Originally Posted by walterwhite:
“You try putting barriers and policing 200km of roads and let me know how it goes.”
Well something has to be done, if barriers are not the answer, something has to be!
You cannot keep on allowing things like this to go on, it is unfair for the rider.
We all want the best race possible, and that means seeing the riders do their thing, without members of the public getting themselves involved in the race.
How often do we see them going up a hill, or a high gradient climb, one at a time because there are fans or members of the public on the road itself, putting flags in the riders faces, running up beside them, shouting Lord only knows what, and actually pushing them!
This should not be allowed, the tour should find a way, to make sure that this is a race where the riders feel safe, and can ride without worrying about having urine thrown on them, being spat at, and everything else that at the moment, the so called fans cam do without getting into any trouble whatsoever.
Just because this is how it has been for a very long while now, does not mean that it should stay this way.