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Described as a shocking moment,a group of cyclists on a Sunday run,ignore barriers,well well.No wonder they get a bad name.
Well well well.
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View: https://youtu.be/hpEvUMnatP4
Described as a shocking moment,a group of cyclists on a Sunday run,ignore barriers,well well.No wonder they get a bad name.
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Edinburgh
In the third cat races I used to ride if you pulled a stunt like that you'd be disqualified without question and most likely suspended too. Just because they're pro's it should make no difference, the potential for loss of life amongst the rail passengers is the same on hitting a pack of cyclists regardless of what ability the cyclists are.
neil_merseyside
Guru
- Location
- Wirral
They should be disqualified for cheating but as they never stopped the druggies when it was rife I doubt it'll happen, as to risking train passengers, you're kidding right? Some suicides are only discovered when they jet wash the chassis, I think the TGV might spill a G&T or two on collecting a team car.
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
They are very likely to be disqualified. The rules for the race say that going through barriers are 'strictly forbidden' as opposed to 'forbidden'. The offenders will be sanctioned.
Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Edinburgh
No I'm not kidding. I know carbon bikes are pretty fragile but I for one wouldn't want to be on a train trying to ride through a pack of them. Regardless of race rules and commissaire decisions, if you ask me the cyclists jumping the barriers should face criminal prosecution.
Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
Only if the riders were stupid enough to ignore the barriers.Somebody designed a route where there was a possibility that the peloton would get hit by a speeding train?
winjim
Smash the cistern
FTFY.
Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
So - if a cyclist does it, it's competitive. I assume you had your tongue firmly in cheek when you posted that. I can only imagine the outrage on this very forum if this was a clip of a car or pedestrian doing the same thing!
winjim
Smash the cistern
You do realise they were in a race don't you?
Cycling Weekly are reporting that none of the riders will face sanctions. Here.
Race director Thierry Gouvenou later confirmed that none of the riders would face sanction for not waiting, despite the UCI rules demanding riders be disqualified by the commissaires for crossing after the barriers had come down, which is also against the law.
Maybe they take a more relaxed view to this kind of thing on the Continent, compared to the more uptight and anally retentive approach to "elf & safety" we seem to have here in the UK?
I appreciate that these guys were racing competitively, but whichever way you look at it I don't think that running across the tracks in front of an oncoming TGV going at full pelt is the smartest thing to do
Race director Thierry Gouvenou later confirmed that none of the riders would face sanction for not waiting, despite the UCI rules demanding riders be disqualified by the commissaires for crossing after the barriers had come down, which is also against the law.
Maybe they take a more relaxed view to this kind of thing on the Continent, compared to the more uptight and anally retentive approach to "elf & safety" we seem to have here in the UK?
I appreciate that these guys were racing competitively, but whichever way you look at it I don't think that running across the tracks in front of an oncoming TGV going at full pelt is the smartest thing to do
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Just proves that Cyclists aren't chumps, and car drivers aren't chumps. Chumps are chumps.
