but here is an excerpt from an email sent out to the riders in my district that tells much about what is wrong with amateur racing. I was not there, I know not of what I speak, and I may be completely wrong. The guy may have been completely in the right, but you certainly can read this and consider it a particularly valiant effort to cover one's own fault, fault that carried consequences beyond just one rider.
I also would like to tell everyone involved in the crash that I am sorry
that this happened. There was just no way to avoid the rider in front
of me with the slowing down on top of the hill. These things just
happen and I hope everyone has a speedy recovery.
I don't know. It doesn't sound to me as if it "just happen[ed]."
I also would like to tell everyone involved in the crash that I am sorry
that this happened. There was just no way to avoid the rider in front
of me with the slowing down on top of the hill. These things just
happen and I hope everyone has a speedy recovery.
I don't know. It doesn't sound to me as if it "just happen[ed]."