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Tour de France: Fury as TV car knocks cyclist into barbed wire
Reuters ^ | July 10, 2011

Posted on 07/10/2011 6:31:18 PM PDT by george76

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To: george76

They wanted to see a flying Ducthman? That’s just not right.


21 posted on 07/10/2011 10:43:56 PM PDT by GreatRoad
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22 posted on 07/11/2011 7:48:00 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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Tour de France: Fury as TV car knocks cyclist into barbed wire

Won't someone stop the Cycle of Violence?

23 posted on 07/11/2011 7:49:28 AM PDT by martin_fierro (Vicious Cycles)
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Any way you cut it, that had to hurt.

Running into barbed wire hurts like hell at walking speed, perpendicular to the fence, with regular clothes on (I've done that a few times in the woods, ouch!).

I can't begin to imagine the pain of hitting it lengthwise at what, 40 MPH or so, wearing spandex shorts.

Just.... damn.

24 posted on 07/11/2011 8:01:04 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: Venturer
Because it was either swerve or take out the tree coming up.

There's a third option... look where you're going, and use that funny looking horizontal pedal in between the clutch and accelerator. It works! I've tried it!

25 posted on 07/11/2011 8:11:38 AM PDT by Teacher317 (really?)
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To be honest, all those cars & Motorcycles in among the bicycles and handing ut water and jockeying for pictures and not paying attention to trees coming up is a dangerous situation anyway.

Too many different types of vehicles all mixed into a mess.

Yeah the guy could have used the brake, the guy could have hit the tree , but the fact is it’s a bicycle race and they don’t need cars and motorcycles in there in the way.

Take the cars and the motorcycles out of there. Station water breaks, and picture taking along the route.


26 posted on 07/11/2011 8:49:18 AM PDT by Venturer
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Barb Wire

27 posted on 07/11/2011 6:53:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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