Road World Championships Bergen 2017 **SPOILERS**

[roadrash]

^^^^^^^^^^^this, a thousand times^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the driver is just saying , I don't want to get get hurt because of my own actions, lets hurt someone else instead,

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

^^^^^^^^^^^this, a thousand times^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the driver is just saying , I don't want to get get hurt because of my own actions, lets hurt someone else instead,

A bit of a devil's advocate point of view here: rider was directly behind the car. A quick stop, even with a shunt, might also have taken the rider out. There doesn't seem to have been enough time for the driver to know that he could brake sharply without taking the cyclist out.

 

[roadrash]

Then he should not be driving if he cant stop safely in the road ahead, ESPECIALLY in the race convoy, around cyclists

 

[smutchin]

rider was directly behind the car

Yes, on looking at it again, you're right. He shouldn't have been there, might have given himself a chance to escape if he'd been wider out. Or not. Hard to tell.

Still appalling driving though. Two things you don't do in a bunch race: stop suddenly, and swerve off your line without warning. That should apply to drivers as well as riders.

 

[smutchin]

Total cycling. Awesome ride by Blaak.

What odds on Dumoulin taking the men's road race too to make it a clean sweep for the Dutch?

 

[smutchin]

View: http://twitter.com/MarkCavendish/status/911617355163344897

 

[roadrash]

well that's T.V.G out of contention with that crash

 

[rich p]

Massive bunch still

 

[roadrash]

probably going to be a bunch sprint

 

[rich p]

Swift is still there

 

[roadrash]

kiryenka the terminator chasing them down

 

[rich p]

bleeding pictures have gone

 

[Dayvo]

Great time for the cameramen to go walkabout!

 

[rich p]

Bergen looks nice while we wait

 

[Dayvo]

'Kin joke!