Flesha Hoogerland Crash

RideOnTime
RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
edited July 2011 in Pro race
Ouch!! What a good bloke to finish the stage and no blame to the driver. Try listening to it in different languages - very entertaining - Dutch is the best!!!! :D

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  • cristoff
    cristoff Posts: 229
    RideOnTime wrote:
    Ouch!! What a good bloke to finish the stage and no blame to the driver. Try listening to it in different languages - very entertaining - Dutch is the best!!!! :D

    Yeah, very entertaining :(:(
  • meanmrmustard
    meanmrmustard Posts: 18
    Awful incident, I'm sure the driver feels extremely guilty. Thank God no one was seriously injured or killed!
    Flecha and Hoogerland showed the spirit that would make most 'sportsmen' ashamed. 30 stitches? No problem. Straight back on the bike and finish the course. If this was football (soccer) they would still be on the ground crying like little girls.
  • dougzz
    dougzz Posts: 1,833
    ^^^
    Endless pointless comparisons to football players. They roll around to start a process of establishing with the referee that there should be action against their opponent. Yes it's cheating, none of that in cycling eh.
    Bert Trautmann the Manchester City goalkeeper finished the '56 cup final with his neck broken, what a lightweight huh.
  • meanmrmustard
    meanmrmustard Posts: 18
    dougzz wrote:
    ^^^
    Endless pointless comparisons to football players. They roll around to start a process of establishing with the referee that there should be action against their opponent. Yes it's cheating, none of that in cycling eh.
    Bert Trautmann the Manchester City goalkeeper finished the '56 cup final with his neck broken, what a lightweight huh.

    Ok I should rephrase my last comment and say 'modern day' footballers. There are very few if any Trautmanns out there now. If they so much as break a nail they would be out of action for a minimum of 4 weeks!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    meanmrmustard wrote:
    dougzz wrote:
    ^^^
    Endless pointless comparisons to football players. They roll around to start a process of establishing with the referee that there should be action against their opponent. Yes it's cheating, none of that in cycling eh.
    Bert Trautmann the Manchester City goalkeeper finished the '56 cup final with his neck broken, what a lightweight huh.

    Ok I should rephrase my last comment and say 'modern day' footballers. There are very few if any Trautmanns out there now. If they so much as break a nail they would be out of action for a minimum of 4 weeks!

    Cycling's currencey is suffering though. If you can't deal with pain well you'll never even make it to begin with. Whether it's pain because you're going hard or pain because you've crashed.

    It's not in football.
    _
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    The German commentry is good too .... all on Youtube.. the Dutch though they sound so shocked!!!!!!! best language for expressing concern....

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