Tour de France stage 1 Leeds-Harrogate *Spoiler*

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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    Thanks Iain. Brilliant finish by him.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    kleinstroker wrote:
    So who is leading OPQS now then?

    Kwiatkowski I would of thought.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    kleinstroker wrote:
    So who is leading OPQS now then?

    Kwia I'd have thought.
  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Above The Cows wrote:
    kleinstroker wrote:
    So who is leading OPQS now then?

    Kwiatkowski I would have thought.

    Interesting to see how this goes then, as he has said he was only there to support Cav!
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    TMR wrote:
    kleinstroker wrote:
    So who is leading OPQS now then?

    Kwia I'd have thought.

    Oh dear OPQS Dommies will have to show willing in the mountains!
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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    kleinstroker wrote:
    Interesting to see how this goes then, as he has said he was only there to support Cav!

    No, he was also there to see how well he could do in GC. I'm sure he won't disgrace himself.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    TMR wrote:
    kleinstroker wrote:
    So who is leading OPQS now then?

    Kwia I'd have thought.

    Oh dear OPQS Dommies will have to show willing in the mountains!

    Petacchi going on crash diet as I type.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,538
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    TMR wrote:
    kleinstroker wrote:
    So who is leading OPQS now then?

    Kwia I'd have thought.

    Oh dear OPQS Dommies will have to show willing in the mountains!

    Petacchi going on crash diet as I type.

    Unfortunate phrasing there :-( Last thing they need is another rider eating tarmac.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    TMR wrote:
    kleinstroker wrote:
    So who is leading OPQS now then?

    Kwia I'd have thought.

    Oh dear OPQS Dommies will have to show willing in the mountains!

    Petacchi going on crash diet as I type.

    Unfortunate phrasing there :-( Last thing they need is another rider eating tarmac.

    He's always got his inhaler. :wink:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    Right, well I am off to see Monty Python at the O2 now. Let's see if that can lift my sullen mood :(
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    @planetcycling: Patrick Lefevere to #eurosport : "Nothing broken for @MarkCavendish " #goodnews #TDF2014
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Well that is something of a relief! Still gutted for Cav not getting yellow, but let's hope he can ride to fight another day.

    There'll be some big lads in the OPQS team that are pleased anyhow.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    RonB wrote:
    @planetcycling: Patrick Lefevere to #eurosport : "Nothing broken for @MarkCavendish " #goodnews #TDF2014

    OPQS Dommies fist pumping and hi-fiving and Petacchi emerges from a self-induced coma
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Although that Eurosport tweet might be a mistranslation...

    Le Tour de France ‏@letour 26s

    Lefevere: "If nothing's broken, Mark will continue" http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2014/us/st ... tinue.html … #TDF #live
    Correlation is not causation.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Ah yes indeed, thx ATC.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Although that Eurosport tweet might be a mistranslation...

    Le Tour de France ‏@letour 26s

    Lefevere: "If nothing's broken, Mark will continue" http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2014/us/st ... tinue.html … #TDF #live

    Oh dear! Ali Jet back hiding in the toilet then
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Talansky had a puncture in the last 3km apparently.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • antsmithmk
    antsmithmk Posts: 717
    Sophie Smith, Aussie Cycling Journo, reporting on twitter Cab has not broken anything and just has severe bruising.

    Can't see that myself, looked like a certain collarbone but I live in hope.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    If he carries on, I expect he'll be out of sorts for a while. Hard fall. Tough day tomorrow.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    It says on the official TdF site that Cavendish caused the crash, "...while Mark Cavendish caused a crash and took Simon Gerrans down with him..." ( http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/s ... again.html )

    If that's the case, isn't that enough to disqualify him?
    There's also this shot : Bryt69tCcAAlNjM.jpg

    I remember Renshaw being thrown out of a TdF for exact same thing.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Good that Cav is ok. He needs to learn from this.

