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UCI to trial maximum gearing rule — but will it really make racing safer?

road.cc UCI to trial maximum gearing rule — but will it really make racing safer?

Junior gear-style system could be entering the WorldTour with riders limited to 54x11, a move that hits SRAM setups hardest, in an attempt to improve safety

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Why not just limit the distance that knobheads can approach the streets?
I'm not a pro racer but I'd assume that reducing/preventing the number of people standing on the tracks will significantly reduce the number of injured cyclists/racers.
- Have you ever been to the Tour de France? It's totally impossible - they are racing 200-300km every day. People are showing up randomly everywhere, ten- or hundredthousand coming from every direction. They are kind of clearing the way by pushing through all team cars and the advertising convoi before the riders. But if somebody decides to stand in the way, there is nothing to prevent that
  
  I actually thought of a better plan than my previous comment:
  Whoever decides to enter the streets/track area during an active race is fined proportional to the number of competitors with the money going into the competitor's medical fees/health insurance, next event's prize pool, local charity/nonprofit organization.
  Easy to track:
  Cameras everywhere by spectators, I'd imagine it's impossible to escape perception at an event like this.
  Easy to enforce:
  most if not all spectators would probably agree with the idea.
  good luck fending off a classaction lawsuit from the competitors, event hosters, and maybe even some spectators for ruining the event.

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