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Paul Halupka

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Jan 31, 2017, 1:28:33 AM1/31/17
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Andrew Scheyer

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Jan 31, 2017, 4:13:23 AM1/31/17
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Hahaha, oh Marseille. I was there watching that, had actually been out on a ride with the Marseillaise B-squad earlier in the day, and my heart nearly stopped when I saw that ball bounce through. I was certain I was about to watch someone die.
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Edward Weigel

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Jan 31, 2017, 8:59:22 AM1/31/17
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How does that happen? Was there a match on the other side, or just an careless child that "lost" his grip on the ball? 🤔

Glad no one was hurt! 

Andrew Scheyer

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Jan 31, 2017, 9:01:54 AM1/31/17
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The finish was on a major street, sandwiched between the Stade Velodrome (our football stadium) and a park on the other side of the street where kids play football all day. As you probably noticed when you visited, kids around here are rarely without a ball, and spend most of their time kicking it b ack and forth or working on their foot juggling (I'm sure there's a technical term for that). I was on the other side of the street, so I couldn't tell you whether it was a malicious youth (pronounced, youT à la My Cousin Vinny) or simply an accident. Just glad I didn't watch anyone die.

Nathan Pfeifer

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Jan 31, 2017, 6:42:32 PM1/31/17
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On a similarly terrifying note, there was this gnarly crash in a Cat 3 road race in Santa Barbara over the weekend where the guy was left hanging from the side of a bridge!!  Who puts a finishing sprint over a 30-ft drop-off?!?


Miss y'all.
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Paul Halupka

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Jan 31, 2017, 7:02:30 PM1/31/17
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whoa. gnarly.

"As the competitors sprinted towards the finish, two cyclists appeared to collide, creating chaos"

It was a cat 3 race with a group sprint... more like "the cyclists collided inevitably, not creating, but rather unleashing, the limitless potential for chaos which was always there but not yet capitalized upon in this clusterfuck-to-be."

Lucas Seibel

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Jan 31, 2017, 9:10:19 PM1/31/17
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I'm pretty sure everyone in the chase group was just training for cyclo-ball. 

Paul Halupka

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Jan 31, 2017, 9:33:16 PM1/31/17
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Hahaha awesome
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DAVID LORING

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Feb 1, 2017, 12:04:58 PM2/1/17
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Most inspiring music. ever. 

Nathan Pfeifer

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Feb 1, 2017, 2:15:50 PM2/1/17
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giant "cow" (?) bells.
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