Paris-Nice 2025, March 9-16

[Tim Cahill]

Tarling and Foss should attack the neutralisation like Quintana did on Stelvio, classic cycling tactics.

 

[tobydawq]

Good luck keeping warm going 20 kph. Jesus Christ what a stupid call.

 

[Samamba]

They really want to be like F1. Rain = no racing

 

[Potomac]

I don't get it

 

[Netserk]

Standing still. Some turned around to grab a jacket.

Riders should have no say, it's the job of the commissionaires to decide if the race can continue.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

I don't get it

Complètement réveillé absurdité.

 

[tobydawq]

?

 

[Samamba]

This will just get cancelled

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

I don't get it

it's the top right corner of the utter w*ke nonsense meme

 

[Netserk]

One of the motorbikes crashed?

 

[nightowl]

There was hail for, like, 2 minutes. And as soon as they neutralized it stopped. Now there are riders everywhere and I gam time gaps will be hard to fix…what a genius decision.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Vande Velde just said they're gonna try to resume the race at a lower elevation or some such... the weather does look really quite nasty for bicycle racing.

Riders all over the place right now trying to pick up their jackets from team cars...

 

[Netserk]

Race will be restarted in a few minutes, it sounds like.

 

[SafeBet]

They noticed TA was behind schedule and decided to stop so we can watch both finishes no stress.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

This will just get cancelled

Do you think this is an infinite shower that will just stay right there?

 

[tobydawq]

Mads says they'll race again in 5 minutes.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Seems the French have lost their mind.
Good thing the Italians won't cancel a race for it being cold and wet.

I suddenly get why they're known for surrendering. (the French that is...)

 

[tobydawq]

No riders seem to have wanted this. WTF...

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Restarting now

 

[Netserk]

No initiative of the riders it has to be said. A commissaire decision based on the crash of the motorbike up in front.

 

[E_F_]

If they can all agree to stop a race, then why can't they just agree to not endanger each other and themselves?

 

[yaco]

Whenever a rider is seriously injured or dies in a crash, we get posts stating we need to do more about safety. Yet when commissars are proactive in neutralising a race for safety reasons people complain. You can't have it both ways.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

If they can all agree to stop a race, then why can't they just agree to not endanger each other and themselves?

In this case it wasn't the riders but the organisation.

Also....dude come on

 

[E_F_]

No initiative of the riders it has to be said. A commissaire decision based on the crash of the motorbike up in front.

Oh... Well never mind then. Of course there is a risk, that ASO don't want to anger the riders. In which case the riders are at fault anyway!

 

[QueenStagiaire]

This looks chaotic