matticus
Guru
Might be worth putting all this in one thread? Well, let's see ...
2 big news stories in a few days:
1 - Adam Hansen (CPA boss) has gotten the Paris-Roubaix people (ASO?) to put in a "chicane" before the entry to Arenberg. Due to this secteur of pave being particulary rocky, and having the highest bunch entry speeds.
Now I'm all for this. Lots of twitter bros saying "too scared? Don't ride!". oh dear.
2 - The crash on a descent in Spain. Well, it now looks more like multiple crashes - several riders came off on the same corner, but I don't think it was a domino effect.
This one seems less black-and-white; on the one hand, there were warnings about the descents on this race that many were aware of, but it's very tricky to put effective barriers etc on EVERY corner where this is likely to happen. Not sure what I think about this... meanwhile it's terrible for the injured riders, and as a spectator it's pretty much ruined the competition for Grand Tour wins this season (following on the contenders being decimated for Flanders/Roubaix) :-(
EDIT: Stolen from elsewhere, summary of the injuries in Spain (mainly to illustrate the magnitude of this):
Team updates as of 21:50 CEST:
UAE: Vine has broken three vertebrae, no other major injuries or head trauma.
Visma: Vingegaard has a broken collarbone and several broken ribs, but he is stable and will remain in hospital for now
Soudal: Evenepoel has a broken collarbone and scapula
Lidl: abrasions but no fractures or concussion for Tesfatsion
Total: Cras has a punctured lung, broken ribs and broken vertebrae
EF: Cepeda and Quinn involved, Quinn abandon
Bora: Roglic involved, no further updates (he was able to walk to team car)
Alpecin: abrasions for Hermans, who finished the stage.
2 big news stories in a few days:
1 - Adam Hansen (CPA boss) has gotten the Paris-Roubaix people (ASO?) to put in a "chicane" before the entry to Arenberg. Due to this secteur of pave being particulary rocky, and having the highest bunch entry speeds.
Now I'm all for this. Lots of twitter bros saying "too scared? Don't ride!". oh dear.
2 - The crash on a descent in Spain. Well, it now looks more like multiple crashes - several riders came off on the same corner, but I don't think it was a domino effect.
This one seems less black-and-white; on the one hand, there were warnings about the descents on this race that many were aware of, but it's very tricky to put effective barriers etc on EVERY corner where this is likely to happen. Not sure what I think about this... meanwhile it's terrible for the injured riders, and as a spectator it's pretty much ruined the competition for Grand Tour wins this season (following on the contenders being decimated for Flanders/Roubaix) :-(
EDIT: Stolen from elsewhere, summary of the injuries in Spain (mainly to illustrate the magnitude of this):
Team updates as of 21:50 CEST:
UAE: Vine has broken three vertebrae, no other major injuries or head trauma.
Visma: Vingegaard has a broken collarbone and several broken ribs, but he is stable and will remain in hospital for now
Soudal: Evenepoel has a broken collarbone and scapula
Lidl: abrasions but no fractures or concussion for Tesfatsion
Total: Cras has a punctured lung, broken ribs and broken vertebrae
EF: Cepeda and Quinn involved, Quinn abandon
Bora: Roglic involved, no further updates (he was able to walk to team car)
Alpecin: abrasions for Hermans, who finished the stage.
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