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It's common across the Mediterranean in my experience. They don't get much rain and, when they do, a combination of residue from cars, dust and other stuff makes the surfaces so slick you don't get any grip. It's lethal.
It's always worse in urban areas, presumably because of the higher volume of traffic, so a 8 km urban circuit was always going to be risky if it rained.
Still, any chance to post this is always good;
Giro 2007 Stage 11 Crash - YouTube