First thoughts? Goddamn that was a long downhill race...wouldn't surprise me if he just rode the entire length of Chile. I've seen Chile on a map, it's not wide enough to support more than one main road so I'm guessing they've essentially shut down their entire country for this ramshamble race.
Second thought, God I wish I lived in a 3rd World country. Something makes me think they just decided to do this like, the morning before and went off and taped it off. You can't do that shit in America, you need permits, safety precautions, have to alert the media, cops have to shut down streets, it would be a nightmare. In Chile? Looks like 3 guys grabbed a few thousand feet of colored ribbon and roped off the street an hour before the race. Security and police details? Please, this guy not only had to navigate the course, but he was in charge of his own crowd control, blowing a whistle the whole way down to let everyone know he's coming.
