Adam Hansen

[DNP-Old]

Hey Jonas Vingegaard, that was quite a dangerous manoeuvre you made there, worthy of a yellow card. Records show it is your second of the year, resulting in a red and following suspension. You are now to be excluded from participating in the next World Tour race on the calendar, Paris - Roubaix. That'll show you.

 

[fmk_RoI]

This proposed ban from the next WT race is about the dumbest thing he's come up with so far. The same offence could mean one week you could miss the Tour de France, another week you'd just miss the Great Ocean Race.

And, @DNP-Old noted: you're probably not even riding the next WT race anyway.

Is it going to apply to every crash in every race? Every touch of wheels will be down to someone, so someone's going to go to the sin bin. How many crashes are there in the average race these days, more than a few, less than a lot?

 

[42x16ss]

This proposed ban from the next WT race is about the dumbest thing he's come up with so far. The same offence could mean one week you could miss the Tour de France, another week you'd just miss the Great Ocean Race.

And, @DNP-Old noted: you're probably not even riding the next WT race anyway.

Is it going to apply to every crash in every race? Every touch of wheels will be down to someone, so someone's going to go to the sin bin. How many crashes are there in the average race these days, more than a few, less than a lot?

What would be a better punishment for causing crashes through negligence/aggression? Maybe time based bans need to be used more?

 

[Netserk]

Jail them.

 

[tobydawq]

Apparently, he feels they (who are they?) took a hit yesterday because the majority wasn't listened to and the majority didn't want a full stage. He really does seem intent on ruining cycling. Since when has cycling been a democracy?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1658598547577602049

View: https://twitter.com/HansenAdam/status/1658598547577602049?t=-D_jytvf2sXUIPH22b1YCA&s=19

 

[BR2]

So he wants to vote on whether a stage shall be ridden during a GT... when the race has already started... That is just so incredibly stupid. "Ah no, situation's good for us, let's not ruin it...", "ah no, thanks, we already have a stage win..."

 

[tobydawq]

So he wants to vote on whether a stage shall be ridden during a GT... when the race has already started... That is just so incredibly stupid. "Ah no, situation's good for us, let's not ruin it...", "ah no, thanks, we already have a stage win..."

Exactly.

 

[fmk_RoI]

He's giving the impression of not really understanding how things are done, in a lot of areas.

He's on a steep learning curve. Hopefully he'll make it to the top before the time cut-off.

 

[Netserk]

He's giving the impression of not really understanding how things are done, in a lot of areas.

He's on a steep learning curve. Hopefully he'll make it to the top before the time cut-off.

Why would you hope for that? The more inept he is, the less harm he can cause.

 

[fmk_RoI]

Why would you hope for that? The more inept he is, the less harm he can cause.

Better the clown you know than the clown you don't. Remember when David Millar was setting his sights on heading up the CPA? He hasn't gone away, you know. Though thankfully he has gone quiet.

 

[Mayomaniac]

The guy really comes of as inept.
I mean, it wouldn't be bad to come up with a list of what are actually considered dangerous racing conditions that allow for a stage to be shortened/changed. I'm talking about Snowfall with snow or ice on the descents, gusts of wind above a certain speed (risk of trees hitting the road) and so on. Stopping a race when the conditions suddenly become actually dangerous (extreme rainfall turning the road into a small river, strong hailstorms) is also fine, you can do that. The point is that it should only happen when there are legit safety concerns and not because you just don't want to ride a long stage with bad weather.

 

[EddyMazzoleni]

He also comes off as a liar, no way they race as hard as they did yesterday if the majority of the field does not want to.