I agree to your first sentence but from there on out I'm like "wtf did I just read?" I honestly don't understand what you're trying to say here. People that don't enjoy watching crashes have no imagination?
I.. what? I mean I guess those are English words arranged in a certain order, but other than that, you lost me.
Aside from that, Philipsen surely edged close to the boundary on a lot of sprints this Tour, but I also think he never really overstepped them. I can understand others might have a different opinion. Mass sprints are like hands in football in that regard: unclear rules, or at least very open to interpretation, and therefor they spark many debates where often no one is actually right or wrong.
In bike racing you are supposed to conclude that the road and your body know you are falling off of a motorcycle at @40mph..therefore wear a real helmet, leathers,gloves and protective, supportive, boots,and often spine protection. On bicycles, the pavement, rocks,trees, other vehicles all just know that things should feel different on a bicycle vs motorcycle. So when you take a gravel nap falling off a bicycle the magic of lycra protect you from injury the equivalent of full leathers.. and that if your head comes in contact with someone or something.. Giro is the specific activity equivalent of my Schubert or Shoei...don't know how the pavement or my skull can detect the difference in the scenario.. but the cycling industry says that everything is different. There have been a number of high profile cycling deaths and almost nothing said about the state of the safety equipment, safety standards, instead bad drivers and bad luck.
Challenge you to compare safety gear for low level go cart or mini cycle racing.. Both have speeds in the @40-45mph range. Just on a long table... what does bicycle racing consider a minimum helmet.. Min jersey and pants, both activities are mass start on pavement, often w bicycle racing on roadways that are open to vehicle and pedestrian traffic.. Tour d France would not take place if it required a closed course. What is a constant major problem in bike racing? Crashing into fans.. Can you imagine if that was an issue in football, cricket, F1,GP1, NBA, NFL..if one of there governing bodies made that statement.. Messi missed the goal.. Broke his leg because a fan waiving a flag dressed in a devil suit jumped in front of him. Bicycle racing is an outcast.. I think in stage 4 or 5 this year, some running fans had colored flares, they lit them on fire and were running next to the racers..UCI memos will be released decades from now and I am guessing that they will show how lucky they feel every second of every day, of every race that there are not more, and more serious injuries given their lack of doing anything.
Have we really come that far since wearing leather hair nets?
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