Friesland Elfstedenrace

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• Renz26-10-2026
  Complete bullshit headline. The best thing this website can do is commit suicide.
• abstractengineer26-10-2026
  If he wants to retire, he can spend a couple of non intensive low key seasons at UNO-X for lower salary as well.
• abstractengineer26-10-2026
  we need facts about these accidents and see the stats about these facts to find what can be done and what cannot be done. That is the job of the UCI. This has been done in many industries, Airlines, and Spacecrafts. Once teh UCI sets the rules, then the organizers can decide upfront whether or not they want to hold the race or not. UCI also needs to make the rules applicable to all stakeholders including riders and staff about what to do and not do, for safety. Parachutes are the safest to exit a jet fighter/bomber but none are provided on a passenger aircraft. most safety mechanisms are not viable on a spacecraft. in industries most accidents are the result of a chain of events, a single link not happening will not cause that accident. all these things are thoroughly investigated. inspite of all the safeguards, accidents happen and will happen, because humans remain inherently flawed but following rules/procedures minimize the risk and stats, not an individual accident
• mij26-10-2026
  yeah total joke. It isn't at all attributed to MVDP, but you would never know it looking at the headline
• mij26-10-2026
  there are no races, we gotta talk about something! The clickbait works, look at how many comments are here. I see these inane comments and can't hold my tongue. To compare Tadej's injuries to the others is an insult to all.
• mij26-10-2026
  exactly, it isn't even close. Tadej had a broken collarbone, standard issue cyclist break. he had a stable fracture at C7. since it was a stable fracture, it is no more serious than a broken wrist, in particular after it heels. And he had a concussion. the concussion itself will not hold him back at all. C7 is at the neck/shoulders, it won't affect his flexibility for a TT bike at all. the list of injuries for Froome, Bernal and Jonas are so much more extensive.
• mij26-10-2026
  he didn't break his back. he had a stable fracture at C7
• mij26-10-2026
  he broke a bone in his neck, a stable fracture. are you referring to the broken back comment?
• mij26-10-2026
  yeah saw that
• abstractengineer26-10-2026
  Agree, an injury without context is basically useless for any kind of retirement talk. Because of how that injury affects the motion. Also hidden in the context of the injury is how much pain do you get when you do the motion of cycling after recovery. Some commentators just want to create clickbait without proper understanding.