It’s a fair criticism, but cycling has done pretty well on the last few years of installing safety measures on high consequence turns at altitude and descents, especially in the grand tours. It’s a shame that some descents in this race were identified and the concrete culvert on the outboard side of a curve on a known probable high speed decent wasn’t covered by a mat or even cheap mattress. Still, you can’t nerf the whole world.
Scored VIP meet and greet tickets for the BEAT TOUR in Dallas. Belew, Vai, Levin, and Carey playing King Crimson songs from Discipline, Beat, and Three of a Perfect Pair. Interested to hear Vai’s take on the Fripp parts and see a Tony Levin/Danny Carey rhythm section.
Yep, most people I know who have spent a significant amount of time riding or racing bicycles has been through broken clavicle experience. I broke my right collarbone twice racing BMX as a teenager, then my left one racing a TMBRA mtb race in my 30s. They were all very painful, but took longer to heal when I was older. On the that last time I had even leaned how to fall correctly when crashing, didn’t extend my arms, and still landed just wrong enough to snap it from my sternum. Those kept me from meaningful riding and training for at lest a month or 6 weeks. I couldn’t Tyler Hamilton my way through it.
What spectacular views on the descent of the Col de Pradell in Catalunya today! Also many sightings of GC KUSS clothing and signage. Unfortunately, the gestation period of his form must not mature until grand tour season. Poor Tadej must be bored at this point.