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Nice use of 'earth coloured' insulation tape there on the bars by OGE.
There's a helmet debate?
Must've missed that one.
He did faff with the helmet, but later he put 2 helmets back in the team car (including the one he was trying to fix. presumably the other car provided replacements
did strike me as odd the way he was seemingly running about with bikes from one car to another (I'm guessing making sure good bikes were on the inside and readily available, but it didn't look like that - just a shuffling exercise with £10K bikes
A guess from other similar cases, different riders and different bikes, you want the bikes for key riders in the right place at the right time, in this case you have just lost a rider so to be blunt you do not want his spares in the way of spares for the riders still in the race. Get his bike off car 1 and onto car 2 get the bikes that were for lesser riders that were on car 2 onto car 1.
Hang on? Where's the numpties with "There's no need for helmets at all." quoting their extensive scientific reports that turn out to be from a lab at the University of Wishful Thinking.
This is relevant, except the first part:
Hang on; you're so desperate to have yet another helmet debate that you're annoyed enough to insult people because you don't like the stuff you've imagined they'll say?
If mental gymnastics was in the Olympics, you'd be in the medals for sure...
Yeah, because every cyclist is out there doing 50+ km/h in dense pelotons. No cyclists at all toodling along at the same speed as runners, or less. Oh no.
In other news, the world is either black or white.
Biggest crash I've had was at walking speed in a car park - only time I've ended up being checked in hospital after coming off a bike. Speed is almost irrelevant when it comes whether you should wear a helmet or not, as hitting the corner bit of a kerb or similar with your head at walking speed could be easily as bad as hitting your head against the tarmac or similar at 50 mph.
I've ripped off a helmet and detached the strap before... 'Jus sayin'
Team Lotto Jumbo have also released some footage from their mechanic at yesterday's crash.
They give an interesting perspective of the chaos.
Sincerely hope everyone involves makes a full and speedy recovery!
Excellent video. Among all that chaos he's cool as and just gets on with things, including switching languages.
Fausto Oppici?
Does he have a legendary ongoing rivalry with competing mechanic Gino Artalibi?
Excellent name, whether real or wisecrack.
(Well-wishes to all who were injured, more importantly.)
Pretty disturbing hearing all those people moaning in pain. Still, an interesting look at what goes on behind the scenes.
If a helmet needs fixing - it really should be replaced.
if a helmet needs fixing and the rider is wandering around apparently dazed, they should be withdrawn immediately from the event. As last night's Velocast was discussing, concussion is being taken seriously by other sports- cycling currently plays it lip service with mandatory plastic hats.
In the heat of the moment, I doubt popping back to the car for a new helmet was the first thing in the bloke's mind.