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What is extreme then? Extreme for Fabian has been everything from a little slippery 500-meter road where he managed to stall the complete stage, snowy conditions where everything was covered in 4 meter snow except.. for the actual road which was completely fine all the way to finish line (the Giro stage) to the stage a couple of days ago. There's absoutely no way of taking anything he says about weather conditions seriously.Jagartrott said:The machismo is strong in this thread.
Luckily there are some people that say sensible things.
An extreme weather protocol is needed. Period.
You need to have clear rules to avoid having to constantly make ad-hoc and arbitrary decisions.
Good luck with that.Jagartrott said:The protocol should be designed by doctors, riders and DS based on health and mechanical risks both.
Drafts can be further discussed until a consensus is reached.
This precisely. His flip-flopping depending on which option best benefits him and his team makes him the last person that should be influencing a decision of this magnitude.Maaaaaaaarten said:For me Cancellara lost his credibility a bit when he was acting all tough saying they shouldn't cancel any of the wet cobbles in that TDF stage last year but then after the stage when it turned out he wasn't as good as he thought on wet cobbles they were suddenly too extreme and dangerous despite the fact that IIRC nobody got a real injury that day, except Froome who crashed on a random wet road, before the cobbles had even started.
But of course there's nothing wrong with a weather protocol. I imagine it will be difficult to have a clear and satisfactory content; but if all the involved parties make a good weather protocol it should be good for everybody.
If they are cold the answer is wear more clothes than they need and take layers off.DBotero said:Seems like these guys don't know how to enjoy a proper mountain stage![]()
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Looks like he needs more space and is trying to push everyone to the sides.burning said:
Well, Tirreno usually has longer stages than Paris-Nice.Echoes said:However I'm still wondering why all these classic racers - Van Avermaet, Vanmarcke, Cancellara - still favour Tirreno over Paris-Nice which is increasingly becoming the better prep of the two. I can't really understand that. RCS wants to make Tirreno a baby Giro. Quite the opposite to 10 years ago. It makes no sense at all. Of course, I bet many CN posters love it but not me obviously.