View Full Version : Moto/"fan" accident sequence
97 Teran
07-17-05, 10:51 AM
I think Darwin might have smth. to say about this:
Imminent culling (http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2005/tour05/?id=tour0515/cycling-tdf2005-accident-54)
Worldwide IQ level rises imperceptibly (http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2005/tour05/?id=tour0515/cycling-tdf2005-accident-44)
Just hope the moto guys are ok...
collegeskier
07-17-05, 10:54 AM
I want to see the on bike video of the incident.
serotta
07-17-05, 10:54 AM
If the only guy hurt was under the moto's wheels, it was worth it.
Mojo GoGo
07-17-05, 10:58 AM
Being an ex-motorcycle rider, my first thought was I hope the jerk got a good burn from the bikes pipes! :D
If only the motorcycles and teams cars could have old fashioned cow catchers attached...
...If only the motorcycles and teams cars could have old fashioned cow catchers attached...
i would recommend modifying the cowcatchers to have razor sharp blades sticking out....
...Just hope the moto guys are ok...
from what i saw on tv they driver recovered nicely and continued on almost without skipping a beat.... i would have been tempted to burn some rubber onthe idiot's head....
But the camera man did give him a nice smack on the head as they took off. More than just the usual French finger wag.
I think Darwin might have smth. to say about this:
Imminent culling (http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2005/tour05/?id=tour0515/cycling-tdf2005-accident-54)
Worldwide IQ level rises imperceptibly (http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2005/tour05/?id=tour0515/cycling-tdf2005-accident-44)
Just hope the moto guys are ok...
The guy deserved 100% of it. He knows that your not supposed to run next to the riders or even go in front of the riders. But he went ahead and did it and paid for it. It seemed like the moto guys ran right over him.
Smoothie104
07-17-05, 04:14 PM
If that happened over here, can you imagine the lawsuits?
Smoothie104
07-17-05, 05:14 PM
The guy who got run over would sue, the the Tour Organizers would say "he shouldn't have been in the road, he knows better" to which the guy's attny would say "he didn't see any signs, or fences and its the TdF's fault for allowing him to run out in the road"
The judge would rule for the plantif, and require the entire route to be fenced, which is impossible, so the Event would never be held again.
A few years ago, tragdey struck when a small boy was killed by a vehicle after running out into the road to grab some candy or freebies that the publicity caravan throws to the spectators... Very sad, as it was a child. But the guy today, hahahahah, man he knew the risks.
But to be honest, the moto could have backed off too, but didn't so I think they were trying to send a message of thier own..
If that happened over here, can you imagine the lawsuits?
Sad, but oh so true. :(
Morons. Look at Armstrong and Pereiro in that second picture ... they're both looking round and not in front because of the dickwads behind. They both could have crashed at that point too.
rich007
07-17-05, 10:11 PM
Morons. Look at Armstrong and Pereiro in that second picture ...
Wasn't it Hincapie???
Smoothie104
07-17-05, 10:12 PM
Yeah, but don't mention him, or they will delete this thread...
Wasn't it Hincapie???
Farkin' hell ... I'm a lummox and a half ... of course it is! :o
rich007
07-17-05, 10:17 PM
:D Yeah, I just read the other thread (Rich22)... (edit: regarding the deletion of messages)
Yeah, but don't mention him, or they will delete this thread...
LOL! No cream for you!
classic1
07-18-05, 04:12 AM
Anyone tape the stage? Watch it, I reckon Pereiro brushes at least half a dozen fans, especially near the top where all the Basques were standing in the road
Haha, I just love how Hincapie and Pereiro are looking at him get run over. I'd like to know what was going through their heads at that point...
Monument Man
07-18-05, 08:04 AM
Great pictures. Thanks for the post.
Did you see the guy a few stages ago with the Columbian flag who was running right in the way? Phil was getting upset and the guy needed to be basically tackled to get out of the course.
[QUOTE=Smoothie104]The guy who got run over would sue, the the Tour Organizers would say "he shouldn't have been in the road, he knows better" to which the guy's attny would say "he didn't see any signs, or fences and its the TdF's fault for allowing him to run out in the road"
/QUOTE]
And they would have to have signs in every language spoken in the entire universe.
captin pank
07-18-05, 10:12 AM
Anyone tape the stage? Watch it, I reckon Pereiro brushes at least half a dozen fans, especially near the top where all the Basques were standing in the road
I know. I think it's funny that people think that Baseball fans are crazy. I sure wouldn't want to be hit by a guy who's body is full of adrenalin and is pipin' mad that you just got him out of his rythm. The TdF or any other race for that matter, is the most intense fan/athlete interaction of any sport, in my opinion. Well, not counting a Detroit basketball game. ;)
oboeguy
07-18-05, 11:18 AM
Yeah all I could think of was Ron Artest. :D
Sincitycycler
07-18-05, 11:54 AM
Man. I tell ya. Some people should be shot.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2005/tour05/tour0515/cycling-tdf2005-accident-54.jpg
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2005/tour05/tour0515/cycling-tdf2005-accident-44.jpg
cydewaze
07-18-05, 12:00 PM
Those motorcycles should have a pitchfork sticking out the front for people like that.
