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Ditto Porte. And increasingly Roglic.
It may purely be my perception, but there seem to be far more crashes these days. I've just had this conversation with my neighbour (70s, and still knocks out 100 miles a week) and he swears it's the combination of disc brakes (people have lost the art of braking, especially in the wet) and more competitive fields (gone are the days of Armstrong/Indurain processions), but I personally have no idea.
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Tbh with today's course the organizers was asking for it.
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It's the latter, especially in the early stages of the Tour. GC teams want to ensure their leaders don't lost time, sprinters teams want to win the stage so you have to groups all trying to be at the front.
The Tour organisers compound this by sending them down roads that are too narrow, so 5 metres wide or less, too close to the finish when they should be on main roads that are 8 metres wide and give teams more space to work with.
kboy
andyp
Seriously, why is G always crashing? Wind/motos/bottles aside, it can't be handling...wasn't it Flecha who said he's a natural on the cobbles? Is it positioning? Inattention?