Vandals target top cycling affair in New Forest Singletrack Message board
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The security of hundreds of cyclists has been threatened during a major sports event when drawing pins were being thrown on to the road and more than 1,000 route indicators vandalised.
Organisers of UK Cycling's Brand new Forest Spring Sportive were made to take drastic action at the start of the twoday event when the people were put in jeopardy by way of the reckless actions of the vandals.
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Marshals had to sweep the tacks off the road in Boldre but some tyres were still punctured.
And function organisers also found that more than 1,000 direction and safety signs had been taken away or defaced, forcing safety teams to replace them before the Just one,850 cyclists
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Major rain added to the organisers' challenges, forcing them to cancel the next day as the hosting arena in Brockenhurst became waterlogged.
Martin Barden, home of UK Cycling, said there were no injuries however he was "appalled" at the measures of the vandals.
He said: "A small fraction of people have taken to vigilante plans to stop the events. Their particular behaviour is unacceptable.
"[They] currently have
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"Luckily that hasn't happened, because of sheer luck, but the seek to injure a cyclist is there.
"I think it is appalling. It's all been reported to the police.
"It is a very small minded sort of attitude. If we hadn't held it's place in top of it, it could have got caused serious harm."
Mr Barden added that some vehicles were also being influenced at slow speeds, producing a slow moving roadblock.
Yet he said that most cyclists have been unaware of any problems and this many had enjoyed the afternoon, despite the weather.
He also said that almost all the New Forest resi dents have been welcoming to the cyclists with the fifth annual event.
The case had attracted criticism inside week leading up to it, with some residents of the New Woodland claiming that cyclists have been an
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Mr Barden declared the number of
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"We could have had 10,000 people the following but we reduced the particular figures. We did it actively to be considerate to the local residents. The same courtesy hasn't been extended the other way, in most parts," he added.
Ian Wild, chairman of Boldre Parish Local authority, said he thought that your vandals' actions were "reprehensible".
"It could have caused accidents and could have likely been very serious.
Anyone who pumped over the tacks could have been injured. If people had done that, that's reprehensible,In he said.
Over an Eighty six mile circuit cyclists was able to visit Lymington, Brockenhurst, Lyndhurst, Landford, Hale, Godshill, Hyde and Sway. There was also a shorter route associated with 58 miles.
Earlier this 1 week Dr Julian Lewis, MP for New Forest East, wrote to transport reverend Norman Baker calling for a formal licensing system for cycle events to be introduced.
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Before the weekend's event, any spokesman for the New Woodland Equestrian Association said that clearly there was a big risk to horse and riders from such events, especially when cyclists showed up quickly and silently coming from behind.
In the comments within the Article it appears a motorcyclist did come off on the tacks in addition to broke his collar navicular bone.
