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90+ riders decided even trying to make the time cut in a sub-120km medium mountain stage, two days after a stage where they took a day off on the bike (after the organisers already took climbs out of the stage) was 'too much' for them eight years ago. An awful lot has been 'too much' recently and in the Giro twice in the last three years we've had neutralisations or removals of key parts of the race due to them being 'too much' only to find that 'too much' was actually safer than most of the rest of the race that they actually did compete in. Hansen's last meaningful contribution to the sport as an active rider was to decide a flat stage in the rain in week 3 was 'too much', a decision that even many members of the péloton later confessed they felt embarrassed by.
It means that their pronouncements of what 'too much' is are viewed with a great deal of skepticism. Especially when, as mentioned, the road conditions in the snow isn't even mentioned in Hansen's letter, just the fact that it's cold.
Plus, of course, the safety argument holds some weight, but conversely an argument could be made that if the descent is wet and slippery, maybe the riders will respect it and handle it at a safe tempo rather than divebombing and kamikazeing one another then blaming the organisers when they make mistakes and get hurt. After all I showed all those pictures of the torrential downpours and snow banks at the 2010 Giro, and that was won by one of the absolute dirt worst descenders the sport has ever seen.
Sure, but it's not their race. If they want all the power to decide what happens, they should make their own race.
Right now they want to be above the law, yet bind everyone else by the law.
Yeah a thermal long sleeve, jersey, and larger soft shell jacket would surely do the trick? Add in a snood of some kind, a hat, gloves etc. I feel like riders have probably trained in this weather before. I've ridden in this temperature! It's not pleasant but it's fine, you get over it.
No chance, it's small as feck. You don't stand a chance with team busses and even cars with bikes on top might not fit. Also it'll be a logistical nightmare to have it spontaneously open just one way (it normally switches every 15 minutes).
That's what I said before, even "just" going to the Vinschgau valley will now turn into a mess because everyone driving over Umbrailpass will take ages.
Looking forward to all the tough guy "look at me riding in the snow" off-season pictures
Apparently the RCS understood that it is indeed too dangerous. So everything was done within the law.
If you are a professional cyclist at the Giro, with no GC aspirations, and a stage in the third week contains a pass that is really cold and wet but doesn't go above the EWP threshold, and Adam Hansen comes and asks whether you'd like it removed from the race, you would obviously say yes. It makes your life significantly easier.
There are no repercussions if you protest, because the RCS-rider relationship is principal (team) and client (RCS), not employee/employer. RCS have, effectively, no say. They cannot force people to ride, and even if they think the weather isn't bad enough, they have to acquiesce.
It becomes a health risk once you pin a race-number on your back.
Looks rideable.
The Red Bull riders seem to be coping with it just fine. Roglič new favourite for the Tour?
I'm gonna have a guess this stage gets cancelled. An extra day off for the riders.
Hannah Walker has said that RCS will only neutralize the Umbrail which is a risky decision because it‘s also snowing on Foscagno.
If Adam Hansen was around in 2016 kruijsvijk would be a giro winner
Crazy how badly RCS negotiate the contracts with the towns and allocate risks. Livigno somehow allowed to not clear Forcola and then get a free stage next year.
Pogačar saying that he would like it to be shortened, but if they have to ride, it wouldn’t be the first time to ride in these conditions. Meanwhile O‘Connor is calling Vegni a dinosaur and saying he should ride the first part of the stage himself.
It's a riders vote and has nothing to do with Hansen other than someone has to liase between RCS and the riders representatives in the peloton deciding a decision to remove the danger gets voted on. As far as i'm aware 100% of the peloton voted.
Okay it's snowing all around Livigno, Umbrail is probably out the question.
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