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I thought it could have been the season.
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As it could for any of us cycling in urban settings. I guess if one wanted to eliminate every danger posed by road features that would have to be on the teams. They are the employers and would have that responsibility to make sure riders are aware of every single road hazard. Race organizers will never be able to provide safety warnings for every curb, fence post, speed bump, etc.Every bit of it where the peloton cannot pass through without splitting the group, that can end a cyclists career or life.
Personally I think it is a shared experience that all sides can rally around and curb. Today there was a narrow uphill road with a bend and a hazard that split the group, and not enough notice. Rider should be aware of the course, team should be notifying riders of hazards, organizers need to do a better job with hazards/course selection/ and some safety measures, and local government needs to address the hazards if they want the race to pass through the town.As it could for any of us cycling in urban settings. I guess if one wanted to eliminate every danger posed by road features that would have to be on the teams. They are the employers and would have that responsibility to make sure riders are aware of every single road hazard. Race organizers will never be able to provide safety warnings for every curb, fence post, speed bump, etc.
I love it when a rider from a break wins! Congrats MS!
Race to the Sun...right?
I agree that would be optimal.Personally I think it is a shared experience that all sides can rally around and curb. Today there was a narrow uphill road with a bend and a hazard that split the group, and not enough notice. Rider should be aware of the course, team should be notifying riders of hazards, organizers need to do a better job with hazards/course selection/ and some safety measures, and local government needs to address the hazards if they want the race to pass through the town.
That didn't age well. He clearly paved the way for his teammate to hold off the pack.Alan Fillip not a beast
I don’t think so. Visma just keeps is hard enough. If lipowitz had it he would have shown it today to get pressure on Jorgensen
Might want to read your second paragraph again.People are setting ridiculous expectations for organizers these days. They got to cover hundreds of kilometers for every stage, you can't put a full overhead banner for every road furniture/obstacle, that'd be just ridiculous expenses.
It wasn't a twisty or dangerous curve, there was enough space on either side of the road AND they had a guy signalling the issue in advance (and no, he couldn't stand on the obstacle itself because it was after a slight turn so they'd see him late and he would have a big risk of getting run over). It's a shite accident but these things always have a probability to happen in this sport. Really not a lot the organizers could've done about.
Oh and people are massively overrating "the money" organizers are making from these races. The GTs and the Dutch/Belgian classics collect good money because they're big enough and in terms of one day races over obscure cobble roads easier to organize. Smaller stage races are a total different issue, way more logistics required.
If there is to be any blame at all (other than the organizers but it's a difficult spot to position an official, standing right in front of the slab, so he would have to stand on an intermistically set ladder - not super safe neither), I would mention how you normally signal in group riding at obstacles.All the Visma riders signal the road furniture, and Van Dijke(?) immediately go to his right (he also signals with his left hand when he has it free).
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I don't think so. All Visma riders stretched out their hand to signal that the obstacle is to their own right. After the front rider does it, the rest of the team follows him to their own left.The Visma rider, on the contrary, clearly signals that the riders behind should turn right free of the obstacle - but all too late.
Nothing official, so I think it's a joke.Is there like a French día de los Inocentes I am unaware of with this Bol/Ballerini swap? This is some next level utter woke nonsense.
Neither present at the team presentation 12 minutes ago. So a joke.Is there like a French día de los Inocentes I am unaware of with this Bol/Ballerini swap? This is some next level utter woke nonsense.