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7 Jul | 7th stage | 170 km | Mont-de-Marsan - Bordeaux | Flat | Live Tracker | Results

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm not super happy about the way these sprints are playing out, it seems there's always a very dangerous move involved and we've just been very lucky so far.

Of course you can't sanitize sprint finishes to the point that there is no danger, but I'm not sure this is equilibrium.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They need punishments to hand out lower than relegation. Even just an official sanction would help highlight that closing out to the barriers isn't kosher so riders can't complain when eventually someone does get punished for this dangerous stuff.

I think it would be radically unfair to penalize jasper by taking away the win when he's so obviously winning the sprint whatever happens, but they have to do something.

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