TDF 2013 - Stage 1 *SPOILERS*

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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    morstar wrote:
    He may have already burnt some matches approaching 3km.

    Fair point as that 3km finish had been OGEs strategy :lol::lol:
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,465
    Lucan2 wrote:
    thegibdog wrote:
    Looks like Greipel might have caused the crash.

    I'm sure he was behind the crash. How did he cause it?

    Thought that was him trying to elbow someone into a lamppost on his left - guy behind and just on his right is first down.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Danny two places away from being the youngest ever holder of the yellow jersey. That would have been amazing.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Brian Nygaard ‏@nygaardbn 8m

    Joking aside, our bus driver is devasted. He's an awesome guy and (unlike me) a great driver. He was being told to keep moving forward.
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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    iainf72 wrote:
    Could've had a nice prologue, see each rider, set some order to the race, few time gaps between challengers.

    I think that whole "finish at 3km", "no wait, original finish" thing was utterly ridiculous.

    1/10

    I think it was a good example of performing under pressure. Besides, prologues are boring as f*ck, so no thanks :P
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Tony Martin with a suspected broken collar bone.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,551
    Tony Martin broken collar bone
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,104
    Nothing Geraint could have done about the crash.
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  • kfinlay
    kfinlay Posts: 763
    Kittel says he didn't know about the bus at the finish line or the change to the finish point at 3km to go!
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  • Walter White
    Walter White Posts: 238
    ThomThom wrote:
    Is it too harsh to partly blame Greenedge for that crash?


    No, not at all.

    Tony Martin out!, there goes my velogames chances :x
  • IanLD
    IanLD Posts: 423
    Oh well. One out of three for me today.

    Pole for GP wasn't who I hoped for
    MotoGP win was who I hoped for
    Shambles in TdF and still not sure where Cav finished

    Suffered the Phil & Paul show - didn't even notice the pile up!
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Alan A wrote:
    Tony Martin broken collar bone

    Wiggins will be thinking "well, there goes the guy who wouldve kicked my ass big time at the WC TT" :roll:
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  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,551
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Bad crash for Contador and roles over the line with a ripped jersey. F ing losers that cause these crashes.

    Geraint is on his way to hospital for xrays.

    Yeah, Chavanel is such a loser... :roll:
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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Bad crash for Contador and roles over the line with a ripped jersey. F ing losers that cause these crashes.

    Geraint is on his way to hospital for xrays.

    I don't know why anyone is surprised. There are always crashes in the first 3-4 days, sometimes longer, until everyone settles down and gets used to riding with so many people on the road. They aren't all 16 Tour veterans like O'Grady.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,023
    Kittel didn't know about the move to 3k
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  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    Lucan2 wrote:
    thegibdog wrote:
    Looks like Greipel might have caused the crash.

    I'm sure he was behind the crash. How did he cause it?

    You can see him (German Champion's white jersey) try to thread his way through some riders and then took out Chavanel. A bit too cute. Maybe why he pulled up, a handy mechanical.
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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    Oh FFS! I've had enough now - how do we disable that post preview thing when trying to make a new post? So irritating!
  • nweststeyn
    nweststeyn Posts: 1,574
    Gutted for the PanzerWagen :(:(:(

    And STOP QUOTING FRENCHFIGHTER.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,104
    The Mad Rapper wrote:
    Oh FFS! I've had enough now - how do we disable that post preview thing when trying to make a new post? So irritating!
    +1
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  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    FF not happy with AC landing on his shoulder. Looks bit nasty. :?
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  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Lucan2 wrote:
    thegibdog wrote:
    Looks like Greipel might have caused the crash.
    I'm sure he was behind the crash. How did he cause it?
    Thought that was him trying to elbow someone into a lamppost on his left - guy behind and just on his right is first down.
    Yeah, Backstedt reckons that was him squeezing through and losing his rear mech whilst sending the guy to his right down.
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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Chaotic - but I loved i!.Seems fitting for the Tours 100th. All a bit unscripted and dramatic. like an improvisation, when the world is watching
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Was the OGE bus really 3 hours late?

    I need another gin. Poor Tony. Hope Thomas is OK. Seriously what an all out omnishambles.

    It doesn't really matter who was to 'blame' for the crash if you can ever apportion blame to one person in these things anyway. It's the Tour there are always crashes but the farce of the dancing finish line should not have happened.
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    edited June 2013
    nweststeyn wrote:
    Gutted for the PanzerWagen :(:(:(

    And STOP QUOTING FRENCHFIGHTER.

    Just to repeat what someone else said earlier.. I'l quote whoever I want to quote thank you very much.
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    According to Ned the gantry gets lowered after all the team vehicles go through but they let the OGE bus through after it had been lowered!
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    thegibdog wrote:
    According to Ned the gantry gets lowered after all the team vehicles go through but they let the OGE bus through after it had been lowered!

    For the love of :shock: !!!!!!!!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Walter White
    Walter White Posts: 238
    DeadCalm wrote:
    The Mad Rapper wrote:
    Oh FFS! I've had enough now - how do we disable that post preview thing when trying to make a new post? So irritating!
    +1

    +100
  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    Miller finished 4th... good chance he'll get yellow tomorrow?
  • RoadPainter
    RoadPainter Posts: 375
    On itv4, Henderson said lotto used a few guys for the 3km finish before it got changed. Kittel said he didn't know of any change to the finish.

    Crazy.

    Gutted, I had cash on Cav.

    DM into yellow tomorrow?
  • RoadPainter
    RoadPainter Posts: 375
    thegibdog wrote:
    According to Ned the gantry gets lowered after all the team vehicles go through but they let the OGE bus through after it had been lowered!

    But why was the OGE bus so late? Crossing the line 15 mins before the bunch? Crazy!

    New time limit for busses etc will be introduced after this

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