TdF Stage 2 *spoiler*

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  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    DaveyL wrote:

    Nurse! Nurse! My medication's run out!
    Yep, You definitely need some to live on that Planet. :roll:
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Stephen Farrand on Twitter, "We should show respect for the riders until the full facts are known"
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • dg74
    dg74 Posts: 656
    Forgive me, but is deejay on crack?
  • rdt
    rdt Posts: 869
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Mind you, it has to be said, Chavanel has very nice teeth :D

    As he clearly has more than he needs, if you ask him nicely, maybe he'll give you a few.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    rdt wrote:
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Mind you, it has to be said, Chavanel has very nice teeth :D

    As he clearly has more than he needs, if you ask him nicely, maybe he'll give you a few.

    Maybe I could ask for a few from Schlecky as well? I'd have enough for a full set then!
  • SpaceJunk
    SpaceJunk Posts: 1,157
    DaveyL wrote:
    Stephen Farrand on Twitter, "We should show respect for the riders until the full facts are known"

    Fair point by Farrand. Didn't stop him from having a dig about Nadal and Puerto a few weeks ago on Twitter:

    "Watching Nadal smash his way to victory at the Paris Open makes me 'almost' feel sorry for Alejandro Valverde."

    Maybe he shouldn't pass comments about Nadal until the full facts are known, rather than just gossip.
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Imagine if someone deliberately put oil or something on the route. There are sick people out there capable of such things.
    Don't you people go on.
    That is a Tee Junction where you have to stop the vehicle and then drive off.
    At times cars queue there for their turn to move off. It is just traffic oil and a sprinkling of wet, thats all, no big deal.

    Oh yes about 20 yards before the Tee is a road to the right that climbs the Stockeu to Eddy Merckx.

    Oil on roads more like Diesel and if you can, then remember that Shite Hole Olympics Town ATLANTA and the riders tumbling about there. Diesel with a drop of rain. :roll:
    And Davey boy
    Remember the World Championships in Norway and all the Tram tracks with riders falling off.
    Perhaps we can now Neutralise that race also. Twas a bit unfair, methinks. :lol:
    More medication my boy.
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    donrhummy wrote:
    Graeme_S wrote:
    They were talking about where people were watching the tour on eurosport, which segued into things people were doing that would cause them to miss the tour. So I tweeted this:

    https://twitter.com/graemeshaw/status/17791535225

    Perfect timing! Did you plan it that way on purpose?

    It was just dumb luck. The date was set over a year ago, and I only realised it was a rest day when I was looking at the C+ wall chart last week!
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    deejay wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Imagine if someone deliberately put oil or something on the route. There are sick people out there capable of such things.
    Don't you people go on.
    That is a Tee Junction where you have to stop the vehicle and then drive off.
    At times cars queue there for their turn to move off. It is just traffic oil and a sprinkling of wet, thats all, no big deal.

    Oh yes about 20 yards before the Tee is a road to the right that climbs the Stockeu to Eddy Merckx.

    Oil on roads more like Diesel and if you can, then remember that Shite Hole Olympics Town ATLANTA and the riders tumbling about there. Diesel with a drop of rain. :roll:
    And Davey boy
    Remember the World Championships in Norway and all the Tram tracks with riders falling off.
    Perhaps we can now Neutralise that race also. Twas a bit unfair, methinks. :lol:
    More medication my boy.

    Yes, sounds like you need it.
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    DaveyL wrote:
    deejay wrote:
    Perhaps we can now Neutralise that race also. Twas a bit unfair, methinks. :lol:
    More medication my boy.
    Yes, sounds like you need it.
    Is that a White Flag then.? :?: ?
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Somebody hold Frenchie down. Contador is wounded!
    http://tweetphoto.com/30986907
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    edited July 2010
    deejay wrote:
    Oil on roads more like Diesel and if you can, then remember that Shite Hole Olympics Town ATLANTA and the riders tumbling about there. Diesel with a drop of rain. :roll:
    And Davey boy
    Remember the World Championships in Norway and all the Tram tracks with riders falling off.

