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To: cuban leaf
I blame the Tour for allowing people to be so close. This sort of stuff happens in road rally’s too. A car goes off a corner and mows down 20 people, some of whom often die.

There is zero barrier between the bikers and the crowd. That’s stupid. And it’s not her fault. And yeah, what she did was stupid too, but she is the only one being charged.

You might want to take a little time to educate yourself about how the preparation is done. This year the course is 3,484.2 km (2,165 mi)Are you demanding that they barricade the entire route? They certainly do that in most towns and at key points but barricading the entire course is ridiculous.

58 posted on 06/30/2021 10:09:33 AM PDT by centurion316
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To: centurion316

They certainly do that in most towns and at key points but barricading the entire course is ridiculous.


Isn’t that why there are no longer “official” races on the Nürburgring any more?

I suppose I could blame the rider rather than the Tour itself. But I don’t think she should be charged with anything unless they can prove her action was deliberate and designed to cause what it caused. Either that or, yes, they need to control the entire course. BTW, I have a rather large collection of Tour DVD’s and Bluerays. It’s fun to watch them while on the training bike.


59 posted on 06/30/2021 10:12:22 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: centurion316

Well luckily they don’t do the whole 2000 miles in one day, so they don’t have to barricade it all at once. Meanwhile it looks like overall this course is too narrow given all the other crashes.


90 posted on 06/30/2021 11:45:28 AM PDT by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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