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Proper velodromes are a long way from 100% risk free.
To me, it looks almost criminally reckless to have no fence and no run off/crash pad. Somebody was bound to go over the top, especially as the 'neutral speed' (the speed at which you follow the red line and are at 90° to the track surface) is so low with that combination of corner radius and banking angle. I'm actually astonished that the combined liability lawyerage of Red Bull and GLL allowed the event to proceed with such scant regard to risk assessment. I'm not sure that any waiver of liability either a rider or spectator had signed would stand up in court in the face of such recklessness.