    And you can add the Passage du Gois to that list!

    OK, maybe it makes sense to wait and see what the riders have to say, but seems to me some riders benefitted more than others. Nobody wants to see someone get hurt or god forbid, killed, but today at the moment looks very silly.

    And was that Jez Hunt driving the yellow jersey group just after the crash? Who was he working for, Hushovd or was Sastre in the group?
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Reckon Quick Step will really hammer it across the cobbles now as long as Chav is not too knackered. He could easily be 5+ mins in front of the GC guys by end of play.
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    calvjones wrote:
    Reckon Quick Step will really hammer it across the cobbles now as long as Chav is not too knackered. He could easily be 5+ mins in front of the GC guys by end of play.

    I would LOVE to see this, they've no GC to worry about so they just fully go for it
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Versus as usual on an advert break when it happened, but here are the aftermath scenes and some crash footage. The moto went down as well although from the few shots there it looks like a lot of riders stayed up.

    Interesting that Cancellara and Hushovd were able to stay up (I assume they did, don't know for sure).

    http://www.steephill.tv/players/versus4 ... y/500/720/

    Likely better footage at 7 on ITV4.

    Bruyneel saying it was like ice with riders not on their bikes crashing....

    Hincapie crashed twice in 300m.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    frenchfighter wrote:
    A disgrace if all those who rolled in down on the peloton get the same time.

    This is the hardest race in the World. It is not meant to be easy or kind.

    You better tell Contador. He's the one who made the group wait for Andy Schleck.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Anyone sure results are going to be neutralised?

    All standings I am seeing show otherwise. Of course, they could yet be in need of updating or the organisers may not even have made their minds up.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Anyone sure results are going to be neutralised?

    All standings I am seeing show otherwise. Of course, they could yet be in need of updating or the organisers may not even have made their minds up.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • flet©h
    flet©h Posts: 88
    Vande Velde looks pretty beat up

    4764883298_19357c03f8.jpg
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Is Cancellara the Peloton's shop steward now?

    I can understand letting Mini-Schleck back on, I can understand waiting for Contador and Armstrong. But riding the whole thing like a procession, to the extent of yelling at people when they get in your front line of "boss riders" just seems crazy.

    As little as this happens, I agree with FF's original point. The jury are never going to DQ 50 odd riders who have fallen behind as a result of a crash, once the GC boys are back, game on.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Gesink is in the hospital, for a scan of his elbow..........just like last year.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • dcj
    dcj Posts: 395
    I see many of the riders were on carbon rims. I know mine are absolutely lethal for wet braking. Nothing between no brakes at all and instant wheel lockup.

    i wonder how long it will be now before the UCI allow disc brakes in road racing as well as cross for safety reasons?
  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    Apart from Kloden who was up front with Cancellara as they slowed it down, was there a GC rider who didn't crash?
    @stagehopper
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Thought boardman's take was about right

    well see...

    it's not the giro... no mercy there
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    So, do we think it will impact how tomorrow is ridden?

    Or will the GC guys let some cobbled guys off the leash and try to keep it steady. They'll all be feeling a bit tender.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Farrar : Fractured elbow it seems
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    I think it penalizes guys with good handling skillz...

    it seems to me the same guys manage to stay on there bikes again and again when this stuff happens

    that skill is neutralised..


    ok the cobbled causeway covered in seaweed was a tad excessive but greasy roads or even roads with diesel on it?

    I dunno

    I'm 50/50 on this one
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    Gesink has a fractured wrist.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    andyp wrote:
    Gesink has a fractured wrist.

    Oh dear. I think I just heard Ridgeriders heart fracture....
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    iainf72 wrote:
    So, do we think it will impact how tomorrow is ridden?

    Or will the GC guys let some cobbled guys off the leash and try to keep it steady. They'll all be feeling a bit tender.

    they could fake it up no problem as long as no one too threatening goes down the road a good race could be had from a layman's TV POV...

    OTOH

    didn't see anybody start waving white flags on the strada Bianche thou....

    if some of the GC guys don't make it before the mountains tough!
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm

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