2014 Pro-cycling season thread

I think UCI and race organisers will have their hands full this season to come up with a better safety plan for riders and spectators. and riders will have to be more respectful towards each other, the racers interviewed said that younger riders do not hesitate to push even the bigger names aside.

I'm not sure if rider behaviour is a distraction. The assessment of the course would have spotted that island as a danger before the race* and a marshal could have asked spectators to stay off the island as well as alerting riders. Why that didn't happen should be the question.

It will be very unfortunate if a case made against Vansummeren gathers.

*if it were in the UK. I guess it's the same?