A cras-prone Tour?

"Bob in CT" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

I don't remember this many crashes during last year's (or
previous) races. Am I just remembering wrong, or are there
really more crashes this year than last year (obviously,
several of the crashes last year were bad, taking out some
of the major contenders)?

Remember when they were blaming all the crashes on
Spinaci bars?

there's always crashes....just more it seems this year
caught on camera....and they say timing is everything

"Bob in CT" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I don't remember this many crashes during last year's (or
previous) races. Am I just remembering wrong, or are there
really more crashes this year than last year (obviously,
several of the crashes last year were bad, taking out some
of the major contenders)?

--
Bob in CT Remove ".x" to reply

vern said:

there's always crashes....just more it seems this year
caught on camera....and they say timing is everything

It is much wetter and windier this year than last, so
more crashes.

"vern" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

there's always crashes....just more it seems this year
caught on camera....and they say timing is everything

"Bob in CT" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I don't remember this many crashes during last year's
(or previous) races. Am I just remembering wrong, or are
there really more crashes this year than last year
(obviously, several of the crashes last year were bad,
taking out some of the major contenders)?

--
Bob in CT Remove ".x" to reply

RAIN!

"Bob in CT" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I don't remember this many crashes during last year's (or
previous) races. Am I just remembering wrong, or are there
really more crashes this year than last year (obviously,
several of the crashes last year were bad, taking out some
of the major contenders)?

--
Bob in CT Remove ".x" to reply

I think it's a combination of (a) More teams trying to
contest the sprints (even if they have no business being
there), (b) More GC contenders and their teams fighting for
position to avoid splits/crashes in the peloton (everyone
wants to be up front) and (c) wet roads, cobbles, tight
turns, etc.

-T

As we now know, the trick is to get inside the 1km banner and then fall off:
"We were fortunate that the crash was literally 10m inside the 1 km
banner, otherwise we would have been docked half a minute...so it was
bad luck and good luck."
cyclingnews.comnews.phpOpen ↗