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andyp-
Happens all the time though when the "race is on".
I'm not saying it was the right decision this time but to suggest a DQ is grossly unfair. The was a logic to her decision and there was nothing malicious or deliberately dangerous about it. So often the results of a crash are down to luck.
@atz at those speeds surrounded by motos cars and other riders she may as well have been in the bunch. Look at the somersaults of her teammate to see the results of that choice- she was damn lucky to have landed in a field.
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unless u are blind or mad.
leggy_blonde
Albb
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.