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Holy crap, it looked like a deliberate act rather than an accident. Nuts.
Minor Races Thread 2015 - [SPOILERS]
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Holy crap, it looked like a deliberate act rather than an accident. Nuts.
MisterStan
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They appear to tap the drop bar as she goes past. If that had been in front of the main group there could have been carnage.
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User169
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It does like that doesn't it? The race organizers are trying to track down whoever it was.
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User169
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Police now looking into Loren Rowney's fall.
Incidentally, the Dutch use the word "valpartij" for a crash which translates literally as "falling party".
Incidentally, the Dutch use the word "valpartij" for a crash which translates literally as "falling party".
Saluki
World class procrastinator
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- ...Norwich over the water.
http://www.euronews.com/2015/03/13/spectator-causes-loren-rowney-to-crash-out-of-cycle-race/
I watched this on full screen and it looks like the spectator leaned over and grabbed her bars. Not nice. Not nice at all.
I hope that they find this person and prosecute.
I watched this on full screen and it looks like the spectator leaned over and grabbed her bars. Not nice. Not nice at all.
I hope that they find this person and prosecute.
raleighnut
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- One of the 'Elite'
Jeez, that looked deliberate. He seemed to grab the handlebar then quickly turned away. Hope they identify him. 
summerdays
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- Bristol
How evil, like you say hopefully they find him. I hope she mends quickly.
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Already in minor races thread.
Completely bonkers.
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/minor-races-thread-2015-spoilers.173456/page-26
Completely bonkers.
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/minor-races-thread-2015-spoilers.173456/page-26
Nothing to do with a surfeit of Amstel?
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Not sure that it's possible to drink enough Amstel so that you fall over!
Flying_Monkey
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- Odawa
I've watched the video a few times now and it's very hard to see it as anything other than deliberate.
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It's just nuts. How does that happen? He was standing there in a crowd, all cheering and doing the usual stuff at the end and then he seems to nonchalantly reach over and almost cup the handlebars with one hand without much attention or effort (or fear of injury for himself) and bring down a rider who he could not see that well (he wasn't leaning over) on the approach - it's not even as if he could anticipate anyone would be on his side of the road in a sprint as there was a decent enough road width. And then he seems to just go "ppht" (or however you spell what I mean).Quite bizarre.
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Youcef Reguigui (MTN-Qhubeka) takes the Queen stage victory at Langkawi, and takes over the leaders jersey with one stage to go.
