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peter_v
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Boardman recc'ed the course and was saying right from the off that descent would cause carnage and it did. I'm not saying there shouldn't be risk, but we had both races' outcomes majorly affected by crashed. On top of that you have riders that not only lost their chance of a medal but also were seriously injured, double collarbone fracture for His Nibs, and triple back fracture for Van Vleuten. Her crash for me is the most brutal I have seen in pro-racing, at least on descents rather some of those early pile-ups in the Tour. I simply stopped enjoying or caring about the race after that, really thought I may have watched someone die. While racing must carry some risk, organisers have a duty of care to minimise that as much as possible to protect the riders. That descent was too narrow, too twisting and physically unsafe with the nature of the curbs and guttering for a high-stakes road race. Just an IMO of course, I just don't want to see crashes like that, was truly shocking.