Tour de France Stage 11 *spoiler*

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  • fastercyclist
    fastercyclist Posts: 396
    edited July 2010
    :lol:

    Hardly unexpected!

    It wouldn't of been so bad if he hadn't of gone and blocked someone else too. Right decision really, otherwise the next sprint would be even more ugly.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    gethmetal wrote:
    Soon we will have a sport devoid of any spectacle whatsoever. Does Renshaw have any right of appeal?

    Yeah, probably to the same guy who relegated Cav last year. I hear Bob Stapleton once ran over his cat.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    JonGinge wrote:
    Why wasn't McEwen DQ'd back in the day? (pic above) Seems very harsh.

    McEwen was relegated, but not Dqed.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    Harsh on Renshaw but it's been coming for a while, not only in Le Tour but since the crash in Suisse and the sprints in Criterium du Dauphiné.

    Maybe now the sprinters will be a bit more respectful
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    edited July 2010
    head headbutting easy now as helmets stick many inches out- more than a bare head..in past era headbutting couldn't happen easily without pain or losing balance. Probably a good thing the riders get this expulsion warning
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  • luckao
    luckao Posts: 632
    Renshaw should lay another one on whoever made that decision.
  • Homer J
    Homer J Posts: 920
    Doesn't supprise me. He can hold his line without resorting to headbutts.
  • sampurnell
    sampurnell Posts: 126
    JOKE
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    sampurnell Posts: 126
    JOKE
  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    Utterly pathetic. Dean moved off line so Renshaw protected his position. Arguably in a safer way than locking arms or bars. Wouldn't have needed to if Dean wasn't being dodgy in first place. Wouldn't have been dq'd if he wasn't cavs leadout man
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Renshaw's move was too agressive, too obvious with TV cameras. A shoulder or an elbow and he'd be on the race.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Robbie Hunter RobbieHunter

    Just watched the sprint finish & Renshaw should not do that shit..good to see the coms booted his arse out the race. 15 minutes ago via UberTwitter

    Robbie, of course, has never been involved in any argy bargy in a sprint. :shock:
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Dave_1 wrote:
    Probably a good thing the riders get this expulsion warning

    I suppose I agree with you here

    fining or relegating the lead out man is hardly a disincentive
    "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
  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    Shoe was on the other foot Dean wouldn't have been disqualified.
  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    Hunter is hypocritical turd. Nothing to do with fact his mate was trying to block sprint because cannot compete in speed
  • Bakunin
    Bakunin Posts: 868
    Too harsh.

    He should have been sent to the back and fined.
  • Neil McC
    Neil McC Posts: 625
    Excessive imo. I think relegation to last place with a warning that anything similar would see him booted out of the race would have been sufficient.
  • nickwill
    nickwill Posts: 2,735
    Out to get Cav! It's a way for the officials to make a name for themselves!!! :evil:
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    camerone wrote:
    Utterly pathetic. Dean moved off line so Renshaw protected his position. Arguably in a safer way than locking arms or bars. Wouldn't have needed to if Dean wasn't being dodgy in first place. Wouldn't have been dq'd if he wasn't cavs leadout man

    its a hard call but your right hooking each other up is way more dangerous than heads and less obvious... thou the counter argument is you should be head banging each other either..

    I dont think he can complain dean hadn't hooked him up he had just placed himself in a position where renshaw couldn't pull over to open the door for cav...

    good tactic really by Garmin though Farrar messed it up by not capitalising

    cav to his credit read it well and went early through the only gap left.. which would be closed if didn't go early
    "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
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    Neil McC wrote:
    Excessive imo. I think relegation to last place with a warning that anything similar would see him booted out of the race would have been sufficient.

    I'd guess it was a thin line between this and the actual punishment. Like I said with everything that's happened in sprints recently probably pushed the commisaires to the other side of that line
  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Yes. They have booted Renshaw out of the race.
    The best decision! The thug factor has no place in any peloton. Bully boy tactics shouldn't be tolerated. Very good! ...
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Sprinters eh, give me the climbers any day.

    If you can't win straight up then you deserve no respect.

    Final 5km here:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saPLJQZhQpk
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    camerone wrote:
    Hunter is hypocritical turd. Nothing to do with fact his mate was trying to block sprint because cannot compete in speed

    I thought deans block was a legit tactic he held his line...
    "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
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Neil McC wrote:
    Excessive imo. I think relegation to last place with a warning that anything similar would see him booted out of the race would have been sufficient.

    Agree with this, I think Cav's lack of popularity has brought this about. Despite the crashes in the TDS and TDF Cav is not a dirty sprinter and I don't think Renshaw is either.

    Will be interesting to see how Cav gets on without him, Eisel will be a very good replacement for that role though no doubt it will weaken his train overall. Would be nice to see Cav do a McEwan and win a few sprints from his rivals wheels.
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  • TheHelpfulDevil
    TheHelpfulDevil Posts: 129
    Neil McC wrote:
    Excessive imo. I think relegation to last place with a warning that anything similar would see him booted out of the race would have been sufficient.

    I too follow this logic.

    Is it bad that i feel that if he was not Cav's leadout man he would still be in the race? or am i over thinnking this?
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    edited July 2010
    the Irony of it all is it was Cav's thinking not renshaw's that won that sprint today

    renshaw got himself booted off the race for no good reason in the end analysis
    "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
  • pb21
    pb21 Posts: 2,171
    Renshaw responded to Dean trying to push him out the way.

    OK the bit after where Renshaw moved into Farrar's line was a bit more dodgy but not enough to get DQ'd over. What a load of guff!
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  • Teach
    Teach Posts: 386
    What I don't get is why do it? I don't agree with violence, but with the half the world's press watching and recording you, you were going to get caught. Surely if you are going to assault someone you'd do it a bit better than what looked like a horse trying to nuzzle into you.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    From 5.30 they have the slo mo of the stupid headbutts (plural) and the obvious block.
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  • Neil McC
    Neil McC Posts: 625
    Teach wrote:
    What I don't get is why do it? I don't agree with violence, but with the half the world's press watching and recording you, you were going to get caught. Surely if you are going to assault someone you'd do it a bit better than what looked like a horse trying to nuzzle into you.

    Barredo whacked that other chap over the head with a wheel in full view of cameras and spectators and is still racing!

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