Amstel *Spoiler*

Chris_Who
Chris_Who Posts: 137
edited April 2009 in Pro race
Dang, knew I shouldn't have picked Frank for PTP!
Fat people are so insensitive

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  • cyclingtaz
    cyclingtaz Posts: 326
    looks bad though
    "you tried your best and failed miserably. the lesson is never to try"
  • Chris_Who
    Chris_Who Posts: 137
    Yes, worse than I thought - hope the brace is just precautionary
    Fat people are so insensitive
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    looks quite serious for schleck...legs moving though...but they're taking a long time...neck or head injury?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Looks really serious.
    Especially for Frank S. The amount of time they took to get him in the ambulance and all that neck bracing, :(
    Matt Lloyd will be out for some time, too, I fear.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    he moved his legs, so not coma ....which suggest not a knock out blow to head...but neck???
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • GroupOfOne MkII
    GroupOfOne MkII Posts: 1,289
    I just saw on CN commentary there'd been a crash, what happened?
  • missingmillar
    missingmillar Posts: 38
    Freire pushed on the front and schleck and lloyd tangled - both in neck braces. looks really serious...awaiting update.
  • missingmillar
    missingmillar Posts: 38
    "no serious" injuries for schleck
  • Chris_Who
    Chris_Who Posts: 137
    no word on matt lloyd yet though
    Fat people are so insensitive
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Broken pelvis for Lloyd. Out for months.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    It's infamous for the twisting course and narrow roads. I know fighting for position is part of the game but the route is particularly dangerous. For the sake of the riders, some of the street furniture - and perhaps the route - needs to be scrapped.
  • teagar
    teagar Posts: 2,100
    Pretty dull classic that one! I fell asleep!

    Shouldn't scrap the course. It's always been like that, and that's what makes the course difficult. Not the climbs, but the narrow streets etc. More people crash in Roubaix than Amstel but I don't hear complaints about that!
    Note: the above post is an opinion and not fact. It might be a lie.
  • Birillo
    Birillo Posts: 417
    Robert Millar called it "the race of a thousand corners".
  • DomPro
    DomPro Posts: 321
    Yep, "they count everything in Holland." S. Kelly
    Shazam !!

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