Paris-Nice 2025, March 9-16

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1899831332076683584

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[Tricycle Rider]

Ambulance going in the opposite direction for some reason

 

[tobydawq]

Riders of this era are soft.

You can't say that because of today as no riders know what's going on or asked for a slow ride.

 

[pelotonIQ]

You can't say that because of today as no riders know what's going on or asked for a slow ride.

I can make that comparison and say that because riders of previous eras raced through worse conditions than today.

 

[Netserk]

The intermediate sprint is with 26.6 km to go. I think around that is a sensible place to restart the race.

 

[tobydawq]

I can make that comparison and say that because riders of previous eras raced through worse conditions than today.

wat

Because Quintana ignored the neutralisation, he is a hero?

 

[Tricycle Rider]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1899831332076683584

View: https://x.com/cyclingpronet/status/1899831332076683584

🎵 Oh, the weather outside is frightful... 🎵

 

[Netserk]

The Ag2r car crashed?

 

[Danskebjerge]

They have all the communication tools in the world - why not use them in a situation like this ("there is a slippery surface from kilometer 150 to 152")?

 

[Faserr]

The Ag2r car crashed?

Yes. A lot of hail on the road.

 

[Samamba]

They have all the communication tools in the world - why not use them in a situation like this ("there is a slippery surface from kilometer 150 to 152")?

When it's very wet communication doesn't always work

 

[tobydawq]

The Ag2r car crashed?

Yeah, the decision seems to make more and more sense.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

The Ag2r car crashed?

It's French, are we sure it didn't break down?

(I'm going to stop with the French jokes right now)

 

[pelotonIQ]

wat

Because Quintana ignored the neutralisation, he is a hero?

What are you even talking about?

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

What are you even talking about?

Giro 2014

Biggest robbery in cycling history
They should've disqualified him

 

[E_F_]

Because you're blaming the riders, and that's very easy to do from your keyboard warrior battle position.

And afterwards you start moaning about people being hypocritical, really?

I am well aware of how easy it is to blame the riders... But they've chosen to do this for a living - I haven't. So what am I supposed to do, if I think they're at fault?

When did I moan about hypocrisy?

 

[Netserk]

wat

Because Quintana ignored the neutralisation, he is a hero?

Quintana was always behind the bike with the red flag, no? Quintana cannot be blamed for the speed of the moto.

 

[tobydawq]

What are you even talking about?

That's the only example I can think of where 'the riders just rode through the conditions' - the conditions being a motorcycle in front of the riders waving that they should stop.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Paris-Ice

 

[Salvarani]

Farce

 

[tobydawq]

Quintana was always behind the bike with the red flag, no? Quintana cannot be blamed for the speed of the moto.

Okay, I don't remember that detail, but the organisers certainly should have made him wait for the bunch after that.

 

[pelotonIQ]

That's the only example I can think of where 'the riders just rode through the conditions' - the conditions being a motorcycle in front of the riders waving that they should stop.

That was not what I was talking about. I talk about oranges and people reply to me talking about tomatoes.

 

[SafeBet]

By following PN only through this thread you'd think there are two parallel worlds.
One where all hell is breaking loose, hail, snow, motos and car crashing, etc
And one where the sky is partly cloudy, race organizers just randomly decided to stop the race and riders are contemplating the scenery while waiting for it to restart.

 

[Netserk]

The break got stopped at the bottom of the climb up to the intermediate sprint.

 

[tobydawq]

Netserk's guess as to when the race should restart seems about right according to messages from people in the race convoy to the commentators on Danish TV.