Tour de France Stage 5 Ypres-Arenberg *Spoiler*

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  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    Where's Sky's plan b? Sitting on his arse at home chuckling to himself I bet!
  • junglist_matty
    junglist_matty Posts: 1,731
    Macaloon wrote:
    Not good. But nothing to do with the cobbles.

    No, Froome just can't ride a bike in bad conditions.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Bennati soft pedalling at the front on the cobbles. SEP lurking 2nd wheel.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    Above The Cows wrote:
    This is not how Alberto Contador wanted to win the 2014 Tour.

    Or Mollema
    Half man, Half bike
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    letour.fr:
    Chris Froome is injured. He calls it a quit.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    It is to do with the cobbles. They would usually not be riding a bloc at this stage in a race.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    Still 50km of cobbly roulette yet. Anyone could crash out or get a significant advantage.
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    iainf72 wrote:
    It is to do with the cobbles. They would usually not be riding a bloc at this stage in a race.

    +1

    60km/h + approaching the C de l'A
    Contador is the Greatest
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    I'm running behind on Sky+.

    I reckon Froome's injuries were worse than publicised before the stage started.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Belkin rider decides there's not enough hazards so throws his cape on the floor and follows it with a bottle.
  • BenderRodriguez
    BenderRodriguez Posts: 907
    jamie1012 wrote:
    He crashed three times in two days before ever setting wheel on a cobblestone. If we were robbed, it was by misfortune.

    Or Froome's inability to ride a bike as well as all those still up and riding...
    "an original thinker… the intellectual heir of Galileo and Einstein… suspicious of orthodoxy - any orthodoxy… He relishes all forms of ontological argument": jane90.
  • mulletmaster
    mulletmaster Posts: 502
    This is 2014s "ECHELONS...this is not a drill" moment. Such a shame it's so negative.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Know we need Nibali to be on FIRE and a dark horse to emerge.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    RichN95 wrote:
    Graeme_S wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Massive success for ASO. Nothing boosts viewing figures like taking out the star names.
    They're not on cobbles yet, this could have happened on any flat stage.
    So you don't think that there are added nerves contributing to this?
    It's a fair point but we've seen plenty of nervous crash ridden stages in the first week of the tour that didn't have a single cobble stone on them.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    edited July 2014
    TMR wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    TMR wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    TMR wrote:
    Excellent! Froome Dog down again! :)
    This is the most pitiful post I've ever seen here

    That's racing. I don't like him. I won't sugar coat it. He's not hurt, what's the problem?
    Of course he's hurt. Celebrating someone crashing is the lowest you can sink. You are an absolute complete d*ck.

    Oh Boo-Hoo! Upset because your boyfriend is out of the Tour? Tissue?

    I'm not usually this impolite on here, but you are a complete twat.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    BenderRodriguez wrote:
    jamie1012 wrote:
    He crashed three times in two days before ever setting wheel on a cobblestone. If we were robbed, it was by misfortune.

    Or Froome's inability to ride a bike as well as all those still up and riding...
    Have you counted how many other riders have fallen off today as well...?
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Gazzaputt wrote:
    Where's Sky's plan b? Sitting on his ars* at home chuckling to himself I bet!

    Well no, he's up with the other faves.

    Porte
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    RichN95 wrote:
    Graeme_S wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Massive success for ASO. Nothing boosts viewing figures like taking out the star names.
    They're not on cobbles yet, this could have happened on any flat stage.
    So you don't think that there are added nerves contributing to this?

    I'd have thought added difficulty in holding bars and braking had more to do with it. That happened yesterday.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    iainf72 wrote:
    It is to do with the cobbles. They would usually not be riding a bloc at this stage in a race.

    They do that towards the end of a stage?
    _
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    30-50 riders only in that front group. TONs of Tinky.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    TMR wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    TMR wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    TMR wrote:
    Excellent! Froome Dog down again! :)
    This is the most pitiful post I've ever seen here

    That's racing. I don't like him. I won't sugar coat it. He's not hurt, what's the problem?
    Of course he's hurt. Celebrating someone crashing is the lowest you can sink. You are an absolute complete d*ck.

    Oh Boo-Hoo! Upset because your boyfriend is out of the Tour? Tissue?
    Where did you get that I'm a Froome supporter? I'll ignore that bit, but if you can't come up with a minimum level of respect for riders as human beings
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Know we need Nibali to be on FIRE and a dark horse to emerge.
    Talansky...? Porte?? I hope someone steps up anyway.
  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    TailWindHome wrote:
    I'm running behind on Sky+.

    I reckon Froome's injuries were worse than publicised before the stage started.

    ^ this!
  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Know we need Nibali to be on FIRE and a dark horse to emerge.

    For the first time ever we sing from the same hymn sheet! LOL
  • type:epyt
    type:epyt Posts: 766
    I'm not a Sky fan ... But come on Titchy Richie, play a blinder and shut the fools up!
    Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    TMR wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    TMR wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    TMR wrote:
    Excellent! Froome Dog down again! :)
    This is the most pitiful post I've ever seen here

    That's racing. I don't like him. I won't sugar coat it. He's not hurt, what's the problem?
    Of course he's hurt. Celebrating someone crashing is the lowest you can sink. You are an absolute complete d*ck.

    Oh Boo-Hoo! Upset because your boyfriend is out of the Tour? Tissue?

    I'm not usually this impolite on here, but you are a complete fool.

    It's July he lost his head last year in July and got a ban for it too.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    TMR wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    TMR wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    TMR wrote:
    Excellent! Froome Dog down again! :)
    This is the most pitiful post I've ever seen here

    That's racing. I don't like him. I won't sugar coat it. He's not hurt, what's the problem?
    Of course he's hurt. Celebrating someone crashing is the lowest you can sink. You are an absolute complete d*ck.

    Oh Boo-Hoo! Upset because your boyfriend is out of the Tour? Tissue?


    TMR,

    Out of interest, when does your annual leave end?
    Head Hands Heart Lungs Legs
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    iainf72 wrote:
    It is to do with the cobbles. They would usually not be riding a bloc at this stage in a race.

    But due in part at least to his crash yesterday, he's looked nervous all day.
  • mooro
    mooro Posts: 483
    frenchfighter wrote:
    I dont believe this. Complete an utter awfulness. I really dislike the guy but removing him from the competition because ASO wanted to boost viewing figures is a complete disaster.

    Ok if Contador nails this he nails this and takes 8. But it would have been SO much better if he nailed this against Froome. In a wonderfully mountainous Tour.

    Who the fark knows though whether half the other GC contenders get taken out.

    VUELTA will have the best field EVER

    Frenchie, I reckon if Froome hadn't fallen yesterday he would have been fine today. Racing with shot wrists is a nightmare, especially in the wet when you need all of your sensations to feel grip etc.

    Can't wait off the vuelta now though.
  • dolan_driver
    dolan_driver Posts: 831
    It looked like his right wrist was in a bad way. If he could have could have continued, he would have, no doubt.

    The race is over now as a contest unless Nibali can hit top form. At least the Giro was a good race.

    DD.

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