Late reply, but my opinion is that cos of the dry conditions and lak
of wet and slime on the roads and pave, the riders have had the
confidence to ride that little bit faster.
Obviously what comes with extra speed, is more chance of
miscalculating things.
the Ghent Wevelgem was particularily bad too - lots of crashes on the
descent of the kemmelburg.
What was happening there was, someone was crashing, riders were seeing
a crash ahead of them, jamming on the brakes and losing control, and
crashing themselves.
It became very messy!

Plus - with the rigidity and lightness of the bikes used today, there
is very little for the riders TO control - compare these bikes to say,
Hinault and Kelly's era

anyway - just my opinion


--- In roadracingukandireland@yahoogroups.com, "Kristian Burton"
<kristian@...> wrote:
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> Hi All,
>
> Anyone like to offer an opinion as to why there were so many crashes
during the Tour of Flanders this past weekend ?
> OK, I know there are normally a certain amount during the classics
due to the condition of the road, but that was just ridiculous.
> I hate to think what will happen during Paris Roubaix !
>
> All the best,
>
> Kristian
>
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