Best bike handling by a Pro Cyclist: Vos hits pothole...

donrhummy
donrhummy Posts: 2,329
edited July 2013 in Pro race
Apologies if this was already posted, but too amazing not to post!

In the Giro Rosa, Marianne Vos hit a HUGE pothole just before the finish line and...

http://vimeo.com/69596492

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  • TheHound
    TheHound Posts: 284
    I'll ask the obvious question.

    Why is there a massive pot hole just before the finish line?
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  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    TheHound wrote:
    I'll ask the obvious question.

    Why is there a massive pot hole just before the finish line?

    I was wondering the same. Probably because they don't have as much money to fix all the roads for women's cycling? Poor excuse, but that's likely why.
  • ddraver
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  • goonz
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    Thats some serious tekkers! :shock:
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  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    I'm on the phone to the Highway Authority...
  • majormantra
    majormantra Posts: 2,094
    Insane, her reflexes are just incredible.
  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    Wish I'd done that on the Tarka trail last week...
  • cyclingsheep
    cyclingsheep Posts: 640
    Bloody hell.......she'll need a new set of bibs after that
  • Daz555
    Daz555 Posts: 3,976
    Can you imagine Cavs reaction post race if that happened to him?
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  • thejimmymethod
    thejimmymethod Posts: 458
    donrhummy wrote:
    TheHound wrote:
    I'll ask the obvious question.

    Why is there a massive pot hole just before the finish line?

    I was wondering the same. Probably because they don't have as much money to fix all the roads for women's cycling? Poor excuse, but that's likely why.

    Might be an Italian thing, I seem to remember in the Giro a pothole being filled at the finish while a stage was in progress
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    thejimmymethod wrote:
    donrhummy wrote:
    TheHound wrote:
    I'll ask the obvious question.

    Why is there a massive pot hole just before the finish line?

    I was wondering the same. Probably because they don't have as much money to fix all the roads for women's cycling? Poor excuse, but that's likely why.

    Might be an Italian thing, I seem to remember in the Giro a pothole being filled at the finish while a stage was in progress

    I thought that went out with the new Giro head Michele Acquarone.
  • hipshot
    hipshot Posts: 371
    Skillz.

    Possibly a slight ramp/tarmac seam. Hard to see what she hits as the spudcam footage pixellates at that precise moment.
  • oldwelshman
    oldwelshman Posts: 4,733
    It was not a pothole, if you look at the slomo you can see its a dip in the road which she hit at angle during sprint, riding normal at steady pace would not normally be a problem, she did well to hold it up.
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