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- Allez Pauline!!
- amazing ride, wow. no one was close to the strength of PFP. she thought it would be a 2 to 3 year project, and she does it in year one. insane. best rider ever regardless of gender and era.
- Simpler if you never consider other possibilities could happen, yes.
- The fact you have to pay is enough, it’s the psychological barrier that puts any non-fan off, the crazy dangerous spectators are not fans, they don’t really care where they can be crazy and fans almost never go to ridiculous limits.
There is no magic bullet but you can drastically reduce risk by a few simple measures. You’ll note the women’s edition attracts a totally different crowd (for now), just as many men but better behaved. There seems to be something missing at that event for the bad elements, perhaps less testosterone in the air ;-) Your point about fuel costs is a good one but the psychological analysis is faulty. Those kind of people never consider it a factor, driving is a freedom you can’t remove from them no matter what it costs, like smoking or alcohol, virtually price unrelated. You see this in hundreds of illogical actions humans have, if you have difficulty understanding, I’ll throw some examples to start the ball rolling.
The fee wouldn’t even need to be strictly enforced, the fact it is announced will prevent enough fake supporters from trying to circumvent, whilst real fans will know how to avoid, adapt or accommodate it.
- Looks like Del Toro needs to be the lead in the Vuelta for UAE. Beating Ayuso once again...
- Simpler if you read again what I wrote.
- I watch the races with dread, hoping no hater/exhibitionist/drunken fan hurts the cyclists.
Charge money is not the solution, at all, it's a weak, undirect deterrent.
More barriers, more security agents and security volunteers.
Mass media/socials are guilty too, given visibility to silly, potentially dangerous behaviors (people showing posters, flags, asking bottles and so long).
- Yes, Issac is still so inexperienced. In San Sebastian Donostia imposed a pace that eliminated... himself! he doesn't know still how to manage his body energy/resources.
In addition, without Tadej, UAE strategies are a mess: too much leader-coleader-wannabe leader (Jan Christen instead help him, attacked Del Toro! 😄😄😄).
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Very talented, very young boys misguided.
- The crazy fans are a disaster WAITING TO HAPPEN !!
- Forget everything about performance development etc, to keep him away from the toxic environment of the 2025 UAE Vuelta squad itself is a big boon for his development. Otherwise he may lose motivation
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