TDF 2013 - Stage 1 *SPOILERS*

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  • mooro
    mooro Posts: 483
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Tony Martin crashed during the final kilometers of Tour de France Stage 1 on Saturday. He finished the race, but after the finish he was transported to the General Hospital of Bastia, where he passed a few examinations. The CT scan excluded fractures.


    However, he has a concussion and a contusion on his left lung. He also has soft tissue damages on his hip, chest, left knee and shoulder, and also on his back. Furthermore, he has a very deep wound 5cm wide on his left elbow that reaches his muscles, which causes a lot of pain and a problem moving his arm. Tony Martin will join the rest of the team tonight after today's examinations. Any decision on his participation at the second stage of the Tour de France will be taken after considering how the clinical situation evolves during the night.

    OPQS would like to thank the medical service of the Tour de France, as well as the medical staff of the hospital in Bastia for their help and support.

    ETA - Translation: Tony has an entire episode of Casualty across his various body parts and we look forward to seeing him on the start line tomorrow.

    "Any decision on his participation at the second stage of the Tour de France will be taken after considering how the clinical situation evolves during the night".

    :shock:

    fairly heavy fall then, very impressive if Martin starts tomorrow. it is very rare to have a contusion (bruising) to the lung without rib damage unless he has infant bendy bones...

    managed to watch the first hour of the stage, then caught the end after my 7 year old lads birthday party. pure chaos in corsica, looking forward to a bit of lumpier action tomorrow...
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Any idea how to watch the full ITV highlights? Can't seem to find them on the ITV Tour de France pages. Do they put the whole show up? I can watch UK stuff through a VPN.
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  • Yellow Peril
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    Above The Cows wrote:
    Any idea how to watch the full ITV highlights? Can't seem to find them on the ITV Tour de France pages. Do they put the whole show up? I can watch UK stuff through a VPN.

    Google "ITV player". It should give you the choice of all ITV channels.
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  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,587
    Itv player Normally doesn't't go up until following morning.
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  • above_the_cows
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    Yellow Peril wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Any idea how to watch the full ITV highlights? Can't seem to find them on the ITV Tour de France pages. Do they put the whole show up? I can watch UK stuff through a VPN.

    Google "ITV player". It should give you the choice of all ITV channels.

    I only get short highlights here http://www.itv.com/tourdefrance/. Is the full highlights show not available?
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Alan A wrote:
    Itv player Normally doesn't't go up until following morning.


    I'd suggest you hang on until tomorrow ATC. ITV 4's live show get's some criticism but the analysis in the highlights is usually spot on.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    The ITV highlights are worth watching if only for footage of the bus actually crashing (including driver reaction).
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    ITV podcast is already up, if you fancy a few more interviews and a bit of a natter.
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  • welshmessenger
    welshmessenger Posts: 298
    My 10 year old will be pleased that Thomas lives to fight another day. We bought a "Ddraig Goch" today to wave in the Pyrranees next weekend.

    Good win for Kittel really.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Even Phil Liggett "you can't finish there, there 's a bend in the road!"
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    I'll check back tomorrow, they're probably just slow putting them up as I remember watching them last year. Could have watched them live online I just didn't realise the time.
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Analysis of the crash, Greipel leaning on? Tony Martin taken out...
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    Analysis of the crash, Greipel leaning on? Tony Martin taken out...

    Must be, but they hardly seem to make contact.
    Radio Shack rider going off road didn't help either.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    What part did race radio play in the crash?

    There seemed to be a lot of mixed messages......
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    I like the idea of the Treks but they are so incongruous with the kit. On reflection perhaps the colour is too insipid.

    Cab very philosophical in the post race interview. Great results for Van Poppel and Millar. Both ends of the peleton spectrum covered there.
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  • Yellow Peril
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    TailWindHome wrote:
    What part did race radio play in the crash?

    There seemed to be a lot of mixed messages......

    Cav mentioned that they got the call of the finish at 3km with 5km to go, i.e they were at 2km to go. I suspect that this may have influenced some positioning as I don't know why Greipel would be leaning on like that if he still had 5km to race. It appears that it may have caused a premature positioning issue.
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    But then Kittel didn't know about the "change" until Ned told him post yellow jersey presentation, so maybe some teams told their riders and some some didn't
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    What part did race radio play in the crash?

    There seemed to be a lot of mixed messages......

    Cav mentioned that they got the call of the finish at 3km with 5km to go, i.e they were at 2km to go. I suspect that this may have influenced some positioning as I don't know why Greipel would be leaning on like that if he still had 5km to race. It appears that it may have caused a premature positioning issue.
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  • Yellow Peril
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    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    But then Kittel didn't know about the "change" until Ned told him post yellow jersey presentation, so maybe some teams told their riders and some some didn't


    That wouldn't surprise me at all hence no over-reaction positioning by Kittel at the point of the accident. They say ignorance is bliss and Kittel's lack of knowledge of the proposed change showed that to be the case.

    I sincerely hope that Contador is ok or the GC contest might be screwed.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Amid busgate and the dancing finish line we haven't remarked on the fact that Chris Froome has changed his glasses! 8)

    Bye bye white jawbones. :D
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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Maybe the new competition is to find the Oakley sponsored rider not wearing a special TdF edition of frames!
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    edited June 2013
    Ha ha ha yes! I was just noticing that looking through all the photos of the stage.

    EDIT - Isn't Hesjedal sponsored by Oakley? He definitely was not wearing a special 100th Tour edition pair today.

    PDJ107-629_2013_113557_high_zps23f7600b.jpg

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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Actually, think I've found one. Gilbert's don't look like a TdF special edition pair.

    bettiniphoto_0148013_1_full_670.jpg

    And what's Sagan got on his face? :?
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    His DS was saying on the twitter it was his Maori war paint, which is very offensive to the Maori, if Sagan has not been accepted into a tribe he shouldn't ape their culture, they don't like it, but seriously isn't it that anti-glare stuff.
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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    edited June 2013
    Above The Cows wrote:
    What do I win?

    Nothing, I posted the photo of Gilbert first!
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Above The Cows wrote:
    ...but seriously isn't it that anti-glare stuff.

    I think you could be right. Maybe he was worried about the glare off Hesjedal's specs...
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    ...but seriously isn't it that anti-glare stuff.

    I think you could be right. Maybe he was worried about the glare off Hesjedal's specs...

    :D
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    And what's Sagan got on his face? :?
    The podium girls have all been on a self -defence course
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Forgot to post this, but it's Rick's nightly viewing in July:
    http://dazsports.org/?page_id=410
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    ^I have that on now. Trying not to get jealous of their Mediterranean quayside location. Love how they just drink wine.
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