TdF. Motorcycle Blocks Rider Attack.
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TdF. Motorcycle Blocks Rider Attack.
D'oh ! So many races seem clogged with vehicles.
Watching Paris Roubaix, in some years the lead vehicles send up massive clouds of dust, along with their exhaust. It must really suck from a rider's perspective.
Watching Paris Roubaix, in some years the lead vehicles send up massive clouds of dust, along with their exhaust. It must really suck from a rider's perspective.
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Is there a video of this block?
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Tadej said it didn’t make a difference.
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hopefully won’t be an issue on tuesday’s mountain itt but with the crazy fans, you never know. if it isn’t a loose
dog, slow motorbike, flag in the spokes/chain, cell phone/“hi mom” poster in the way, or some drunken loonies trying to run alongside the riders, it’s always something else.
dog, slow motorbike, flag in the spokes/chain, cell phone/“hi mom” poster in the way, or some drunken loonies trying to run alongside the riders, it’s always something else.
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hopefully won’t be an issue on tuesday’s mountain itt but with the crazy fans, you never know. if it isn’t a loose
dog, slow motorbike, flag in the spokes/chain, cell phone/“hi mom” poster in the way, or some drunken loonies trying to run alongside the riders, it’s always something else.
dog, slow motorbike, flag in the spokes/chain, cell phone/“hi mom” poster in the way, or some drunken loonies trying to run alongside the riders, it’s always something else.
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It didn't look like it made a difference.
07-17-23, 06:31 PM
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motorbikes are making room because of the fans.. ultimately fans fault for slowing the bikes thus slowing TP..
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The crash by Neilands in stage 15 with ~36k to go was extraordinary. He tried to take a bottle from the Vittel neutral water service bike going through curves on the downhill. After watching the action a few times, my thoughts shifted from "damn, another moto-caused incident" to Neiland called the bike up, ran wide, doinked off the front tire, and I have no idea how that moto pilot stopped the bike and didn't run him over.
+1 on wow, there are a lot of problems, but I'm shocked there aren't more.
It's kind of the same way I feel when I look at the density of the peloton.
+1 on wow, there are a lot of problems, but I'm shocked there aren't more.
It's kind of the same way I feel when I look at the density of the peloton.
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Several fan-caused crashes on other stages.
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