Dombrowski is the rider.
I have seen many races BlueRoads and this one did not look any different from many others. Gosh, in Europe almost every finish looks like this and we complain always of the same. It is part of the races unless they start doing the finishes outside the cities!
At least at Scheldeprijs everyone getting hurt has a role in the sprint finish. GC riders getting taken out in boring stages they're not even involved in is really, really annoying.
Actually he didn't but it was always at a bad time and usually a heavy crash. compared to riders like Gesink or Thomas or Contador in his late career, Evans hardly crashed at all and he completed every grand tour except his first one.
It's a separate debate, but I think long, straight finishes with no bends can be just as dangerous because more teams can get involved. It's been discussed before but really they need to find a better way of getting the GC guys out of the way. It'll probably lead to more competitive sprinting too.
Is there any evidence that being next to the front lowers the risk of crashing in sprint stages (or any other kind of stage really)?
Just take the time at 5km except if there's an uphill finish. If there's an uphill sprint, cap the time loss that can happen due to a mechanical/crash
I legitimately think the GC teams should just have a gentleman's agreement to neutralize things between them and hang out behind the sprint trains. The trend which started last decade of GC teams massing at the front to get their riders to the 3KM barrier has kind of led to this kind of arms race.
It'll lower the odds of you getting taken down when others crash, purely because there's less people infront who could crash. Whether it lowers the odds of you crashing yourself is a different matter.
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