Originally Posted by
SwingBlade
Why not release a great white in a bunch of chum 100 yards from the start point of a triathlon swim just to see who's tough, who's lucky and who's tasty? Makes just as much sense as the cobbles today because someone could have easily been killed or critically injured ... especially someone who isn't a cobbler.
You may as well say they should abandon mountain stages because if it rains, the descents will be dangerous. The TdF isn't run in a velodrome ...