If I had to blame someone, the Red Bull rider in front of Hoole did not do a lot to warn him. Had he followed his own rider, there would have been no crash.

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Other riders were pointing to the danger.If I had to blame someone, the Red Bull rider in front of Hoole did not do a lot to warn him.
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No the RB rider skipped over. Hoole noticed last second and swerved to his right, when Skjelmose followed his swerve it was too late.Hoole skipped over.
Skjelmose was following his wheel, but late decided to not follow him over it and slipped. Skjelmoses teammate took another line that he was tryna switch to, but it was too late to correct.
I meant the Bora rider. Not Hoole.No the RB rider skipped over. Hoole noticed last second and swerved to his right, when Skjelmose followed his swerve it was too late.
You do realise most races aren't exactly printing money?Organizers make plenty of money to manage this.
Indeed.Yeah, next time the same thing came up, the guy was standing right on it.
You do realise most races aren't exactly printing money?
How many km to go was it?I'd need to look at streetview to judge if they should have done the same first time around.
You do realise most races aren't exactly printing money?
Yes and do something about the constant bike/pedestrian path riding. And grass and roundabouts and what have you. I know riding on the path to avoid cobbles in de Ronde goes way back to the very beginning, but it was never a good thing.Honestly, i wouldn't be against a ban on bunny hopping road furniture. It blindsides riders behind and causes crashes all the time.
We don't see the break there, but I think around 53 km to go.How many km to go was it?
Honestly, i wouldn't be against a ban on bunny hopping road furniture. It blindsides riders behind and causes crashes all the time.
I would be surprised if things overhead impinge much on riders' awareness: their attention is not focussed on things 3 metres above the ground.Isn’t PN aso?
You can bet they see a cost benefit analysis on rider safety measures. Any good business can write down profits to nil
You need two pole stanchions and a flag/signal mechanism over the danger. These can be reused across a calendar
They obviously shouldn't ban bunny hopping to avoid crashing. I agree that we rarely see it done for show boating. But riders very, very often do it for a race advantage.Uh, sure. Riders should just crash on them then because they're not allowed to jump them??
2 or 3 different riders just in front of him clearly pointed out the obstacle. He may not have been looking in front, which then puts the onus on him.But that's not true. He also said the other riders didn't signal it either which was also not true.
There could be hundreds of curbs like that in the course of a 200 km race. It would be great if they had tall glowing orange pylons at each one. I don’t think that will happen though.Nah man. Organizers can do better than that to protect riders. It’s not impossible
Suspend from what? Do you imagine something like a 1 km to go banner over every curb and bit of road furniture? Having driven (not ridden) in France frequently, those middle of the road curbs are everywhere—sometimes annoyingly so even for drivers.You just suspend a signal a few meters before the actual danger. Organizers make plenty of money to manage this. Riders see everything above and nothing too far ahead or to the side.
Every bit of it where the peloton cannot pass through without splitting the group, that can end a cyclists career or life.Suspend from what? Do you imagine something like a 1 km to go banner over every curb and bit of road furniture? Having driven (not ridden) in France frequently, those middle of the road curbs are everywhere—sometimes annoyingly so even for drivers.
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