Tour de France stage 1 Leeds-Harrogate *Spoiler*

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  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    Not as one would have wished. Exciting finish though.
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  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    Looks like a broken collarbone for Cav.
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    could be a collar bone for Cav.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Chris Froome 6th. Ha!
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    4 second time gap. Did Froome put some time into Contador?
  • Give me more
    Give me more Posts: 487
    Kittel's a monster. Good effort from Sagan and Farrar

    Got to love Cance

    Not sure how badly Cav is hurt. Wouldn't be at all surprised if he's broken something.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    F ucking Cav. Your team make you really well them you headbutt Gerrans then lock your handlebars and break your collarbone. Where are you Greipel? Shame Kittel took that. Wicked from Cancellara - ace if he held on.

    FROOME SIXTH.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Coquard 4th - super.
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  • pb21
    pb21 Posts: 2,171
    What is Froome doing in 6th!
    Mañana
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Good final. Pity about the crash - Dunno what Cavendish thought he was doing there.

    I'll risk some wrath - Some of the roads are too narrow for the Tour.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • antsmithmk
    antsmithmk Posts: 717
    Milton50 wrote:
    4 second time gap. Did Froome put some time into Contador?

    Crash.... So all get same time
  • dougzz
    dougzz Posts: 1,833
    Looked naughty by Cav, seems to get overly aggressive when he can see it slipping away
  • norvernrob
    norvernrob Posts: 1,448
    I put £10 on Kittel at 5/2, great odds but I didn't want that to happen. Let's hope Cav is ok but it doesn't look good :(
  • Give me more
    Give me more Posts: 487
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Where are you Greipel?

    Pretty sure Greipel had to swerve out to avoid the crash and lost too much speed to finish well.
  • pb21
    pb21 Posts: 2,171
    Whilst it looked like Cavendish and Gerrans were both engaging in some head butting we didn't see who/what instigated that...
    Mañana
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    iainf72 wrote:
    Good final. Pity about the crash - Dunno what Cavendish thought he was doing there.

    I'll risk some wrath - Some of the roads are too narrow for the Tour.

    Agree with both points.

    I don't really care though. The crowd was amazing and it's done nothing but good for British Road Cycling.
  • cal_stewart
    cal_stewart Posts: 1,840
    OPQS just can't get the last 1km right
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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    Completely gutted for Cavendish. I told my wife that he'd broken his collarbone as soon as I saw him lying on the ground with his left hand up. What absolute sh*tty luck! :(
  • mm1
    mm1 Posts: 1,063
    dougzz wrote:
    Looked naughty by Cav, seems to get overly aggressive when he can see it slipping away

    Where was he supposed to go? Gerro was leaning on him and he had no choice but to lean back.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    iainf72 wrote:
    Good final. Pity about the crash - Dunno what Cavendish thought he was doing there.

    I'll risk some wrath - Some of the roads are too narrow for the Tour.

    Well no crashes today apart from the last one and the lead in was as wide as you like. Absolutely no problems with the roads.
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    antsmithmk wrote:
    Milton50 wrote:
    4 second time gap. Did Froome put some time into Contador?

    Crash.... So all get same time

    Yeh. Initially they put the time gaps up but they've obviously decided the crash created the time gaps. Which is debatable.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    edited July 2014
    Some gaps in the peloton. Froome gained 10 seconds on Contador.

    Edit: Maybe not.
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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    dougzz wrote:
    Looked naughty by Cav, seems to get overly aggressive when he can see it slipping away

    That's not fair. Looking at the overhead it is clear that Gerrans was trying to squeeze Mark out. With Kittel on his right he had no where to go.
  • typekitty
    typekitty Posts: 188
    Gutted for Cav. Good on him crossing the line on his bike.

    Cancellara is awesome, would have loved it if he had of crossed first.
  • cal_stewart
    cal_stewart Posts: 1,840
    Looks like kittel's last man sitting up made cav come round into gerrans.
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  • sportvan
    sportvan Posts: 105
    Third year running cavendish crashes in the early stages. Unfortunately cavendish was at fault this time and has now paid the price and now out the tour.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    When I said Froome has got a great sprint out of the GC riders I was laughed at. Well there you go.

    With that place he puts his team car well up the field which could prove useful tomorrow with the nature of the roads.

    David Millar saying almost certainly collarbone. All Cav's fault. Idiot.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Well no one picked Navardaskus for third now did they!

    I am GUTTED. Would you believe me if I told you I was wondering yesterday when Cav was going to have a big crash and bust a collar bone?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Gazzetta67
    Gazzetta67 Posts: 1,890
    mm1 wrote:
    dougzz wrote:
    Looked naughty by Cav, seems to get overly aggressive when he can see it slipping away

    Where was he supposed to go? Gerro was leaning on him and he had no choice but to lean back.

    I must have watched a diff race to you. Cav came over and leaned on Gerrans causing the crash..... Kittel. Showing he is the boss
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    Gazzetta67 wrote:
    I must have watched a diff race to you. Cav came over and leaned on Gerrans causing the crash..... Kittel. Showing he is the boss

    They were leaning into each other. Try opening your eyes.

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