TDF Stage 10-Mulhouse-La Planche des Belles Filles *spoiler*

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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    Contador is the Greatest
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Ahhhhhh, a real life pony merry go round.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Pokerface wrote:
    coriordan wrote:
    Sure it's not a team mate's bike? Rogers was on MacLaren bike initially...



    I saw them collect his bike after he fell and after they had given him a new one). It was a McLaren.

    you are wrong as are the people on twitter.

    he has never ridden that bike and doesn't ride bikes with black bar tape.

    anyway look at what he was sitting on this morning:
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    Contador is the Greatest
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    While I'm enjoying Detective FF, here's some info from TS via letour.fr:
    Questioned by letour.fr, Tinkoff-Saxo's directeur sportif Philippe Mauduit who jumped in the second team car to let a free seat to Alberto Contador after his retirement explained: “Alberto badly crashed. His right knee is seriously injured. The crash has been violent. I have his shoe with me, it's completely destroyed. According to some rumors, his bike has been broken but that's not the case. A bike fell from our racks after we fixed Nicolas Roche's bike. It's obviously too early to establish a diagnostic for Alberto. Once he'll reach the finish, he'll undergo an x-ray examination. Before pulling out, he told us that he was in an awful pain and he couldn't go any further on his bike. It's a pity because everything had gone well since the beginning of the Tour. We had a plan and today's race was unfolding exactly as we wanted. In a fraction of a second, it all fell apart, so we're immensely sad. Tomorrow, it's a rest day. After tomorrow, a new battle will begin. We'll stay united and a new Tour de France will begin for us.”
  • OPQS
    OPQS Posts: 187
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Pokerface wrote:
    coriordan wrote:
    Sure it's not a team mate's bike? Rogers was on MacLaren bike initially...



    I saw them collect his bike after he fell and after they had given him a new one). It was a McLaren.

    you are wrong as are the people on twitter.

    he has never ridden that bike and doesn't ride bikes with black bar tape.

    anyway look at what he was sitting on this morning:
    201407131321481178269

    You can see Roche to AC's right on the McLaren Tarmac in that photo.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Sky going too big too early.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    IC. wrote:
    The bike number doesn't look right. Looks like it ends in 7

    Yeah and Roche is 37.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
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  • keef_zip
    keef_zip Posts: 295
    RichN95 wrote:
    Sky going too big too early.

    Standard, just like OPQS in the sprints
  • OPQS
    OPQS Posts: 187
    adr82 wrote:
    While I'm enjoying Detective FF, here's some info from TS via letour.fr:
    Questioned by letour.fr, Tinkoff-Saxo's directeur sportif Philippe Mauduit who jumped in the second team car to let a free seat to Alberto Contador after his retirement explained: “Alberto badly crashed. His right knee is seriously injured. The crash has been violent. I have his shoe with me, it's completely destroyed. According to some rumors, his bike has been broken but that's not the case. A bike fell from our racks after we fixed Nicolas Roche's bike. It's obviously too early to establish a diagnostic for Alberto. Once he'll reach the finish, he'll undergo an x-ray examination. Before pulling out, he told us that he was in an awful pain and he couldn't go any further on his bike. It's a pity because everything had gone well since the beginning of the Tour. We had a plan and today's race was unfolding exactly as we wanted. In a fraction of a second, it all fell apart, so we're immensely sad. Tomorrow, it's a rest day. After tomorrow, a new battle will begin. We'll stay united and a new Tour de France will begin for us.”

    The King is dead, long live the King.
  • OPQS
    OPQS Posts: 187
    adr82 wrote:
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    That was a considerate thing to do. Nice.
  • bluemoon17
    bluemoon17 Posts: 718
    So how did Roche's Mclaren end up on the floor next to Contador?
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Why are Sky doing the chasing? Let Astana do it! :shock:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Bluemoon17 wrote:
    So how did Roche's Mclaren end up on the floor next to Contador?
    If you read what the TS DS said, it fell off the roof of their car (Roche had a crash/bike problem earlier and that's when it ended up there in the first place).
  • durhamwasp
    durhamwasp Posts: 1,247
    Not a fan of Contador, but that's not a nice sight to see, especially as its for sure he would have lit this Tour up, starting in about 30mins from now...

    Porte and Valverde have seriously good chances now, and Nibali must think its almost his.

    Vuelta will be good too! Froome, Contador, Quintana, Rodriguez
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  • OPQS
    OPQS Posts: 187
    Bluemoon17 wrote:
    So how did Roche's Mclaren end up on the floor next to Contador?

    I presume he stopped to help him.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    OPQS wrote:
    adr82 wrote:
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    That was a considerate thing to do. Nice.

    +1

    Empathy is powerful.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • type:epyt
    type:epyt Posts: 766
    edited July 2014
    I wish people would stop posting. It ruins my posts when relating to the one above.
    Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it.
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    Twitter is crap.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    f05ee88478a5de1b590f6a706700c558.jpg
    Contador is the Greatest
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Big Tone does a Lil' Pete.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Tony pulls off after only about two hours on the front. Lightweight.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • d_o_g
    d_o_g Posts: 286
    So who is going to win today then? My heart wants Tommy, my head says Purito.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Chapeau Tony
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    So what's Tinkoff's plan B? AFAIK next highest GC riders are Rogers 18mins down and Roche 19mins down... guess they'll be going for stages then...
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Epic work from Tony Martin.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    adr82 wrote:
    Chapeau Tony
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    Superb! :D
    Correlation is not causation.
  • bluemoon17
    bluemoon17 Posts: 718
    adr82 wrote:
    Bluemoon17 wrote:
    So how did Roche's Mclaren end up on the floor next to Contador?
    If you read what the TS DS said, it fell off the roof of their car (Roche had a crash/bike problem earlier and that's when it ended up there in the first place).

    Thanks, missed that.
  • OPQS
    OPQS Posts: 187
    type:epyt wrote:
    I wish people would stop posting. It ruins my posts when relating to the one above.

    So quote ;)
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    dish_dash wrote:
    So what's Tinkoff's plan B? AFAIK next highest GC riders are Rogers 18mins down and Roche 19mins down... guess they'll be going for stages then...
    Plan B got busted by the Bio Passport a week or so before the Tour.
    Twitter: @RichN95

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