Either that or they should use quads and just drive over them.
galen_52657
07-18-05, 12:00 PM
yeah... I saw it.
Those peeps on the mountains have been drinking all day...if not longer.
galen_52657
07-18-05, 12:01 PM
LOL...cow catchers on the motos...
galen_52657
07-18-05, 12:03 PM
to bad the moto was not an old BMW...then they guy would have a nice exaust pipe and cylinder head 'brand' on the side of his arse....to remind him for a while...
velocity
07-18-05, 12:05 PM
This guy is going to be out of the gene pool soon. Did you like all the pushes that people gave Jan up the hill? The crouds are becoming too weird I mean didn't the race officals get a hint with Eddie Merx?
Velocity
how many places can we post this?
reich17
07-18-05, 12:08 PM
Yeah, that was a good one. I wondered if that hadn't happened during the Tour somebody probably would have been cited, right?
serotta
07-18-05, 12:09 PM
how many places can we post this?
It does look exactly like a picture that has been posted in several other threads. Surely there's not multiple idiots getting run over by the Motos.
;)
Man. I tell ya. Some people should be shot.
.......__o
.......\<,
....( )/ ( )...or at least run over!
:eek:
Gojohnnygo.
07-18-05, 12:14 PM
It was caused by one of Discos hit men. He punched him in the back of head. Look at the fan to the right.
:D
clfjmpr44
07-18-05, 12:15 PM
This guy is going to be out of the gene pool soon. Did you like all the pushes that people gave Jan up the hill? The crouds are becoming too weird I mean didn't the race officals get a hint with Eddie Merx?
Velocity
Or the Spanish Basques supporter in an orange shirt that emptied the entire contents of a slightly yellowish liquid on Hincapie on the last climb. Ran alongside him pouring the whole thing. Anyone else catch that? I can hope that it was water, but I don't know.
woodboy
07-18-05, 12:15 PM
Did you like all the pushes that people gave Jan up the hill?
I noticed that -- I was wondering how much it must have pissed him off (since he can be penalized for it). Then there was the guy with the American flag running right in from of him (Jan) -- that could only have sped him up. I thought the crowd on the final two climbs was the craziest I've seen yet.
clfjmpr44
07-18-05, 12:21 PM
I noticed that -- I was wondering how much it must have pissed him off (since he can be penalized for it). Then there was the guy with the American flag running right in from of him (Jan) -- that could only have sped him up. I thought the crowd on the final two climbs was the craziest I've seen yet.
I believe it was Saturday when Vinokourov swung his arm backwards hostily on a T-Mobile fan who was pushing him from behind. Getting a penalty for doing nothing wrong really would suck.
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timmhaan
07-18-05, 12:24 PM
yeah, that guy looks like a real tool. i wonder if he posts here? would anyone admit to being that guy? haha!
Or the Spanish Basques supporter in an orange shirt that emptied the entire contents of a slightly yellowish liquid on Hincapie on the last climb.
Or what I didn't see on TV, but which happened. Basque supporters stoning some of the press cars and others at the summit of one of the climbs. Possibly as a separatist protest. In any case, TVE is trying to bring charges because one of their cars was damaged.
substructure
07-18-05, 12:27 PM
Anyone tape the stage? Watch it, I reckon Pereiro brushes at least half a dozen fans, especially near the top where all the Basques were standing in the road
I taped and watched it over again. That guy curls up like a baby when he gets run over. Man, you know those pipes were blazing hot climbing those mountains with two fellows on it.
What they need is an ole time bulldozer to open a path before the leaders. Some of these fans are maniacal.
“Look at me! I’m a superhero donned with my national flag and 12 Abbaye de Vaucelles’ sloshing around in my gut!” “Whoops!” Smack. Crunch. Burn. Scrape.
I believe it was Saturday when Vinokourov swung his arm backwards hostily on a T-Mobile fan who was pushing him from behind. Getting a penalty for doing nothing wrong really would suck.
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Hmmm... Who was it a few years back that was penalized for smacking one of Pantani's relatives who was giving him grief while he was on the bike during a race?
woodboy
07-18-05, 12:28 PM
i wonder if he posts here? would anyone admit to being that guy? haha!
That would be funny -- there would be a "got run over by the camera moto this weekend" thread.
clfjmpr44
07-18-05, 12:38 PM
Or what I didn't see on TV, but which happened. Basque supporters stoning some of the press cars and others at the summit of one of the climbs. Possibly as a separatist protest. In any case, TVE is trying to bring charges because one of their cars was damaged.
OLN reported prior to their Sunday stage coverage that the "bus-city" was attacked Saturday night.
youm0nt
07-18-05, 01:06 PM
LOL look at everyones faces in the second pic :D i like how the two riders turn their heads to see what was happening. :D
It was caused by one of Discos hit men. He punched him in the back of head. Look at the fan to the right.
:D
man look at that face of the disco fan! The guy with the falg that got run over mustve taken his livestrong bracelet...
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