Tour of Korea - multiple moto crashes

[woodie]

I'm sorry but I honestly don't think this is practically adoptable.
How many UCI races are there worldwide?
How is the UCI supposed to check that each driver/moto-rider has a valid driving permit? I mean, you could, theoretically, have the organizers send in scanned copies of the permits, but how do you then check that it actually is the persons on the permits that conducts the vehicles? That the permits isn't falsifications? In a country where the press reports that there was no incidents in the ToK 2012.
Clearly I'd expect the UCI to take some kind of action against the ToK organizers at this point, but I frankly don't think it's a good idea for the UCI to build a system so rigid that it can be assured with absolute certainty that people in ambulances who claim they're doctors actually are doctors. Do you wan't the UCI to conduct random testing of race doctors to see if they actually have medical experience?

IMO what happened in ToK is an anomaly and should be treated as such.

I agree that moto riders/drivers would be too hard to ensure but a doctor? I mean come on, that's a serious stuff up and one that I personally don't think is acceptable. Just because it's an anomaly doesn't mean what happened isn't a big deal.

We all know how quickly someone can go from being on two pieces of rubber to on their face losing skin and consciousness or worse.

 

[Magnus]

I agree that moto riders/drivers would be too hard to ensure but a doctor? I mean come on, that's a serious stuff up and one that I personally don't think is acceptable. Just because it's an anomaly doesn't mean what happened isn't a big deal.

We all know how quickly someone can go from being on two pieces of rubber to on their face losing skin and consciousness or worse.

I absolutely agree that what happened isn't acceptable. I also agree that what happened is a big deal.

I just think it's hard to make a not overly rigid system that ensures you have actual doctors present at a race if organizers go out of their way to make believe.

 

[my username is flish]

Nice concluding piece from Lee Rodgers on the TOK overall.

http://velonews.competitor.com/2012...-conflicted-airborne-memories-of-korea_216016

In his own words:
I am all for spreading the sport around the globe because it is a wonderful one, one that survives despite all the scandals and dirt that infects it, yet if the push for globalization of cycling means that corners are cut, eyes are averted and backs turned on the responsibility for rider safety that we all must bear then that is a price too high to pay."

The man has a point.

 

[my username is flish]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/three-cyclists-killed-in-korea-crash

This is terrible news. Seriously, wtf is up with that place...

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Nice concluding piece from Lee Rodgers on the TOK overall.

http://velonews.competitor.com/2012...-conflicted-airborne-memories-of-korea_216016

In his own words:
I am all for spreading the sport around the globe because it is a wonderful one, one that survives despite all the scandals and dirt that infects it, yet if the push for globalization of cycling means that corners are cut, eyes are averted and backs turned on the responsibility for rider safety that we all must bear then that is a price too high to pay."

The man has a point.

I read his articles and man what a whining b*** he is in every article he writes. the stuff he says about vino should be enough to get him hanged. who the **** does this nothing-amateur rider in taiwan think he is?

 

[my username is flish]

http://www.cyclingnewsasia.com/en/f...-rodgers-team-fuji-asia-editor-cyclingtimecom

He's been around the block a fair bit, I'd say his opinion is worth hearing. What your own opinion might be worth is a different matter altogether.

 

[orangerider]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/three-cyclists-killed-in-korea-crash

This is terrible news. Seriously, wtf is up with that place...

They've certainly lost my tourist $ - not going there.

 

[Martin318is]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/three-cyclists-killed-in-korea-crash

This is terrible news. Seriously, wtf is up with that place...

jesus christ...

 

[Michele]

 

[Kiara is a rational girl]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/three-cyclists-killed-in-korea-crash

This is terrible news. Seriously, wtf is up with that place...

Yeah, car crashes are a uniquely South Korean phenomenon.

 

[richwagmn]

What does this have to do with globalization of cycling? This is a 2.2 race which lacks any importance but has some tradition as being the longest stage race in Asia. There's not the UCI to blame. ****ty organisation of races is to be found in Europe as well

When old men like Kirsipuu and McCann, which aren't good enough anymore for the European racing circuit, decide to spend their retirement in Asian races, it's their choice.

Dude, you might want to read the story first before enlightening us with your comments.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

I already did. And now?