I havent tried it often a spurt, but maybe once or twice. Mostly in a shart turn, like champselysees, and specially when they ar ca. 10-5 km. from the goal line.
I've actually experienced it quite a few times, also with the latest patch. I even had a TDF where Ullrich and Evans had to leave the race after a crash like the one in the screenshot.
On which stage? Was it first stage (if you don't count the prolog)? When I play TdF usually I see a lot of fall in first stage (well, that's bad because a lot of favourites withdrawall ).
Yeah that stage has almost always produced a mass crash for me, probably becasue of the sharp corners close o the end. The next stage never produces a crash as the roders are wide and corners gentle. I think this is fairly realistic
when i played the giro and there was the first uphill finish line, i always broke away from the pack and then cunego always fell and lost 4 or 5 minutes
i think in one of Alex's stories (might have been) Jan Ullrich was either 1, 2 or 3 in the TdF GC and he didn't actually fall off but on the Champs Elysees he just sat still on his bike and abandoned
If your rider (or any rider) tries to jump from train to train, it will increase the chance of a crash (especially if your rider is on aggressive). I guess the chance that it will bring down a number of other riders is luck
Also, I have seen the TDF lost by Evans on a crash on the final stage of the tour, he crashed, and lost enough time so that my rider Contador, won it by 2 sec
i once played the last stage in the tour the france and on Champs-Elysses Andreas Klöden cwas in in a mass crash and he lost 3:40 min. and he was number 1 and My rider A.Contador won the tour