donk
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Just read about an unfortunate incident at this years Paris - Nice bicycle race, one of the compoetitors has been killed from injuries sutained during a crash.
http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/3584.0.html
This item made me think about the classs and respect that professional cyclists have for one another and how they react to tragedy during competition. I don't think in any other professional sport athletes would be as sharing with the fallen competitors team mates and families. From the reports the other athletes did not contest primes/bonuses nor the stage win to allow the Cofidis team to win for their teammate and his family. This also happened a few years ago in teh Tour and a similar show of respect occured and last year when tehy passed the location of the death the teams slowed almost to a stop out of respect and to see the memorial.
I don't remember anything like this after Utley got hurt playing football (Lions in about 93 or 94) or the NASCAR crash that claimed a life.
What do others think?
Mod Edit (NHPlanner): Image link fixed.
http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/3584.0.html
This item made me think about the classs and respect that professional cyclists have for one another and how they react to tragedy during competition. I don't think in any other professional sport athletes would be as sharing with the fallen competitors team mates and families. From the reports the other athletes did not contest primes/bonuses nor the stage win to allow the Cofidis team to win for their teammate and his family. This also happened a few years ago in teh Tour and a similar show of respect occured and last year when tehy passed the location of the death the teams slowed almost to a stop out of respect and to see the memorial.

I don't remember anything like this after Utley got hurt playing football (Lions in about 93 or 94) or the NASCAR crash that claimed a life.
What do others think?
Mod Edit (NHPlanner): Image link fixed.