Transcontinental Race No. 5 - TCR5 - #TCRN05 - 2017

I feel bad for Ian To, but I can't help but think he was expecting to win or at least be in with more of a shout, and has now found a way to concede without feeling like he's lost the race.

I believe I should have been made aware of the reasons for the route avoidance, last night, I thought, because no reasob was given by the organisation, maybe it was animals or fire causing the issues, so thought riding it in daylight would be safer.

This is daft (and maybe makes more sense if you're exhausted/sleep deprived). If you read the words "very dangerous road", I think it's safe to assume you should give it a miss, not assume that it's somewhere a bear's been spotted.

If you know a road is dangerous and you're being advised to avoid it, why not re-route then, as he claimed he 'would have' if he'd known?

He says he'd have extra strains the other riders haven't faced...from listening to James describe being passed by six trucks, bumper-to-bumper, brushing his elbow at 80mph, I'd say he'd have been better off with his extra strains than with that experience.

Hopefully he'll wake up, suck it up, and try to get back to racing again.