Stage 4 Finish Itzulia Basque Country 2024 | Eurosport Cycling

I feel very sorry for the riders who fell and I sympathize with everyone. but as an organization you can't do anything about this now. you cannot allocate 50 million per trip for safety and countries will not spend 100 billion per year on cycle paths or wide roads. that's just how it is. the winers mentality must come from the riders

Now it is time to sit around the table with everyone and discuss how it can really be done safely. or perhaps you want to murder your conscience. I am furious just like many others. this AND LISTEN CAREFULLY UCI. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.

what happened

wait i thought this got completely stopped/neutralized??

Huge crash with about 35 km to go... whole peloton neutralized... only some of the breakaway riders finished the route. Big injuries to top riders too.

Any update on Jonas status??? he was taken ona strecher and neck brace and couldnt or didnt want to stand up. Remco seems okay?

There are two types of cyclists: those who fall and those who are going to fall. Natnael Tesfazion from Lidl-Trek falls and it is natural that the cyclists behind him dodge or, out of nervousness, also lock their wheels when braking so hard. A runner on the run from Total Energies had already left before.
It's not so much the fall but rather it increases the danger with those wide ditches, rocks and trees next to the road. I don't know they can put protection methods along the entire route. First, common sense, attention to cyclists and protection of others due to lack of ambulances and doctors.
Falls are part of cycling, this one has "relevance" or they pay more attention to the names but they are all serious. I don't see a problem in the quality of the materials but I do see a problem in the obsession with weight. The bicycles are so light that they give way on descents in the wind and this, added to the athlete's obsession with low weight and lack of muscle, exposes them more to fractures.

The Lidl-Trek riders front wheel became unstable and started shimmering just before the bike slipped out - either some grease on the road, front disk started locking up or a mixture of both. With so many other riders subsequently and with these guys being some of the best bike handlers around the greasy road surface seems the most likely culprit.

Sad, unfortunate and not welcomed but these incidents are part of why we admire and watch these guys and the risks they are willing to take to achieve their dreams of being an individual or team champion.
They are willing to accept the risks that we other mere mortals are not.
We cannot sanitise the hell out of the sport to satisfy some corporate HSE adaptation of risk management.
This has nothing to do with UCI course management.
March or die.
These are real racers. They know the risks. We watch and admire and commiserate.

The Basque Tour must have the worst race organizers ever, those roads look like war trenches with no safety measures, and now a good bunch of the peloton is out for good, especially the guys who have big races coming up.👎

2024 Tdf is gonna be boring now. Visma lease a bike is very unlucky this year.

Vingegaard broke his collarbone and some ribs.

Sorry for the whinge, especially if there are serious implications for people's careers after today's racing, but I have to say it: I've watched an 8.5 minute summary of the day full of mournful comments about what's happened... and I'm still none the wiser about what did happen! Did no one on the production side think it might be an idea to actually give some context in this clip on what occurred?

Just in on Danish news, Jonas got 3 ribs broken aswell as his collarbone. Ohh well there goes the tdf 2024 for him.

Did the breakaway have a crash in the same corner?

Will you be talking about it all day without showing and detailing it ??

Sad day. Thank you for being with us and being professional.

Seems a little bit disrespectful to the crashed riders to have a "race for the stage win" while some were lying in the back of ambulances. Sadly the UCI seems to have a strange obsession with stage winners. Not good enough really.

Anyone see highlights of the stage anywhere?

I wonder how the odds on Pog doing the double have changed after today?

The incidence of accidents among cyclists has alarmingly escalated, necessitating urgent intervention from the UCI to enhance their safety. Tragically, last year we lost a rider during a descent, and there was a harrowing incident where Remco Evenepoel suffered a severe fall; had circumstances been slightly different, the outcome could have been dire. The frequency and severity of these injuries, particularly during descents and at corners, are increasing. A potential remedy could be to enforce a freeze on General Classification (GC) times during descents, allowing competition only on climbs and flat segments. This measure could introduce a speed cap on descents, discouraging excessive risk-taking. My passion for this sport is profound, yet witnessing the athletes endure such peril is deeply distressing. Their lives and well-being far surpass the importance of any competition. With each passing year, the incidence of crashes rises incrementally, which is unacceptable. I am convinced that the UCI has the capacity to implement more stringent safety measures. In Italy, for instance, numerous downhill races occur on narrow, uneven roads lacking proper barriers, a condition mistakenly accepted as safe. However, accidents in such conditions can have devastating, potentially long-term consequences, far beyond mere physical injuries like a broken collarbone and a few weeks of recovery.

What will Pog be thinking ??

What an absolute disgrace it was to show Jonas on the stretcher for that long, pure voyeurism. The commentators had the right thoughts, but no one on the buttons felt the same.

speedy recovery for all the injured 👃

He can’t talk w o saying “yeah”
Ugh

Here because stage 4 catch-up is missing from both discovery plus TV app and IPad app is missing, and still none the wiser as to what’s gone on from this “highlights” clip.
Thanks Discovery plus.

Beautiful !!! Mooi Man Mooi!!!

Disgusting TV-production they should be ashamed.

Very bad start for many riders this season. For JVL team even worse, both JV, WVA both leaders are out. Its very sad, fro TDF,might not be in best shape. For Cycling even 2 week without training you are losing your racing shape.

You can feel the sadness in his voice. Hope everyone fully recovers

Must be the disc brake @durianrider

Try to stay safe guys, try to stay focused & do not crash plizzzzzz, do not get hurt plizzzzzz, it hurts only watching, as supporters hurts twice as bad, try to be careful everybody plizzzzzz 😢😢😢

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