Stage 4 Finish Itzulia Basque Country 2024.
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To join proceedings he’ll rest up to making his way back on here and then I can imagine that he may well push on this is Ruben Thompson he’s just going to give himself a little bit of sustenance and it looks like um that Gap is now extended so the record will show
That these two plus Louis up the road will make up today’s Podium but what a day it’s been memorable in the darkest fashion I think you might say then again the blessing is I guess it could have been even worse so let’s just hold on to that crumb of comfort
Shall we 2.8 km to go Lou m is going to take this dark stage difficult for the Riders as well Brian you know just to sort of try and clear the mind and uh and get on with the task that they’re required to complete and so I give them credit and nothing
Else um from just doing what they’ve been told to do and just uh try and park this day eh the thing is Caron I’ve been in pretty much every kind of facet of of this sport from Sports Direct to race control as a rider um involved in the
Media so it’s it’s kind of very unique position that I’ve been in in the past and you know I’ve got many kind of hearts and overall these hats it’s just always a very difficult decision to make no matter what kind of area you’re in as a sports director you just want the
Safety of your Riders same as race control um Everybody Wants just the safety of the Riders we we know that everybody is you know conscious and talking and you know in the best hands but as a rider i’ I’ve never been in a situation where I’ve had to race after
An incident like this this is a kind of force for me and you know if if I was Lou’s manager like I was in the past I wouldn’t like to put him in this position um I know that other sports directors you know they’ve probably been told that you know what to
Do I don’t think it’s Lou’s decision his decision may have been you know he want to neutralize it but such as things in life that other things um you know H have have been looked at and for inter martial to look back at this to to win this
Stage that that’s the important thing and you know they’ve been allowed to do it and by the kind of race the race Direction and control so it’s been a difficult day for everybody um Lou’s just been through the motion done the professional job as you’ve said in a
Kilometer time he take Victory um and that will be just the end close the doors move on um but it’s just to lose the Raiders that we’ve lost today with that major inci ENT is it’s just it’s it’s terrifying that um you know we still reminded all the
Time that you know this sport this sport of ours is is brutal at times Well it’s not the stuffing out of me it’s um it’s not the stuffing out of this race and possibly we don’t want to overd dwell on it cuz we don’t know what the medical
Results are going to be it may well have compromised the season and indeed some careers let’s just hope that that’s not the case here we go Lou Manis is going to draw to a close what has been a difficult day for everybody both the Riders as as
Commentators and you at home and we we thank you for your kind thoughts and indeed uh your sensitivity on a on a day like today nobody I don’t think has been to blame it was a very strange place to have an incident it didn’t look like an overly focused
Corner I believe there was a fuel spill there that made the road surface unstable we’d already had a preview of it from our Breakaway with a crash and then of course the incident that followed Lou Manis raises his arms in a half-hearted manner shakes his head and they will of course Sprint
For second place Here but it prevents a hole in the race results I guess they will time everyone over the line simply to find out where their position was on the day but the times will not be held to account and I don’t think anyone can be either it was just desperate ill Fortune
To my mind today they paded up the corner that we [Applause] saw well they come home but they won’t be celebrating [Applause] here Ren Thompson just in second place here behind Lou mes and behind him our friend from burgus car vek well the break away still juky out for covered fourth
Fifth and ultimately sixth place here and now we wait for the peltin a bit of a hard Victory say Louie well we’re going to draw ourselves to a close here thank you for being so kind and indeed let’s just think of the Riders shall we before tomorrow we will see you tomorrow when
The B country resumes MZ uh congrats congratul a great victory for you but in the set day for cycling yeah it’s uh not the way you want to win uh yeah I’m just happy yeah I felt good and uh yeah if there was a chance for the break I uh yeah I think I would have
Been ready to fight for the stage so yeah but it’s unfortunate like uh yeah it takes a bit the pleasure out of it so yeah it’s maybe a victory but yeah it doesn’t really feel like it because yeah you want it to be fair for everyone is
Your second victory in the in the world tool yeah if you can uh really count it like that uh yeah we see I’m like right now I’m I don’t really know uh what was the situation uh behind but yeah it must have been pretty bad so yeah I hope
Everyone uh speedy recovery thank you very much thank you Well once again thank you for your company today we will be back at the regular time tomorrow where hopefully we will have a happier day to share with you Bye-bye
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I feel very sorry for the riders who fell and I sympathize with everyone. but as an organization you can't do anything about this now. you cannot allocate 50 million per trip for safety and countries will not spend 100 billion per year on cycle paths or wide roads. that's just how it is. the winers mentality must come from the riders
Now it is time to sit around the table with everyone and discuss how it can really be done safely. or perhaps you want to murder your conscience. I am furious just like many others. this AND LISTEN CAREFULLY UCI. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
what happened
wait i thought this got completely stopped/neutralized??
