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Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
in a bold experiment teams have replaced tramadol finish bottles with ketamine

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TobinHatesYou
Aug 14, 2007

wacky cycling inflatable
tube man

serious gaylord posted:

What the gently caress is everyone on this year that they keep just loving up basic lines so bad?


The curb was unpainted and he had no idea it was there.

Vando
Oct 26, 2007

stoats about

TobinHatesYou posted:

The curb was unpainted and he had no idea it was there.

it wasn't the kerb, it was the manhole cover where he lost it

e: also people aren't loving up lines, the big crashes have been from bad road surfaces or unsigned/barriered road furniture, it's the organisers dropping the ball not the riders

Vando fucked around with this message at 09:29 on Apr 19, 2024

Lex Neville
Apr 15, 2009
it's both. the widely covered crashes from recent weeks stemmed from issues you mentioned, but manoeuvres like maciejuk's in rvv 23 still occur multiple times a race

wooger
Apr 16, 2005

YOU RESENT?

serious gaylord posted:

What the gently caress is everyone on this year that they keep just loving up basic lines so bad?

In this case there’s a kerb or something, unmarked and with no barrier, that runs right through the racing line you’d plan to take, before you’re able to see the kerb. He was committed and going too fast to stay in what was suddenly a much narrower road than expected.

In the big Tour of the Basque crash, the road surface right on the corner was ultra crappy with roots under it right on the corner, no warning. One person lost it, then some of the others that crashed were just due to reacting to that. Consequences were so bad just due to the ditch in exactly the wrong place.

Any other cases you’re thinking of?

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
It's all Mohoric's fault for winning that MSR on the descent a few years back imo

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TobinHatesYou
Aug 14, 2007

wacky cycling inflatable
tube man

Vando posted:

it wasn't the kerb, it was the manhole cover where he lost it

e: also people aren't loving up lines, the big crashes have been from bad road surfaces or unsigned/barriered road furniture, it's the organisers dropping the ball not the riders


The manhole cover didn't help, but he actually said he didn't see the curb.

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