Broken elbow for Contador

Doobz
Doobz Posts: 2,800
edited May 2008 in Pro race
looks like he took quite a nasty knock. will be cool to see how he rides with some painkillers :p

http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/article/broken-elbow-for-contador--16528
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  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    I can't say I'd be that happy resting on a broken elbow on my aerobars in a TT.

    But then, I wouldn't be keen on hammering up and down the Dolomites with one either...
  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    Who was the guy that hit that concrete and ended up in a ditch - I couldn't believe they were letting him carry on let alone encouraging him - did he finish the stage because he looked like he couldn't walk unaided and once they had propped him on his bike even turning the cranks looked painful.
    it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    Tom Butcher wrote:
    Who was the guy that hit that concrete and ended up in a ditch - I couldn't believe they were letting him carry on let alone encouraging him - did he finish the stage because he looked like he couldn't walk unaided and once they had propped him on his bike even turning the cranks looked painful.

    That was one of one of the CSF Navigare (savinni ?) guys according to Dave Harmon he had to get off about 1/2 a mile up the road. Yea i thought allowing him to get back on bike with his legs in such a mess wasnt the greatest thing for his health to be doing. Though maybe he demanded it and said he would be all right.

    cheers
    MG
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    Doobz wrote:
    looks like he took quite a nasty knock. will be cool to see how he rides with some painkillers :p

    http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/article/broken-elbow-for-contador--16528



    ''As all riders know, winning a Grand Tour takes some hard work, luck and health''


    Proof maybe that he maybe was going for the win after all ? I reckon he can forget it now think he will just coast round tommorrow.

    cheers
    MG
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Are we going to experience another Tyler Hamilton moment?

    RAI showed the crash, yesterday and Bertie was afterwards signalling he was fine.
    We then saw him with a bandage below his left elbow.
    Either they've cranked the mind-games up, another notch, or it must be a very small break indeed. Otherwise, I doubt he would be able to ride.

    Perhaps he'll just give it a try in the ITT and if he's struggling, there'll be no accusations flying about, if he withdraws. :?
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    It's a micro fracture. Nothing displaced or anything like that.

    It'll hurt like heck for a few days I'm sure but think it might be more mindy games.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Arkibal
    Arkibal Posts: 850
    agreed, he'll race as long as he can.

    For some of the members here, it is amazing they keep on attacking Astana and Contador. I've never seen that happen against to Slippy, Rabo or HR here, and yet they have beated Astana many times this year....
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    Either they've cranked the mind-games up, another notch, or it must be a very small break indeed. Otherwise, I doubt he would be able to ride.
    Deffo agree with that.


    With the CSF dude I reckon they were trying to see if he could ride the pain off as sometimes when you jar something a little you can ride the "kink" out.

    I thought it was funny the way some farmer pickles looking guy jumped into the ditch and kinda yanked on his arm to get him up... *ouch*
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  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    Wow, I didn't know his elbow was broken. Really could end up being his defining moment if he perseveres and wins this thing on a broken elbow! :shock:

    I agree that it was appaling when they forced (uh, I mean STRONGLY encouraged) that CSF rider to ride again. Just stupid.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Are we sure he really broke his elbow, or is this just another cunning ruse to lull Ricco into a false sense of security? Those untrustworthy foreigners going to Italy to steal the race from the Italians... what a cheek!

    Agreed about that idiot who tried to yank Savini out of the ditch... coulda been nasty if he had broken anything.
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    What do we think after yesterday's second in the TT ?

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