Huge crash with about 35 km to go… whole peloton neutralized… only some of the breakaway riders finished the route. Big injuries to top riders too.
Any update on Jonas status??? he was taken ona strecher and neck brace and couldnt or didnt want to stand up. Remco seems okay?
There are two types of cyclists: those who fall and those who are going to fall. Natnael Tesfazion from Lidl-Trek falls and it is natural that the cyclists behind him dodge or, out of nervousness, also lock their wheels when braking so hard. A runner on the run from Total Energies had already left before.
It's not so much the fall but rather it increases the danger with those wide ditches, rocks and trees next to the road. I don't know they can put protection methods along the entire route. First, common sense, attention to cyclists and protection of others due to lack of ambulances and doctors.
Falls are part of cycling, this one has "relevance" or they pay more attention to the names but they are all serious. I don't see a problem in the quality of the materials but I do see a problem in the obsession with weight. The bicycles are so light that they give way on descents in the wind and this, added to the athlete's obsession with low weight and lack of muscle, exposes them more to fractures.
The Lidl-Trek riders front wheel became unstable and started shimmering just before the bike slipped out – either some grease on the road, front disk started locking up or a mixture of both. With so many other riders subsequently and with these guys being some of the best bike handlers around the greasy road surface seems the most likely culprit.
Sad, unfortunate and not welcomed but these incidents are part of why we admire and watch these guys and the risks they are willing to take to achieve their dreams of being an individual or team champion.
They are willing to accept the risks that we other mere mortals are not.
We cannot sanitise the hell out of the sport to satisfy some corporate HSE adaptation of risk management.
This has nothing to do with UCI course management.
March or die.
These are real racers. They know the risks. We watch and admire and commiserate.
The Basque Tour must have the worst race organizers ever, those roads look like war trenches with no safety measures, and now a good bunch of the peloton is out for good, especially the guys who have big races coming up.👎
And Pogacar will win Giro and Tour
2024 Tdf is gonna be boring now. Visma lease a bike is very unlucky this year.
Vingegaard broke his collarbone and some ribs.
Sorry for the whinge, especially if there are serious implications for people's careers after today's racing, but I have to say it: I've watched an 8.5 minute summary of the day full of mournful comments about what's happened… and I'm still none the wiser about what did happen! Did no one on the production side think it might be an idea to actually give some context in this clip on what occurred?
Just in on Danish news, Jonas got 3 ribs broken aswell as his collarbone. Ohh well there goes the tdf 2024 for him.
Did the breakaway have a crash in the same corner?
Will you be talking about it all day without showing and detailing it ??
Sad day. Thank you for being with us and being professional.
Seems a little bit disrespectful to the crashed riders to have a "race for the stage win" while some were lying in the back of ambulances. Sadly the UCI seems to have a strange obsession with stage winners. Not good enough really.
Anyone see highlights of the stage anywhere?
I wonder how the odds on Pog doing the double have changed after today?
The incidence of accidents among cyclists has alarmingly escalated, necessitating urgent intervention from the UCI to enhance their safety. Tragically, last year we lost a rider during a descent, and there was a harrowing incident where Remco Evenepoel suffered a severe fall; had circumstances been slightly different, the outcome could have been dire. The frequency and severity of these injuries, particularly during descents and at corners, are increasing. A potential remedy could be to enforce a freeze on General Classification (GC) times during descents, allowing competition only on climbs and flat segments. This measure could introduce a speed cap on descents, discouraging excessive risk-taking. My passion for this sport is profound, yet witnessing the athletes endure such peril is deeply distressing. Their lives and well-being far surpass the importance of any competition. With each passing year, the incidence of crashes rises incrementally, which is unacceptable. I am convinced that the UCI has the capacity to implement more stringent safety measures. In Italy, for instance, numerous downhill races occur on narrow, uneven roads lacking proper barriers, a condition mistakenly accepted as safe. However, accidents in such conditions can have devastating, potentially long-term consequences, far beyond mere physical injuries like a broken collarbone and a few weeks of recovery.
What will Pog be thinking ??