2018: Tour de Yorkshire (2.1) May3rd-6th. *Spoilers*
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CarbonClem wrote:
Was thinking about this - is a car as part of the race convoy, so part of the closed road contingent, still subject to RTA laws? Or are they suspended whilst in a closed road environment? They dont stop at traffic lights etc, so I guess they can be on phones etc whilst driving?
I thought from race manuals Id read in previous years the expectation was drivers in the race convoys were still to respect the rules,if not the actual laws, of the road and certainly drivers for world tour level events are expected to have UCI drivers certificates, as well as a valid driving license.
but the roads in UK races are not closed environments, the riders are just effectively in a bubble of a moving road block, and obviously theres a degree of acceptance from the police that the convoy can ignore some of those rules to aid the smoother running of the race, as long as its not putting people at risk, which is where I think this crossed the line0 -
gsk82 wrote:thistle (MBNW) wrote:
Just saw that, pretty bad but good skillz from the marshall.underlayunderlay wrote:Meanwhile, looks like Astana owe someone a stiff drink or three:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-leeds-44025685/near-miss-for-tour-de-yorkshire-volunteer
Whoever was driving that should be banned for a long time. There's no excuse.
50 days suspension and 5,000 CHF fine for Lars Michaelson.2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner0 -
CarbonClem wrote:gsk82 wrote:thistle (MBNW) wrote:
Just saw that, pretty bad but good skillz from the marshall.underlayunderlay wrote:Meanwhile, looks like Astana owe someone a stiff drink or three:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-leeds-44025685/near-miss-for-tour-de-yorkshire-volunteer
Whoever was driving that should be banned for a long time. There's no excuse.
50 days suspension and 5,000 CHF fine for Lars Michaelson.
yes just saw that http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racin ... ire-380518 shame it runs out to coincide with the start of the TdF, but I suppose its better than nothing and makes the point0 -
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Read this almost immediately after waking up from a nap and thought "of course it's starting in Yorkshire, the route was announced on Friday"
Come to my senses slightly now, yes hopefully some more top level riding on our doorstep this year, would make sense with the worlds0
