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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.
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I disagree. You don’t go through a gap at 40 km/h plus when people are stationery in the road.
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far too many crashes are caused by choppers shitting themselves and hauling on the brakes in the middle of a bunch.
Thing was, she wasn't in the middle of a bunch, she was effectively solo at the time as her team mate braked and dumped it into the grass rather than hit the pack. It wasn't malicious, but it was a bad choice.
andyp
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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.