LMAO... this was the funniest part

I counted two motorcycles that crashed in the forest.

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Did anyone catch this? A moto also crashed in the Arenburg
forest IIRC.

- Boyd S.

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Did anyone catch this? A moto also crashed in the Arenburg
forest IIRC.

- Boyd S.

"Get a bike!"

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I counted two motorcycles that crashed in the forest.

Boyd Speerschneider said:

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Did anyone catch this? A moto also crashed in the
Arenburg forest IIRC.

- Boyd S.

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In re-watching the race, it occurred to me that the moto
crashing in the forest took out at least half of the guys in
contention at that point in the race. Why is it that these
bikes are actually allowed on that section? Anyone here
(besides me) think they should be banned next year?

- Boyd S.

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In re-watching the race, it occurred to me that the moto
crashing in the forest took out at least half of the guys
in contention at that point in

the

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race. Why is it that these bikes are actually allowed on
that section? Anyone here (besides me) think they should
be banned next year?

No TV coverage in the Forest would really go over well.

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the moto crashing in the

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forest took out at least half of the guys in contention at
that point in the race. Why is it that these bikes are
actually allowed on that section? Anyone here (besides me)
think they should be banned next year?

- Boyd S.

Me. They could use those cable mounted cameras in football
stadiums. Run four or five of them at intervals, one
after the other about 15 feet above the pave.

Make the motos come to the front about 5k before the forest,
while the peleton is all stretched out anyway. Send all but
one of them into the forest with a 2 minute gap so they can
take it slow. The one moto left catches the action at the
front could park at the entrance and bring up the rear.
(maybe they could send all the motos through first, and use
helecopter shots to show the leadout into the forest.)

Does it seem like the UCI is ignoring the "no-drafting from
the moto" rule, or is it just screwy camera lenses that
makes it seem like every race is motorpaced?

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Does it seem like the UCI is ignoring the "no-drafting
from the moto" rule, or is it just screwy camera lenses
that makes it seem like every race is motorpaced?

Telephoto lenses compress the field in depth so that it
looks like you're right on top of the riders though they're
quite a ways in front. I'm more concerned with the side
camera views which invariably seem to happen to the windward
side of a heavy sidewind day.

Originally posted by Tom Kunich

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Telephoto lenses compress the field in depth so that it
looks like you're right on top of the riders though they're
quite a ways in front.

That's what I was thinking, but sometimes you can see from the 'copter that the gap is often only a few bike lengths. The moto plus two riders and a camera punches quite a hole through the wind and I bet riding 4 lengths behind a moto is easier than breaking your own wind, maybe even comparable to riding 6 inches behind another rider.

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I'm more concerned with the side
camera views which invariably seem to happen to the windward
side of a heavy sidewind day.

Me too.