Originally Posted by
merlinextraligh
beloki's tire came off the rim as a result of the crash; not the cause of the crash.
FWIW, I was there that day, and rode the course ahead of the race.
I would say yes and no. Rather, no and yes; No, it did not cause the loss of traction, but the tire rolled before the crash, making it near impossible to recover (not that that one was going to be easy to recover from anyway.) I'll tell you why I say this; As I watch the DVD (not YouTube), after the tire breaks traction, it hooks up again. When it hooks up, I can clearly see three hoops....the rim, the tire, and what I presume to be the shadow of one of the aforementioned two. This is the point I would say that tire rolled.