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Re:Engineers, not racers, are the true drivers of success in... by porknubbins on Friday October 16, 2020 @07:44PM (#24806108)
I was going to say the Tour de France is the prime example of sports most people who are not road cyclists find intolerable to watch. Maybe its just hard to grasp how powerful the aerodynamic forces are without having ridden in a high speed pace line, but lots of people watch car racing without driving 200 mph either.
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Re:Engineers, not racers, are the true drivers of success in... by ihaveajob on Friday October 16, 2020 @08:25PM (#24806370)
Even then, the interest tends to be in key moments and stages. A final sprint, a hard climb, a segment with side wind or cobblestones. Back in the 90s, during Indurain's dominance, just about everyone in Spain tuned in to watch, but other than special moments, most people dozed off the afternoon nap.
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