****Stage 15 Spoiler****

guv001
guv001 Posts: 688
edited July 2008 in Pro race
Blazing Saddles this is just for you!!
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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Oscar Pereiro has tumbled over the Armco and fallen to the other side of a hairpin - that has to hurt!
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Broken his femur, according to Eurosport
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Ouch. Broken shoulder (I know a good surgeon Oscar) and femur!

    Poor guy.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • GroupOfOne MkII
    GroupOfOne MkII Posts: 1,289
    Yup sounds like he dropped 10 or 15ft. At the moment they're saying he's broken a shoulder and femur, so looks like the end of his season at the minimum :(
  • Coriander
    Coriander Posts: 1,326
    Maybe I´m just a wimp (no, I am a wimp), but how can you ride a bike with a broken shoulder, but more to the point, with a broken leg?????????
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    edited July 2008
    The drop was 10 to 15 metres, at about 30mph.
    Femur and shoulder broken. Peloton are in a state of shock. :(
    Ta, by the way! :wink:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    And in racing today, 4 riders up the road with 71km to go and nearly 17 mins in hand!

    Might be a quiet day for afx and his spreadsheets
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Coriander wrote:
    Maybe I´m just a wimp (no, I am a wimp), but how can you ride a bike with a broken shoulder, but more to the point, with a broken leg?????????

    You can't. He's out of the race and off to hospital.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Big crash on both sides of a roundabout - several big names on the deck, including Millar, Cunego, Vande Velde, Dean
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • Adieu
    Adieu Posts: 83
    CSC on the front. :twisted:
  • steerpike
    steerpike Posts: 424
    I once broke both femurs and rode on for 70 miles. Wimps.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Prudhomme reports no broken femur for OP, just the left clav.
    He hit Hunter, who also looks pretty banged up.

    A bit dull this stage. Could do with recalling Ricco's rockets! :shock: :roll:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Terrible luck for Pereiro. Wasn't it him that crashed into the bush last year when Rogers crashed?

    And I seem to remember him running out of road on a long descent (Tourmalet?) in his Phonak days too.

    Ooh, race is waking up now.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Cadel has got to be bricking it now. You can see exactly what CSC are doing but you're powerless to stop them.

    He best be feeling ok or he'll have a torrid time.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    ^Correction, it was Arroyo not Pereiro who crashed in the bush.

    Thunderstorms :shock:
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    I hope the Disco old boy can drop that waster, Pate. He's done nil work for the break.

    Cadel's finding tough and Poppy's blown, once again.
    Another rider who has not fulfilled his Disco potential.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    I'm shaking with an anticipation for Frank to attack.
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

    PTP Runner Up 2015
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    MENCHOV YOU CLOWN :x
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    What a stage. The final climb didn't look like too much but the yellow jersey's changed hands and it looks like Schleck, Kohl and Evans - still waiting for official GC - are with a handful of seconds of the yellow jersey.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Well done Gerrans, At least one Aussie can climb. :roll:
    By my reckoning, the first 4 riders are within seconds of each other and hardly much more, between the top 6! :shock:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Now that was a great final 45 minutes. Schleck Jr did hell of a ride.

    F Schleck
    Kohl +7"
    Evans +8"
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Cracking stage.

    Andy Schleck was the man. How many times did he drop off and come back?

    They need to put a wedge of time into Cadel though

    Great ride by Simon Gerrans too - The smile on his face was fantastic. Bravo! And also Danny Pate - Neither noted climbers unlike Egoi.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    interesting how close bicycle racing actually is when everyone is too scared to use the cocktail of substances that have powered most of the greats of the past decade and more...this is what happens when it is clean...nobody stands out...everyone grovels...3-4% body fat, 2 arms, 2 legs, bikes all weigh the same......the Ullrichs and livestrongs , the pantani types, Indurain type rider will not be seen for a while...the trend is obvious...cleaning up the sport means close time gaps
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    Awesome racing today. Full marks to Danny Pate, awesome ride for a non climber. Cadel's in trouble now i fear. Great move by Kohl who i see as the danger man. Menchov couldn't hold the pace at the finale could he? Sastre also playing tired and coming through... great stuff and set for a real ding dong come tuesday.

    I'm afraid with the strength of CSC, i don't see Evans coming back. he has to attack and of course, we're not sure he can, are we?
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    Moomaloid wrote:
    I'm afraid with the strength of CSC, i don't see Evans coming back. he has to attack and of course, we're not sure he can, are we?

    That's what i've been thinking. With the GC being so close it's his only option, but without a strong team I can't see him pulling it off.

    I'm really hoping this race is decided in the mountains and not the final TT.
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

    PTP Runner Up 2015
  • Adieu
    Adieu Posts: 83
    That was some of the most exciting cycling I have seen in a while!

    Go CSC!
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    afx237vi wrote:
    MENCHOV YOU CLOWN :x
    That was comic stuff when he gets back on his back and starts pedalling... but goes no where as his chain has come off. He's pedalling in the air. :lol:
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Wow, can't believe Christophe Brandt finished that stage. He looked as if he could barely turn the pedals halfway up the first climb. Chapeau.
  • elvis6093
    elvis6093 Posts: 28
    i think this was a good day for cadel. Schleck needs at least 2 minutes on him for the final time trial and i dont think he will get it with only 2 stages left. should have tried something on the first climb of the day
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    elvis6093 wrote:
    i think this was a good day for cadel. Schleck needs at least 2 minutes on him for the final time trial and i dont think he will get it with only 2 stages left. should have tried something on the first climb of the day

    So he could ride 100km's along the flat to the next mountain? Erm....

    Today's final climb wasn't *that* hard. Cadel will have to be very good for the next 2 stages.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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