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Nicole Frain
To let her continue to race would be disrespectful to all the other riders who did the decent thing and slowed down. For the sake of argument, if she had succeeded in her plan to just zip past the pile up she'd have gained time on the back of someone else's misfortune.
starfish&coffee-
LOL, it's the Tour de France. They didn't slow down because it was the decent thing to, they slowed because they could see there was no way through.
I have some sympathy for Nicole; she was sitting on the wheel at 60+kph, head down and chewing the stem to get back to the bunch in the biggest race in the world. Next thing there are riders across the road and she sees a gap. 9 times out of 10, not braking is best thing to do, far too many crashes are caused by choppers shitting themselves and hauling on the brakes in the middle of a bunch.
leggy_blonde
Nicole Frain released a statement which seems to confirm that it’s better to shut up and have people think you’re stupid rather than open your mouth and confirm it.
