They did their job. Imagine this happening in a grand tour and some neutral support dude tells froomey he can't get back on his bike because he seems like he's not in good enough shape to ride.

Don't think it's fair to leave that in the hands of a neutral support person and teams may be furious for taking their rider out of a race. Granted, sending a visibly concussed person to continue a descent when they can't stand up isn't too smart looking either.

For this kind of thing to be avoided the teams/ riders would have to come to an agreement with whichever governing body applies that they have the authority to pull riders out of a race. Doesn't seem very likely and while at the end of the day rider safety should be priority #1 an easy/simple/fair solution doesn't seem viable at the world tour level without doctors/ medical staff present when and where these crashes occur or better technology.

You could say, if their helmet is cracked they can't get back on, but I've cracked helmets (they're supposed to) and was not concussed so even hard line rules would be tough to fairly enforce.

The only real solution I see, which I think we're pretty far from in terms of cycling helmets but I think the NFL has started to develop something similar is a helmet that measures impact which can either be seen on the helmet or communicated to teams/ race officials and if you surpass a certain threshold then you can't continue.

I think is unfair to put it on the neutral service mechanic, who clearly stated job is to keep riders moving. But his teammates, directors, any other officials, yup their job is to ensure rider safety.

In this case, don't think anyone would had criticized neutral service had he asked Skujins to sit down. But it would be unfair to expect them to make that determination on the moment. While the camera follows Skujins, I am sure the mechanic was busy with the bike and probably didn't much see him moving around.

I don't think we want to rely on neutral service people to make medical determinations about fitness to continue racing.  Hopefully the remount didn't cause him too much additional harm.

Neutral service guy? What about the camera moto?

There are some devices on the market that measure eye response time. Not sure how you'd administer it without a time penalty, but assessments can me made in seconds.

That said, in a sport where they are still letting kids take horse steroids it's hard to imagine that level of support.

...on a CX bike, #obviously

That video is scary AF.  Probably because it brings me back to my wreck in October.   

He could have taken out a rider or two as he was stumbling across the road.  He then manages to get back on his bike and only the curb keeps him from veering off the road again. 

I agree with Sean, there should be a neutral protocol in place.  But with money and precious seconds at stake that may be tough to do.   I smashed my helmet and Sean cracked his.  My concussion symptoms came on full force hours later but Sean didn't have one.  That video is pretty obvious though that he wasn't fit to continue.

BenFinoRadin said:

https://instagram.com/p/BUHGigAgSKL/embed/

My stem is so short, it would just say "Start, Finish"!

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Oh baby, it comes in RED

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Yaaaasssss......

http://www.velonews.com/2017/05/commentary/commentary-helmet-technology-has-a-head-injury-solution_438587

Caley Fretz talking about the technology I mentioned in depth

^

A write up from Bicycling:
http://www.bicycling.com/racing/pro-cycling-has-to-address-its-concussion-risk

Related

https://cyclingtips.com/2017/05/no-things-just-concussion/

1:44 is where it's at...

https://player.vimeo.com/video/33851644

#goodtimes

^HOLY SHITBALLS

Jules said:

^HOLY SHITBALLS

did you click thru the article? it is pretty awesome.

that stuff was squarely in my wheelhouse...Tomac could win a Norba National cross country race and the following day the downhill...he used magura rims brakes and hightop shoes...and made everything look cool.  Most importantly, he wasn't exactly cycling svelte which gave chubby armed guys like me hope

Jules said:

^HOLY SHITBALLS

Pretty sure this is him racing the downhill at the Worlds.  



Back when he split his time between 7-Eleven on the road and racing MTB

^ his chai in that picture is amaze

no suspension will do that...

... er... chaiN 

"I feel like I found New York City when I found the bike" -- Evie Stevens
https://player.vimeo.com/video/214022414

^^

My 1st two years in NYC were in Manhattan was a big roller-coaster of expectations, and a failed relationship/engagement had me moving 60 minutes along the 4/5 line into Brooklyn.  The only thing steady was my job and softening around the belly.

Then I saw a couple of Kissena jerseys.  Met Malcomson one day.  then some other Kissena's.  And absolutely, when I rode more and started racing, NYC became a completely different world and one of endless opportunity.  It's like I had 2 completely separate experiences of the same city, right next to each other.  Without cycling, this City wouldn't mean much to me at all.

And cycling has made my move to Houston extremely manageable, opening up the city that I don't think many people see and allowing me to meet similar like minded folks.

Two cities that many folks wouldn't associate with a bike; but without a bike, I couldn't imagine living happily in either one.

been doing some rides up at the in-laws 30 min outside syracuse.  great to have a real bike computer with routing functionality, been trying some new routes. the internet here is slow but i'm hoping to upload some videos.  the rolling green hills and barns are uncomfortably pleasant.  never hit 40+ mph so many times in 2 hours...a surprising amount of hills up here. 

each road is a twenty minute straightaway.  biggest threat to your safety is getting so lost in the scenery that you pop off the asphalt onto the gravel/grass.  a 2 hour ride yields only a dozen or so strava segments, ridden by only a handful of people.  the upside is that KOMs are easy to come by

a couple years back there was a kissena "race" at, I think, WDC's house somewhere in VT or upstate NY?  these rides make me want one of those to happen again...we could really have fun up here.  not sure i can invite all of kissena to the in-laws though...

drivers are surprisingly good about sharing the road.  i kept passing signs that said "share the road" with a picture of a horse and buggy instead when i expected a picture of a cyclist.  people up here like their space, so they're keen to give you that extra lane of courtesy as they pass


the road contained neither bears nor swamps; major disappointment


52x11 was low enough.  hard to tell from photo but that whole thing is going seriously downhill.  photographer types: how do you capture the fact that the road is going down, not up or flat?

if you're going to be near syracuse and looking for some nice rides, check these out...
https://www.strava.com/activities/997489617
https://www.strava.com/activities/995981852

Brendan Rigby said:

  photographer types: how do you capture the fact that the road is going down, not up or flat?

You need a reference like a person standing