    Any news on Gerrans?
  • antsmithmk
    antsmithmk Posts: 717
    Joelsim wrote:
    Good that Cav is ok. He needs to learn from this.

    Any news on Gerrans?

    Thays not confirmed yet
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Everyone hold your horses. We have one tweet from Eurosport saying Lefevre said something. Another from the race organisers saying Lefevre prefaced that statement with an 'if' and an Australian journalist saying its bruising.

    Until OPQS issue a statement we do not know.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • BelgianBeerGeek
    BelgianBeerGeek Posts: 5,226
    Lichtblick wrote:
    It says on the official TdF site that Cavendish caused the crash, "...while Mark Cavendish caused a crash and took Simon Gerrans down with him..." ( http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/s ... again.html )

    If that's the case, isn't that enough to disqualify him?
    There's also this shot : Bryt69tCcAAlNjM.jpg

    I remember Renshaw being thrown out of a TdF for exact same thing.
    Confirms what I saw on national TV for all to see. If Cav is OK to ride and he is allowed to ride then he is one lucky SOB. Just sayin....
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Joelsim wrote:
    Good that Cav is ok. He needs to learn from this.

    Any news on Gerrans?
    @miketomalaris: Simon Gerrans has no broken bones but says his yellow jersey ambitions are over.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    RichN95 wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    Good that Cav is ok. He needs to learn from this.

    Any news on Gerrans?
    @miketomalaris: Simon Gerrans has no broken bones but says his yellow jersey ambitions are over.

    They could ride for Yates...justsaying
    @JaunePeril

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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    Good that Cav is ok. He needs to learn from this.

    Any news on Gerrans?
    @miketomalaris: Simon Gerrans has no broken bones but says his yellow jersey ambitions are over.

    They could ride for Yates...justsaying

    Ah Peril, I thought you were going to make a joke about Gerrans having to wind his neck in on the yellow jersey ambitions.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    BelgianBeerGeek wrote:
    Lichtblick wrote:
    It says on the official TdF site that Cavendish caused the crash, "...while Mark Cavendish caused a crash and took Simon Gerrans down with him..." ( http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/s ... again.html )

    If that's the case, isn't that enough to disqualify him?
    There's also this shot : Bryt69tCcAAlNjM.jpg

    I remember Renshaw being thrown out of a TdF for exact same thing.
    Confirms what I saw on national TV for all to see. If Cav is OK to ride and he is allowed to ride then he is one lucky SOB. Just sayin....

    Not sure I'd throw a rider out on the basis of an Instagram
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    Good that Cav is ok. He needs to learn from this.

    Any news on Gerrans?
    @miketomalaris: Simon Gerrans has no broken bones but says his yellow jersey ambitions are over.

    They could ride for Yates...justsaying

    Ah Peril, I thought you were going to make a joke about Gerrans having to wind his neck in on the yellow jersey ambitions.

    Lol! I got yellow carded by RR for the Gerrans quip. No it wasn't his fault and it's sad if his race is messed up he is a plucky rider. If his race is shot then I'd love to see him work for Yates, he could help steer him to a cheeky stage win methinks
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    Good that Cav is ok. He needs to learn from this.

    Any news on Gerrans?
    @miketomalaris: Simon Gerrans has no broken bones but says his yellow jersey ambitions are over.

    They could ride for Yates...justsaying

    Ah Peril, I thought you were going to make a joke about Gerrans having to wind his neck in on the yellow jersey ambitions.

    Lol! I got yellow carded by RR for the Gerrans quip. No it wasn't his fault and it's sad if his race is messed up he is a plucky rider. If his race is shot then I'd love to see him work for Yates, he could help steer him to a cheeky stage win methinks

    I thought your yellow carded neck-related comment about Gerrans was funny, I was just too sad to say so at the time. I've had another, stronger beer and am feeling a bit happier now. I am warming to Gerrans I must say and would love to see him help Yates do something.
    Correlation is not causation.

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