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I drove the neutral service car at the Chittern RR one day as a favour. Fun, nerve wracking and terrifying. Getting screamed at over the radio to move up on a road that wasn't straight when I could just about see a car coming in the other direction, knowing that I might make it if I absolutely pinned it but there were lots of guys trying to move up and one guy making a meal of getting his bidon back in the cage. All the while a kid I'd never met in the passenger seat ready to change wheels was pissing himself with nervous laughter. Maximum respect to the guys doing this when the stakes are infinitely higher and they're on TV.
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Watching that Sunweb video (and the Movistar series, and MS' Backstage Pass or whatever it's called now) I'm struck again by how good directeurs sportif are at driving.
Or at least, I'm impressed there aren't more accidents given that they're often driving at speed between groups, overtaking other cars, dodging motos, all while delivering tactics, handing out bottles, watching TV, listening to race radio and communicating with their riders.
Often on roads that would be hairy to drive on if you were giving driving your full attention.
It genuinely is impressive and terrifying.