 

[titan31]

I'm only turning on but did the crash happen as the race started or well after the start.

 

[Samamba]

The only reason I can think of is that because all the cars got stopped, the medical cars couldn't make it up. But... shouldn't the medical cars be at the front of the convoy?

As if there aren't a lot of crashes that block the road. Race never gets neutralized for it.

 

[RedheadDane]

As if there aren't a lot of crashes that block the road. Race never gets neutralized for it.

Well... we can only trust that the organisers know what they're doing. And at least the race at barely started.

 

[Orbit501]

I'm only turning on but did the crash happen as the race started or well after the start.

A couple of kms after the flag had dropped.

 

[Scarponi]

Only two riders were down properly, they acted like 15 needed the ambulance

 

[Red Rick]

When I said UCI should ban crashes, I was completely satirical. I thought that was obvious and I blame the UCI for taking me too literally

 

[Billie]

If it was to let the ambulance pass there was nothing wrong with the neutralisation but seems like the race was stopped before anyone stepped into an ambulance.

 

[Avoriaz]

Is it that there is only one road to the mainland? The ambulances would have to come through the race

 

[SafeBet]

Buchmann abandoned.

 

[titan31]

Well that's a shame

 

[Orbit501]

Buchmann abandon :-(

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Berhane and Van Emden gone too.

 

[Brullnux]

If it was to let the ambulance pass there was nothing wrong with the neutralisation but seems like the race was stopped before anyone stepped into an ambulance.

It was clearly done to pre-empt anyone getting into an ambulance, considering that it would have to go literally through the race.

 

[Bonimenier]

Buchmann

 

[bambino]

Is it that there is only one road to the mainland? The ambulances would have to come through the race

This I think is the reason. The road to mainland very narrow and the only one, thus the Ambulances would've had to go throught the peloton.

 

[Rackham]

Well... we can only trust that the organisers know what they're doing. And at least the race at barely started.

And this is the crux right here, i.e. we don't trust them, at all (well I certainly don't).

This is the second really inexplicable commissaire decision in recent weeks, after the Romandie incident when they neutralized a mountain descent & comically gave the breakaway an extra 2 minute lead. Now we're going to wonder how, why & when a race should be neutralized after a crash.

Buchmann abandoned.

Bad for him. But that's generally how riders who're seriously hurt get medical attention after a crash: they abandon the race. It's not like getting the ambulance to badly injured riders after neutralizing the race is going to help them get back on a bike.

 

[RedheadDane]

I was honestly quite relieved to see that the ambulance stopped at the back of the bunch. I was worried it was a case of needing to get the ambulance through with someone who needed to go to the hospital fast!

Only two riders were down properly, they acted like 15 needed the ambulance

Buchmann, Berhane, Van Emden already out. Guerreiro doesn't look good either. Bunch of others clearly also affected.

And this is the crux right here, i.e. we don't trust them, at all (well I certainly don't).

This is the second really inexplicable commissaire decision in recent weeks, after the Romandie incident when they neutralized a mountain descent & comically gave the breakaway an extra 2 minute lead. Now we're going to wonder how, why & when a race should be neutralized after a crash.

And then in Romandie, it turned out that the break probably never got that big a lead as the graphics led us to believe.
However, in cases like this, I prefer that organisers errr on the side of everyone's safety.

Hatch also just made a good point; what if there had been another crash 10-20 Ks up the road, and the ambulances were all busy with this crash?

 

[Red Rick]

So this stage design did affect the overall race after all.

 

[titan31]

Buchmann didn't look bad on the images of him tbf. Wonder what happened

 

[Brullnux]

The immediate hysteria is excellent but naturally totally misplaced; this was 3km into the race, a big crash, and the road is such that the medical cars had to go through the peloton to reach them. There was the risk of someone being seriously injured and needing immediate treatment, so it was right to stop the race.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

The immediate hysteria is excellent but naturally totally misplaced; this was 3km into the race, a big crash, and the road is such that the medical cars had to go through the peloton to reach them. There was the risk of someone being seriously injured and needing immediate treatment, so it was right to stop the race.

If there's only one road out of the starting town the neutralisation should last until the race is off said road. Similar how the descent out of Méribel was fully neutralised on stage 18 of last year's Tour.