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Crashes, what can be done?

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As an absolute numty with technical devices how do time gaps I see on my tv get calculated other than knowing where a bike is. Would this information not tell the right people where a rider is.
The bike numbers have the GPS locater on them but it's effective for a minimal distance. You go too far with those or headsets and you're into licensing issues. They are broadcasting and a whole peloton of racers might just create serious interference if they are all on close frequencies.
 
Savoldelli was a freak of controlled nerves and composure. He knew he could get dropped and then close the gap on the descent. Once he said simply that he had no fear rocketing down and taking on the curves at ridiculous speeds, that he literally wasn't phased by it. He must have been a sensory genius, was just wired differently.
Also he knew how hard it could be to catch up if he didn't connect with his target before the flats. Nothing feels worse than chasing a field and seeing it get gradually further away with too many miles to go.
 
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So his four point plan is:

  • Revise and enforce rules of safe routes (especially finishes), including an ex-pro to ride the route early in the day; Have an former pro and DS group representative ride the last 10km of sprint areas the day before to allow needed changes.
  • Stricter concussion checks and accelerometers with communication ability in helmets; for safety alerts.
  • More use of radios; for safety alerts. Less use for constant flogging of the riders to "get to the front"
  • Fewer cars and press motos. Use drones to capture more images.
Nothing groundbreaking there, but worth a read.
I'd agree with most of this with some changes
 
The sport is inherently dangerous, which, along with the gruelingness of it, makes victory at the highest level the stuff of the gods, epic, in the ancient sense of the word. For this reason, you can take as many measures as you want to make it safer and still riders will go beyond limits, because that's what is incumbant upon them to do in the very nature of cycling. We live in the age of hyper-safety concerns, whereas cycling grew up in carefree times, initially because you could go faster and cover more ground than previously imagined without technology. Today the sport risks oblivion as the next generation won't want their children out on the over-trafficed roads and as the young are increasingly made unaware of learning how to fend for themselves, let alone in the peloton. It's a sociological problem by now, mark my words.
 
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One event recently was called off by rider protest because of heavy rain, not stopped by race organizers.. Would appear to be the root cause of many safety issues, people running the race think something is OK, not that dangerous, riders think something completely different. UCI or someone need a predetermined set of parameters for what constitutes unsafe, un-raceable conditions.. Can't be done seat of the pants all the time
 
Sprinters seem to be lowly rated by many here, so my recommendation is that Mountain or hill top finishes are compulsory for all races!
No hills near the race finish, simple then move the race to near where I live. I can recommend many.
 
Still, I doubt all sprinters would agree on the degree of danger in all finishes.

So have multiple sprinters, as well as lead-out men.

Of course, there are also places where any rider would be able to see the dangers.

That said, a lot of finishes probably can't be changed that much since the finish itself is often the only thing that is set in stone.

Yeah, would probably make more sense to have it checked well in advance. As soon as the finish town is made public.
 
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Riders will now have to dismount when they approach a 90 degree corner.

OK, but said that i feel serious injuries and deaths are now to common to continue to joke about it. So for people that want to continue to perceive this area as a joke, please open separate thread.

So the question remains and lets see on what the answers will be. As likely UCI is working hard behind the scenes and the results of such work to be presented before the 2025 season start. If by any chance that is not the case then in my opinion the time has come to held them responsible.

Enough is enough.
 
The point being i will keep an eye on it and if somebody else hears something about it please post it in this thread. Then at the beginning of the 2025 season we or i can make a list of measures implemented by UCI, to prevent serious injuries and deaths in pro peloton. I will list the things mentioned from here on till February 2025 (at beginning of the Tour Down Under). If there was some measure taken already in the last month or so that you are aware of it please share that info too as it can be included in such list.