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One of those things, a bit her fault, a bit the DS fault
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Been thinking about this and could only come up with…
The DS only has one job, not run over the teams star rider.
If I looked at it from the other side they have to…
Drive the car
Pass over any bottles, gels, gilets, overshoes etc
Take back empty bottles, gel wrappers, gilet, overshoes etc
Talk tactics through the window with rider
Talk to the team via radio
Communicate with other support staff by radio
Drive in a straight line while the mechanic hangs out of the car and adjust bike setup (not really sure why the DS doesn’t do this too)
Read the road book and determine tactics
Watch the TV transmission on iPad on dashboard to see what the race is doing
Don’t squeeze riders off the road
Don’t brake too hard so riders go through the rear windscreen
Don’t run anyone over
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There was plenty of talk about Mavi Garcia 'being taken out by her own team car' the other day.
https://www.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/tour-de-france-femmes/2022/disastrous-team-car-wipes-out-mavi-garcia-at-tour-de-france-femmes_vid1722212/video.shtml
But the DS has an excuse! Apparently she'd just had a bike change so he was waiting to give her a bottle, but she kind of forgot about the bottle and changed lane to grab a wheel instead. https://archive.ph/5KYwR#selection-1003.30-1003.50
Hmmm. I don't think he was watching her. If he had, he'd have had just enough time to react to her procedural error. I know he has lots of other stuff going on, but really....he almost squashed his star rider under a car. Unforgiveable. Sack him!
What does the panel think?