Men's Road Cycling UCI Tour de France 2018

[heywoodu 15,141]

6 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

If i was to put the blame to someone, that would be the guys who light up the flares . Riders really need all the visibility they can get.

Absolutely. That video from behind was awful, the motor riders just disappeared into nothing and so did the riders only a few meters in front of the camera.

[heywoodu 15,141]

And apart from visibility, I'm pretty sure it's not exactly helpful to ride through thick, toxic smoke when competing at the very limit of the human body, with heart rates basically at or near it's maximum and trying to get every bit of oxygen molecules you can get into your system. But no, flares are great.

[De_Gambassi 1,223]

il y a 5 minutes, heywoodu a déclaré:

And apart from visibility, I'm pretty sure it's not exactly helpful to ride through thick, toxic smoke when competing at the very limit of the human body, with heart rates basically at or near it's maximum and trying to get every bit of oxygen molecules you can get into your system. But no, flares are great.

 

Yeah, that too 

[Dunadan 1,103]

They are all idiots but it was the guy with the camera that caused the fall...he suddenly moved towards the centre of the street and Nibali's handlebar was caught in the camera strap.

 

 

[mihamiha 124]

what a bad luck for nibali. organizators should make more room for riders.

[bestmen 2,818]

the cyclists should be protected behind one crystal

 

 

[heywoodu 15,141]

13 hours ago, Dunadan said:

They are all idiots but it was the guy with the camera that caused the fall...he suddenly moved towards the centre of the street and Nibali's handlebar was caught in the camera strap.

 

Why can't people just stand and cheer/applaude for the riders? Is it that hard?

 

[heywoodu 15,141]

And for today's finish...oh boy.

 

 

[heywoodu 15,141]

Also: there were questions earlier to raise the time limit by 2%, but it was denied by ASO. The next day, Demare was in trouble and, surprise, they raised the time limit during the stage 

[hckošice 14,824]

17 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Once upon a time 10 hours ago, Rein Taaramäe was a once slightly promising GC rider now standing in 4th place in the mountains classification after some pretty decent stages, including 3rd in Le Grand-Bornand two days ago. Today he finished outside the time limit.