A female cyclist that float on their competitors vorbeien during a prestigious cycling race in Belgium was abruptly forced to stop for a few minutes when they get too close to the race “very slow” men in front of her. The cyclist Nicole Hanselmann, called the “awkward moment” in a place Instagram after the annual race Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday in which data have been eight minutes before male cyclists. As the race progressed Hanselmann built a lead of almost two minutes against the other cyclists women and “almost the reverse view of the main draw of the men.” “[Perhaps] the other women and I were [a] rapidly or men [a] slow” go in the post Instagram wrote. Hanselmann, a 27-year-old cyclist, and 2017 national champion in Switzerland, officials said the race of women stopped the men from catching up to the stop. He said his race was “five or seven minutes.” While it has been given a head start, once again lead when the race started again, said Hanselmann cycling who have lost their momentum, came as the race to an abrupt halt soon recovered and their competitors gaining ground. At the end in the 74 ° position. “It ‘was for me a bit’ sad because I was in a good mood and when he looks bunch of stopping, they get it only captures a new motivation,” Hanselmann also said cycling. “The competition jury just said that we had to neutralize the race because you get too close to people.” In a tweet on Saturday confirmed the race organizers, the “neutralization” of women “due to a very slow [men] race” and was sent a tweet then about five minutes later announced to women is restarted. On social media, he said that some had hoped that officials handled the situation differently. Flanders Classics, which oversees the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, said in a statement that officials needed for the women’s race to stop “for safety reasons”. “Under normal conditions, the men drive faster than women, and the gap gradually increases. This year, however, the men were slower than usual at the start of the race at speeds below 30 km / h at times” the note says. “This has led to a decrease in the gap between women and men convoy. Km, 30 and security had to intervene the organization, because the women leaders was getting too close to the convoy of men. At this point in the race time elite women was neutralized for about 5 minutes. as soon as the safety of women was to continue to have been restored, received regarding the differences in time earlier in the race. “Flanders Classics said that in the future would “take into account the women’s race, a few minutes later than this year to leave early in order to avoid any conflict between the male and female races.”
A female cyclist was to stop half has forced nearly If the men Caught Up
