The Eneco Tour has taken steps to limit how many times race motos need to pass the peloton, earning praise from riders currently competing in the Dutch WorldTour race.
With many officials, photographers and course marshals traveling in the race caravan on motorcycles, the number of motos in the race can reach upwards of 60, adding to the general nervousness within the peloton as they leapfrog the peloton to do their jobs.
The Eneco Tour devised a simple solution for the problem by detouring the motos off course onto side roads that allow them to get ahead of the race without having to pass through the peloton.
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Dutch journalist Iwan Tol, who writes for de Volksskrat, spent stage 4 on one of the race motos and explained to Cyclngnews how the system works.
“It’s actually so simple that you think why didn’t someone think earlier how to do this,” he said.
“These are the people who stay on the points that are dangerous, like where there are cobbles or there is someone in the way. So they stand there with a yellow flag and tell the riders, ‘Watch out, there’s a dangerous point now.’
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