RIP Simon Andrews

[kestrel]

Unfortunately Simon Andrews has died in hospital following an accident on Saturday whilst competing in the NW200.
RIP Simon and sincere condolences to his family.
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[deeds]

RIP

[drzsta]

sorry to hear.

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Such a pity.
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[Grimeric]

Such a shame. Rip.

[Jim Mc]

Poor guy. Unsurprising really when you listen to the 'thud' in the footage.

Should they really have raced in those conditions? Bikes skidding off the start line.

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Sad news. Thoughts go out to his family and friends.

The conditions were good enough for racing.
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the riders would have said something if they were worried i would have thought
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

They also had the option to race the next day if conditions were bad. Bad being standing water and/or poor visibility.
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[Llama-Farmer]

RIP and thoughts with his family and friends. Tragic, but not uncommon in road racing.


The conditions were not too bad, but we don't know what happened yet... They're still investigating.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/northern-ireland/27478727


Only footage I've seen was the bike and Simon sliding down the road, and haven't seen or heard anyone mention any other footage capturing the cause. Looked like he might have been KO before impact with the kerb though.

To blame it on conditions would be premature and at this stage mere speculation. It may turn out that conditions were a factor, or the cause, but can't say for sure yet.
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[bEN_]

if you start questioning conditions and other factors you might aswell blame the kerbing which is why we'll probably see a petition for 'road racing to be banned' or internet articles with headlines such as "is road racing too dangerous" claiming the bikes are too fast now days etc etc it could snowball if people start raising concerns that have always been there it just always takes a fatality for people to use as a tool to enforce the point while people in the racing world are upset about whats happened.

just my worth anyway, it seems to happen every time thats all.

i will bet there will be something similar in MCN this week
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[bugeye_bob]

RIP, Died doing what he loved.

[Davie J]

RIP.

Seen them race in far worse conditions so doubt it was a factor.
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[Dave70]

RIP.

Shit happens.

[Pigeon]

This is going to sound bang out of order, but did anyone else have a feeling about this time over his other accidents?
Just felt uneasy and sick ever since hearing about it.

On his day a very fast and talented rider, who had overcome so much.
And from what we've seen and what people have said, one of the nicest characters in racing and life in general. Didn't appear to have any ego or chips on his shoulders.

Very sad.

[sidewinder]

R.I.P .Such a likeable guy will be missed

https://youtu.be/iBJdyHFLTdw

[Llama-Farmer]

double post a few hours later... odd.
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[Llama-Farmer]

It was acknowledged at the start of the final NW200 highlights programme on BBC NI tonight, and stated the programme had already been filmed and edited before the news was announced.

Think they could have found a photo of him and put it at the end of the credits with a simple "Simon Andrews, 14 August 1984 – 19 May 2014" or something, surely that wouldn't have been unreasonable to manage in the several hours before airing.
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[Dave70]

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R.I.Paradise.

Saw the footage, it looks like his helmet came off in the slow motion.

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