Most farcical thing you've seen in pro racing?

No_Ta_Doctor

We have an exuberantly farcical sport, brimming over with ludicrousness, ridiculousness and didireallyjustseethatness.

Porte getting docked two minutes for accepting a wheel, Nibz thinking he could get away with a rocket-tow, the Vuelta TTT needing beach-cruisers are just three examples this year.

So what's the most farcical thing you've ever seen in pro racing?
**STRICTLY NO DOPING RELATED ANSWERS!**

RichN95.

I've seen riders collide or nearly collide with dogs, cows, sheep, horses, falling branches and dustbins. I've seen riders get sent down the wrong roads. I've seen two Tour de France winners miss their time trial start time. I've seen countless collisions with spectators.

But when it comes down to it, the Orica bus fiasco takes some beating.

NeXXus

The Paris-Roubaix trainline crossing that the UCI didn't see any of but manage to see non-team wheel swaps

TheBigBean

Robert Millar going the wrong way / being directed the wrong way.

The fans.

bobmcstuff

Froome colliding with that guy in that early TT.

TheBigBean

Menchov falling off going uphill

RonB

You could have a top 10 set aside just for this fellow here

No_Ta_Doctor

Some superb farce so far. Thought Rich was going all Bladerunner there... "I've seen attack bikes on the shoulder of Ventoux..."

gweeds

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19687744#p19687744]No tA Doctor[/url] wrote:

Some superb farce so far. Thought Rich was going all Bladerunner there... "I've seen attack bikes on the shoulder of Ventoux..."

Delgado missing his prologue time slot when defending champ...

No_Ta_Doctor

Riders getting blown into canals was a new one for me this year.
Yet more motos and cars knocking riders off, and yet more ripped up clothing... especially Peraud

iainf72

Guerini being knocked off by Erik the photographer is up there.

Nico Matten's moto tow to win G-W

Pross

Early celebrations are always good. Some of the examples of riders being taken off course,a cynic may say deliberately in some cases. The Hoogerland v car incident. That copper who was supposed to be keeping the riders safe from the crowd but decided to take a photo instead resulting in wiping out Jalabert and co. Organisers putting in novelty stages then having to take them out as they are too dangerous (thinking of that Giro stage a few years back). Riders taking it on themselves to decide whether a race should be neutralised and that MSR a few years back where the riders did most of the race in the team buses.

Omar Little

The Giro finish in Pinerolo that Petacchi won - he stayed upright but half the field behind him ended up on the deck sliding over the finish line due to rain and i think the adverts on the ground being slippy

joelsim

The metal poles at Pais Vasco in the middle of the sprint finish were pretty ludicrous. Ask Peter Stetina.

takethehighroad

Juan Antonio Flecha NOT falling off when he really ought to have (Qatar, when the wind blew the hoardings into his path, and the Tour de Suisse finish line crash that he somehow avoided)

Juan Antonio Flecha [and Johnny Hoogerland] being hit by a car

tailwindhome

Sorry to take a step down this road.*

For farce it's hard to beat rider strikes in protest against investigation of doping.

Perish the thought.






*In my defence I assume the OP wants to avoid doping talk in the sense of performance based allegations.

No_Ta_Doctor

Guerini https://youtu.be/4dBvJkqv0DM?t=4m57s
Nico Mattan https://youtu.be/KjEilMLpC-g?t=1h50m44s

andyp

This;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpuue6Pp8vI

and this;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQSkmsFCjSA

No_Ta_Doctor

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19687821#p19687821]TailWindHome[/url] wrote:

Sorry to take a step down this road.*

For farce it's hard to beat rider strikes in protest against investigation of doping.

Perish the thought.






*In my defence I assume the OP wants to avoid doping talk in the sense of performance based allegations.

Disqualified for doping.

Though the strike in 98 made me turn off the TV until 2010.

Bo Duke

Nibali hanging onto the team car and accelerating away from the group at warp speed 5 the other day in the Vuelta. Pure madness.

No_Ta_Doctor

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19687824#p19687824]andyp[/url] wrote:

This;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpuue6Pp8vI

and this;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQSkmsFCjSA

Oh, good spots both.

The second clip looked like it was a Devil lap, just on the road, with a horse.

JackPozzi

Rasmussen's TT in the 2005(?) TdF

joelsim

https://twitter.com/LaPassionecc/status/636136455123939329

chrisaonabike

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19687828#p19687828]Bo Duke[/url] wrote:

Nibali hanging onto the team car and accelerating away from the group at warp speed 5 the other day in the Vuelta. Pure madness.

Just out of interest, why doesn't the guy passing him the bottle say "let go of the fcuking bottle you eejit, you'll be disqualified"?

Surely they know this censored ?

ddraver

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19687824#p19687824]andyp[/url] wrote:

This;
Horse vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQSkmsFCjSA

Did anyone else get some...ahem...strange videos on the side of that one? :shock: :? :oops: :? :shock:

joelsim

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19687859#p19687859]ddraver[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19687824#p19687824]andyp[/url] wrote:

This;
Horse vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQSkmsFCjSA

Did anyone else get some...ahem...strange videos on the side of that one? :shock: :? :oops: :? :shock:

That is down to your browsing history Ms Mench

joelsim

Food for thought.

https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/636291177608777728

salsiccia1

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19687859#p19687859]ddraver[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19687824#p19687824]andyp[/url] wrote:

This;
Horse vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQSkmsFCjSA

Did anyone else get some...ahem...strange videos on the side of that one? :shock: :? :oops: :? :shock:

Yes, they were there for me too. I'm assuming you mean the 'animal interest' ones...

salsiccia1

No_Ta_Doctor

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19687896#p19687896]Salsiccia1[/url] wrote:

Yep, that was another good choice.

"Oh. I've just knocked him off. Guess I'll just drive over his bike for good measure"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5QoQpuSkEQ

Macaloon

Taylor Phinney.

Frighteningly high standard thread. I'd never seen riders taking a pull from a horse before now.