Awful News From Gent-Wevelgem Race

[gavgav]

Have just read this on the BBC Website.

Dreadful news

Antoine Demoitie: Belgian rider dies after Gent-Wevelgem accident
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/35908455

 

[ianrauk]

Sad news

 

[Big Dave laaa]

Shocking news. Thoughts to family and friends. Belgium having a tough time of it.

 

[Mrs M]

Very sad

 

[guitarpete247]

Just read this. Awful news.

 

[derrick]

Not good to here.There have been a few accidents involving motorbikes over the past few years,

 

[raleighnut]

Sad news. RIP

 

[roadrash]

Sad news indeed, ,far far too many collisions between riders and motorbikes or service cars

 

[sidevalve]

At least he died doing the sport he loved - the is at least a crumb of comfort in that.

 

[derrick]

At least he died doing the sport he loved - the is at least a crumb of comfort in that.

No there ain't.

 

[cyberknight]

Fark , motorbike again .
RIP

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Sad news indeed.

I hope this will lead to changes for the better.

Is it wrong to ask whether desperation to get the best images for the TV networks has a part to play?

No, I don't think it would be wrong to ask that. Why should getting good pictures be worth risking the safety of the competitors? Is it worth being able to see the action in extreme close up if those camera vehicles end up changing the outcome of the race?

 

[sidevalve]

No there ain't.

Yes there is. It is better than a slow death coughing you lung up in a slow death from cancer or any other of the many incurable and long [or sometimes short] lasting diseases - watch a loved one die a slow agonizing death and then tell me it's not better.

Is it wrong to ask whether desperation to get the best images for the TV networks has a part to play?

No - it has a huge part to play

 

[machew]

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...being-hit-by-motorbike-at-gent-wevelgem-event

Sad day for all involved

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Is it wrong to ask whether desperation to get the best images for the TV networks has a part to play?

Reading road.cc, the suggestion is that it was a commissaire on the back of the motorbike.

While motos carrying press photographers or TV camera operators are the focus of many fans’ comments, they are outnumbered in major races by those involved in the organisation of the race, including police, neutral service, safety marshals and commissaries – a moto carrying one of the latter is believed to have been involved yesterday.

While apparently not the cause in this case, the prevalence of TV motos does give the occasional impression of a motorbike race getting caught up with a bike race.