Giro Stage 3 *Spoiler*

redddraggon
redddraggon Posts: 10,862
edited May 2008 in Pro race
Nasty crash

Millar, Ricco and plenty others hit the deck.....
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Ahhhh, the Giro!
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    That was a big one. Three or four Slipstreams down. Ricco looks like he hurt his hand.
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Seems to be plenty of the bikes with eGroupsets on......and suprisingly the DA ones look better than the Campag ones.. :shock:
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  • sing_for_absolution
    sing_for_absolution Posts: 1,908
    What happened? Did that one rider touch wheels with someone? couldn't pick it out on the video stream.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    sing_for_absolution wrote:
    What happened? Did that one rider touch wheels with someone? couldn't pick it out on the video stream.

    There was no other rider close enough for it to be a touch of wheels. Harmon seems to think there was oil on the road,
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Cyclingnews reckon Millar hit a bottle.

    Did Cav fall down?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    sing_for_absolution wrote:
    What happened? Did that one rider touch wheels with someone? couldn't pick it out on the video stream.

    Can't tell on TV either, Eurosport thinks he perhaps hit a diesel patch.
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  • sing_for_absolution
    sing_for_absolution Posts: 1,908
    Yep. He's in Ricco's chasing group
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    iainf72 wrote:
    Cyclingnews reckon Millar hit a bottle.

    Did Cav fall down?

    Millar went plowing into the fallen riden. Looks like Cav hit the deck, yeh.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    sing_for_absolution wrote:
    Yep. He's in Ricco's chasing group

    Oh well, if he gets back and it's a sprint, lets hope people who aren't sprinters don't try and win the race, eh? :P

    Poor bloke always seems to hit the deck early in stage races.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Was it a Gerolsteiner rider who went down first? RAI's magnified circle thingy made it even harder to see what was what!
  • sing_for_absolution
    sing_for_absolution Posts: 1,908
    Think it's gruppo compatto now?
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    Is anyone having trouble getting the Eurosport audio feed? When I go to: http://eurosport.yahoo.com/audioplayer.html it won't play. Does anyone have the direct link?
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    I cant get the audio feed..

    It did look a bit weird when watching it.. Almost looks like it was a manholecover or something one of the riders slipped on or their front wheel just came out from under them..

    has anyone heard whats up with zabrizki yet?
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Doobz wrote:

    has anyone heard whats up with zabrizki yet?

    Fractured vertebrae.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    They just showed the crash again, and I didn't notice it first time, but a Saunier Duval rider (possibly Tinkoff) went down at the same time on the opposite side of the road. Definitely something slippery on the road.

    Doobz: Dave Z has a compressed fracture in one of his lower vertebrae. More here:

    http://www.slipstreamsports.com/2008/05 ... o-recover/
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    It just occurred to me that LPR's kit is really quite horrible. Worse than CSF's!
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    Doobz wrote:
    I cant get the audio feed..

    It did look a bit weird when watching it.. Almost looks like it was a manholecover or something one of the riders slipped on or their front wheel just came out from under them..

    has anyone heard whats up with zabrizki yet?

    Me either. Has anyone solved this? Anyone have the direct mms link?
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Oh this is annoying. Why are they continually riding piano? Do they think it's 1986 or something?

    Some of us trust the Eurosport schedule on Sky+ for recording.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Another massive crash. McGee looks like he's outta the Giro.

    Backstedt down hard too.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Poor the McGee.

    That guy has no luck.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Form cyclingnews
    "17:25 CEST
    Paolo Bettini puts his hand on Franco Pellizotti's bottom and gives him a shove. Pellizotti is very distinctive with his pink outfit and blue-green helmet."

    Why am I thinking of Lord Percy Percy and the Baby-Eating Bishop of Bath and Wells?
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Bennati takes the sprint.

    PTP points in the bag....
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    That was one of the messiest sprints I've ever seen :shock: Some crazy riding 10 or 15 places back... Graeme Brown involved, naturally.
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    Wow. Zabel was in his slipstream and still couldn't move beyond his back wheel!
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Yeah, but Zabel is 78 or something.....
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • drenkrom
    drenkrom Posts: 1,062
    Thanks for the PTP points Daniele!

    Not much competition there, though the real fight was a few meters back. Some crazy riding in there!
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    It just occurred to me that LPR's kit is really quite horrible. Worse than CSF's!

    lol its a bit weird init? It almost looks like they were gonna go for white and someone left in a blue or black sock in when they washed the gear..
    Some of us trust the Eurosport schedule on Sky+ for recording.

    I was fuming yesterday when I got home to find on my V+ box the first 45 mins of the cycling to be missing and then it cut off 3 mins from the end "doh" .. Like the commentator said "Its Eurosport not eurocycling" I loved that.. made me LOL

    I am so bored and wanna go ride but its my rest day so gonna have to do something constructive. I never caught all the cycling so might watch that even tho I know the results [/quote]
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  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    When is Brownie going to be barred. He's always causing chaos. Is he a poor bike handler or just a complete idiot.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • drenkrom
    drenkrom Posts: 1,062
    Brown seems to sprint with blinders on. He's continuously hitting the guys to his sides and makes a habit of sideswiping wheels. He sure is a poor bike handler. As for a complete idiot, I couldn't say. He must know the main expletives of pretty much all the languages of the peloton.

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