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I agree, sort of. A techincal descent that is hard enough to push riders over limit is fine, but if you know they are going to crash (especially after yesterday) the least you can do is put up some protection on the worst corners. I don't blame Rio for this, the entire event is clearly totally fucking amateur, but the uci should have done something more than prancing about with their fucking iPad motor sensors
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I'm going to get shouted at for saying this, but I don't think the descent was that bad. The UCI should've ensured that the dangers, which are the huge gutters, should've been addressed, but I assume the local climate means that they are essential to manage rainfall. I'm happy to be proven wrong, but no-one complained about the descent after the test event last summer.
Most of the cyclists have been out there for a week, they should've ensured they memorised the worst corners before the race. Obviously Van Vleuten was racing for gold, so was taking risks, but she carried too much speed into the corner and hit the brakes hard, causing her to lose control. I genuinely hope she is okay, but the crash was her fault.