In reading the article, I thought, "all of this hullabaloo about his bike..." If it had spontaneously snapped, causing him to crash, that would have been news. Otherwise, carbon breaks. It happens. Whether crashing at 35-40 mph, falling off a car roof, getting run over, whatever. You could imagine that people were a little freaked out in the moment. Not only for business/tactical reasons, but personal reason. Reports of rider down on a dissent...and bleeding, is stressful news. Personally, I would think the sponsor could have gone with, "We hope Alberto is OK, and as far as his bicycle goes, we hesitate to make any comments until we know what happened, blah, blah, blah." Nick |