Cycling Crowds Are Getting Out Of Control │ Short Documentary
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Published 2023-11-18
Writing & Editing:
Hamza Boutasmit
Voice Over:
Christopher Harvey
Music:
EpidemicSound
All Comments (21)
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The Tour de France didn't allow gears untill 1937, 34 years after the first systems appeared. Maybe it's time to cut loose with another "tradition", and just have a second event, a bike brawl, where the cyclists get protective gear and lances, and whoever impales the most spectators wins
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The only thing that stays constant in sports is the intelligence of the fans
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The same was the case for Group B Rally. The difference being that in WRC the spectators are at risk, in cycling it's the opposite, so the spectators simply don't care because it's not their careers they're risking.
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1200 Euros for causing that insane crash? Thats way too fucking light
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That lady caused almost the entire peloton to crash and injured several people through her blatant disregard for everyone's safety. And rather than initially owning up to what she did, she left the scene and evaded police until the media coverage was too great she knew she'd be identified sooner or later. Punishment? 1,200 €. Barely a slap on the wrist. Absolutely sickening.
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It won’t stop until people are punished severely, financially and personally. The problem individuals aren’t fans they are narcissists. The flares are another issue, the riders are moving huge volumes of air, having to breath that crap isn’t helping. Great video BTW.
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It's amazing that the riders put up with any of this
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I'm primarily a motorsports fan, but I occasionally watch cycling races with my mom (who is a big fan). I get the same feeling from watching some of these crowds than I get from seeing rally spectators stand in the middle of an active stage track, and disperse at the last second before cars zoom past them at 100mph. They're just asking for a disaster to occur.
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I am pretty confident about myself to know I would lose patience after a while and react the same way as some of those cyclists
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These "Fans" make me so angry.. imagine training all your life just to have everything ruined by a fat, drunk spectator...
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Stupid people are more dangerous than bad people.
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1:52 Lmfao, love the drunk guy who just ran out of energy and collapsed! Dude's body literally powered down on him...
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I’m not into road cycling, but I’ve done a lot of very extraneous athletic stuff and I will tell you when you’re that tired and that worn out and you’re pushing yourself that hard. It’s hard to keep your cool with people like that if I was one of those cyclists I would lose my cool I’ll be like for real just let me race smh
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The "Hey, what about me" crowd.
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the crowds/fan aren't the main problem, the judges are. no point in trying to catch a saboteur when they know the judge would only give a 1200 euro fine
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The more popular something becomes, the more people spectate who have no understanding of the sport itself, and only spectate to get a 'thrill' ... often at the expense of the sport.
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Especially in the Tour mountain stages this pisses me off so much. People just can't behave and just has to run along, hold out flags or wave right infront of riders. It only takes one person extending too much or not getting back in time and a whole Tour de France championship can change hands
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Problem is, you can put barriers down, like the Paris Roubaix, the problem is they are too close to the road and people leaning over are then interfering. Barriers should always be a half meter back from the roadway.
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This was so needed! Congrats!
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When little Sabastian wants to join the road bike race, you get the heck out of his way and feel honored that he participated in your race. That little horse is a gosh darn national treasure. (Search Parks and Rec little Sabastian) You were 10,000 candles in the wind, you majestic little horse...lol
