Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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I must be watching a different clip as you can clearly see at around 8 seconds the Moto pulls to the left of the road and then starts to make a u-turn right in front of the riders so ends up going straight across the path of the guys in the front one of whom collides with the moto who's now half way across the road. Granted the riders shoudn't blindly follow the moto but the moto pilot should have pulled over to the left hand side of the road and waited until it was safe to turn around.
Yep - I guess you must be.
Neither the moto rider nor cameraman appeared to be showing any intention of aiding the cyclist. The accident may not have been the moto rider's fault but both he and the cameraman look bad.
did the moto pilot indicate his intention to pull in to the side? It's what you would expect...
Ban skinny roadies, they need to beef up.
This issue happens often... UCI rules (and past ruling) state racers must know the entire course route and not be dependent upon race vehicles for navigation. Riders followed the moto the wrong direction then rear-ended said slowing moto because they weren't paying enough attention.
Definitely the fault of disc brakes.
need to banned from Motos
Always too easy to blame the motorcycle riders. After Paris Roubaix, a rider described how he switched across the road and stopped dead, then complained that the motorcycle ran into him.
The problem here is, the motorbike was slowing down and pulling into the side of the road to turn around. He was actually getting out of the way, riders also need to be aware. In this case, the rider is at fault, you cannot expect a motorbike to disappear. Yes, he took a wrong turn, it happens when you don't have proper mashalling on junctions. The whole peloton needs to realise that you can't blast around with your head focused on your power meter, there are outside forces you need to look out for like all cyclists do.
No blame on the motorbike here for me, took a wrong turn, then was getting out of the way when the rider hit him.