Romantic Hakka Avenue today. Yesterday the peloton got lost on the mountain roads, had to stop the race to get them back on track.
Watch the action here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhKBs2RXcuU
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Something wrong was bound to happenā¦letās hope this is the only occurrence.
At least it wasnāt as bad as that time in Kunming when the breakaway missed the finish line and was lead into it from the opposite direction at the same time the peloton arrived. That was mayhem.
This was by far the funniest title to a Strava ride title Iāve seen in awhile:
Easiest race ever? How dare he. Heās right though, that finish is horrible, 180 degree hairpin turn on cobbles within 250 meters of the finish.
Wow thanks for the YouTube link. I didnāt even know they had video of it, lol. 20km to go on Stage 3.
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They need to send these cameramen for study abroad at the TDF.
I feel nauseous just watching it. Maybe they donāt have image stabilization in the cameras.
Photographers should be shot. Pun intended!
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Cocky young Brit. We used to rule the world, dontchaknow? 
But that was like 500 years ago right?
Dunno. Were maps pink then?
āI have never seen such a mistake, with more than 100 competitors being misled along the wrong turn. I am afraid this will damage the reputation of the Tour de Taiwan ā¦ it has affected the race and disrupted the rhythm of the competitors,ā Taiwanese cyclist Feng Chun-kai (馮äæå±) said.
éæKai is right.
I dunno. Its happened in Europe before. I doubt it affected the result. Avila and Arashiro first and second was completely predictable.
Thatās the thing about road cycling, shit happens all the time. Dogs get on the course, sheep. Race motos take out riders.
My greatest fear is that one day a dreaded blue truck will get on the course.
On a separate note I wonder if A-kai will ever do anything on the bike again.
Yeah agree, itās happened before and will happen again in races all over. But I do agree TdT can do without more negative press.
He was a shining beacon of hope when he got signed onto Lampre/Merida back in the day. Now, not so sure. I canāt even get mad at him because he doesnāt even have any support from his own countryās government.
The same thing happened to Huang Ting Ying when prepping for the Olympics and had a team of two people, her coach and her mechanic. Itās really quite amazing that she made the Olympic cut with the resources she had, but she may have needed more to excel.
Heās just a mascot in that team. I guess it was always going to be the caseā¦Merida said weāll be a sponsor but you have to take this guy on. He had no palmares outside of lesser known Asia circuit races. Huang Ting Ying is a sadder case since she actually won two stages of a UCI race, racing against all the top girls, easily the greatest achievement of any Taiwanese cyclist. In theory sheās still on the books of an Italian team but I canāt see any evidence of her racing.
Iām fully expecting some old biddy to pull out of her place without looking and ride her scooter on the wrong side of the road straight into the raceā¦