Cycling fans - Bernal

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  1. Plankton Pete

    Plankton Pete Well-Known Member

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    Plankton Pete, Jan 25, 2022
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    Hope he comes through Ok
     
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    Cyclists will Be reyt over here when changes to HC come in
     
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    Sad news that.
     
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    We're in Colombia at the moment. Seeing the driving I'm amazed he'd want to risk being out on a public road at all.
    Looking very unlikely he'll be able to compete again.
     
    churtonred, Jan 26, 2022
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    Is it that bad? I saw Dumoulin & his team mate Bouwman had gone there to train & I thought they must be mad
     
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    Ouch. Get well soon.
     
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    It's absolute carnage mate. The car drivers are bad enough but there are swarms of motor bikes eveywhere and they just constantly undertake, veer in and out, squeeze through disappearing gaps. I believe in this area alone there's one killed every day. We were driving back from town yesterday and there was a girl in a helmet sitting in the inside lane holding her arm while the rest of the traffic just milled around her.
    There seem to be a fair few cyclists but they must have nerves of steel or a complete lack the ability to risk assess.
     
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    Seems crazy that professional cyclists on huge salaries are out there training when they could be training in the Canaries where it’s warm all year round. I get it with Bernal & the other Colombians wanting to be near their families but Dumoulin & others must be mad to do it.
     
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    bad injuries from this. Similar to froome's accident hitting a solid object at speed off a TT bike.
    Be a long recovery if he can get back
     
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    I guess it's partly altitude. We've been to Manizales today. A city over 7000 feet up in the Andes but there were lads on bikes riding up the mountains.
    Bonkers if you ask me. :)
     
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