Re:Who won the Amstel Gold Race? Human error in photo-finishes
by vbsteven on Thursday April 29, 2021 @06:58AM
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That's the beauty of cycling isn't it? Sometimes the race-winning move is decided in a team car 150km from the line, and the next day it comes down to millimeters. This unpredictability is what keeps most viewers hooked to their TV sets for 6 hours on big race days.
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Re:Who won the Amstel Gold Race? Human error in photo-finishes
by usrusr on Thursday April 29, 2021 @07:53AM
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Sometimes, as in when it happens, people might still be talking about it decades later (I'm only slightly exaggerating)
But all spectator sports seem to gain much their appeal from the imperfections that make them special. In road cycling, it's the imbalance of many hours of what computer gamers would call mostly cooperative PvE serving as a buildup for the few seconds of the finish (unless it's a solo, which is super attractive for the audience because it's rare, but would be rather boring if it wasn't).