Tour de France: Police search for missing fan who caused crash with sign

Re:Tour de France: Police search for missing fan who caused ... by tweetle_beetle on Monday June 28, 2021 @01:49PM (#27665075)

This has been more or less normalised in the Tour though. There are hundreds of similar episodes every year, which are just close calls. It's less common early in a stage when the peloton is so large, but hardly a rarity.

Close proximity to "spirited" fans is a part of the culture of the race (and other European races). And it isn't really practical to turn 2000+ miles of public roads into a sports venue with barriers, security, etc on a rolling basis for a couple of days.

While this person is to blame, it's a case of when, not if, future incidents occur with the current situation. For me some responsibility lies with the organisers.

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Re:Tour de France: Police search for missing fan who caused ... by carapace on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:44PM (#27665936)

You say "it isn't really practical to turn 2000+ miles of public roads into a sports venue with barriers, security, etc on a rolling basis for a couple of days." and "some responsibility lies with the organisers." which seems contradictory to me. What more should the organizers do?

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Re:Tour de France: Police search for missing fan who caused ... by tweetle_beetle on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @04:30AM (#27673319)

That's my point - they're choosing to put on an even which can't really be run safely. So they should shoulder some of the responsibility.

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Re:Tour de France: Police search for missing fan who caused ... by carapace on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @12:55PM (#27678548)

> they should shoulder some of the responsibility.

How? What does that mean? The riders sue the organizers?

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Re:Tour de France: Police search for missing fan who caused ... by CRConrad on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:19PM (#27665531)

> This has been more or less normalised in the Tour though.

So? Is that a good thing?

Any attempt to un-normalise it is to be praised, not pooh-poohed.

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Re:Tour de France: Police search for missing fan who caused ... by tweetle_beetle on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @04:43AM (#27673377)

Finding a single scapegoat for a single incident when estimated spectators numbers are 12-15 million per year and poor behaviour driven by television broadcasting has been going on for decades is just a distraction from the elephant in the room. The huge money making event cannot really be run safely.

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Re:Tour de France: Police search for missing fan who caused ... by CRConrad on Thursday July 08, 2021 @04:42PM (#27777348)

It's a start. Far from your "scapegoat", this nincompoop with her sign was obviously culpable. Start punishing more idiots who do shit like that, and after a whle you'll have fewer idiots who do shit like that.

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