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Title: [Cycling] Tour of the Basque County and the Tour de France Post by: Muchiratsky on April 05, 2024, 02:52:24 PM The past few days have been a horror for cycling fans as heavy favorites for the coming Tour de France crashed heavily in yesterday's stage.
Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenopoel, and Jay Vine had scary injuries that would most likely rule them out of the TdF. Primoz Roglic, who was part of the crash as well, thankfully came out of it with no serious injury or broken bones. He'll likely be one of the top contenders this July, but without the current Yellow Jersey on the start line, bets understandably would be on UAE's Tadej Pogacar winning his third Yellow. Any thoughts from cycling fans here? Title: Re: [Cycling] Tour of the Basque County and the Tour de France Post by: famososMuertos on April 05, 2024, 04:38:33 PM Cycling is one of those sports that I follow, but not at a fan level, it's like those who find out that football exists every 4 years, FIFA Word Cup, that happens to me with cycling.
Although I can say that I follow it a little more, since I follow the news of the return to Spain, among others, but definitely Tours de France do make me review the information more. For the injured there is still time to recover, I suppose in those with minor injuries, in any case the World Cup and the Olympics are events that take on relevance this year. On the other hand, on this board we like to talk about sports but also about betting, perhaps that is why we hope that events are closer or happening to get our "eye" into more detail. I have seen other threads related to the topic in other years: The Cycling Thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5267784.0 Title: Re: [Cycling] Tour of the Basque County and the Tour de France Post by: Davidvictorson on April 05, 2024, 04:47:24 PM That accident was a total horror to watch. It happened all within 5 to 15 seconds. The organizers need to do more regarding the safety of riders. They should have known that there is an open concrete drain by the bend in the road and taken the necessary precautions to cover it. But they didn't. I can say that they didn't carryout a thorough risk assessment. My thoughts are with Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenopoel, and Jay Vine and the others hoping that they recover quickest so that they can get back on the track. There's no doubt that this accident will affect their overall performance if they choose to continue.
Title: Re: [Cycling] Tour of the Basque County and the Tour de France Post by: Muchiratsky on April 09, 2024, 05:02:17 AM Cycling is one of those sports that I follow, but not at a fan level, it's like those who find out that football exists every 4 years, FIFA Word Cup, that happens to me with cycling. Although I can say that I follow it a little more, since I follow the news of the return to Spain, among others, but definitely Tours de France do make me review the information more. For the injured there is still time to recover, I suppose in those with minor injuries, in any case the World Cup and the Olympics are events that take on relevance this year. On the other hand, on this board we like to talk about sports but also about betting, perhaps that is why we hope that events are closer or happening to get our "eye" into more detail. I have seen other threads related to the topic in other years: The Cycling Thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5267784.0 Oh sorry, yeah got it. Would probably just post again when it's time for the TdF and the other two grand tours where it's a lot more visible not only to fans :) Thanks. We can close this thread now. |