Ronde Van Vlaanderen 2014 *SPOILERS*

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,707
    More massed carnage
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,163
    I'm surprised Bernie has never been national champion.

    Horrible crash into telegraph pole, the circuit would never get through a risk assessment!
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    looks like an execution scene from the Bosnian/Serbian war
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    They mentioned the amateur sportive yesterday was a mass of crashes and injuries too, I'd have hated to be part of that.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,163
    adr82 wrote:
    They mentioned the amateur sportive yesterday was a mass of crashes and injuries too, I'd have hated to be part of that.

    Can't see how putting thousands of unskilled wannabees on these roads would cause a problem.
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Pross wrote:
    adr82 wrote:
    They mentioned the amateur sportive yesterday was a mass of crashes and injuries too, I'd have hated to be part of that.

    Can't see how putting thousands of unskilled wannabees on these roads would cause a problem.
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  • adr82
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    Pross wrote:
    adr82 wrote:
    They mentioned the amateur sportive yesterday was a mass of crashes and injuries too, I'd have hated to be part of that.

    Can't see how putting thousands of unskilled wannabees on these roads would cause a problem.
    Well yes, exactly :)
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,163
    And another.
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Has that gap gone up again?
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  • Pross
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    Yep, was down below 2 minutes.
  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,170
    Pross wrote:
    adr82 wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Camera phone video of the van Summeren incident and yes, it's horrific.
    What on earth were they doing there?
    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152353235233685
    What the hell?? Don't they at least have a guy with a flag or something in front of islands like that?!

    Impossible to cover every island. It needs some common sense by spectators though, like in rallying when people watch on the outside of a bend.

    Ah, common sense... It took spectator deaths in Rallying (Portugal 1986) for anything to happen. Cyclists should only use the road & speccies shouldn't step on to it. But how do you enforce it?
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Really turning it up on the front of the peloton: stringing out as they get toward the Kwaremont for the second time.
  • Yellow Peril
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    AndyRAC wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    adr82 wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Camera phone video of the van Summeren incident and yes, it's horrific.
    What on earth were they doing there?
    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152353235233685
    What the hell?? Don't they at least have a guy with a flag or something in front of islands like that?!

    Impossible to cover every island. It needs some common sense by spectators though, like in rallying when people watch on the outside of a bend.

    Ah, common sense... It took spectator deaths in Rallying (Portugal 1986) for anything to happen. Cyclists should only use the road & speccies shouldn't step on to it. But how do you enforce it?

    By statute. Punish offenders and they'll soon learn
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,163
    The racing has started I think! Saxo and Astana on the front for some reason.
  • cal_stewart
    cal_stewart Posts: 1,840
    This should explode on the kwaremont
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,163
    Belgium must surely have the worst road furniture in Europe for bike races.
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Kwaremont imminently, then Koppenberg about ten K's later. Here we go...
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  • Yellow Peril
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    Degenkolb has appeared
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    I got a few British DK-Dollars on Johnny Depp. Good to see him still in front.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Sky road block?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,163
    Leaders time slashed in half in a few kms. Sky blocking for Eisel but their gap is small.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Sep Vanmarcke sighted!
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  • thomthom
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    Yellow Peril wrote:
    Sep Vanmarcke sighted!

    I'm genuinely confused now!

    Pross, explain yourself.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,163
    Geraint right up there with Rowe for company. Come on Wales :lol:
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    ThomThom wrote:
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    Sep Vanmarcke sighted!

    I'm genuinely confused now!

    Pross, explain yourself.

    I'm going off Hatch, who said Vanmarcke was out but he didn't appear in the list of "outed" favourites. Hatch just said he'd spotted him.
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  • Pross
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    ThomThom wrote:
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    Sep Vanmarcke sighted!

    I'm genuinely confused now!

    Pross, explain yourself.

    I blame Kirby - he definitely crashed and was shown standing around holding his neck / shoulder. Thought they said he'd gone off to hospital.
  • cal_stewart
    cal_stewart Posts: 1,840
    Boonen, Spook called he wants his ears back.
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  • Paul 8v
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    Looks like no hope for the these breaks now. Question is, will Cancellara attack when they are caught? Haven't nseen him that much in the race which means he's been staying out of the wind
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  • Paul 8v
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    Jesus, not a good day in the office for Stijn Devolder
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  • Pross
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    Devolder down and finally out, bad day for him!

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