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

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  • curium
    curium Posts: 815
    He's going to have to burn through a few team mates now...
  • mulletmaster
    mulletmaster Posts: 502
    Stupid mountains. Wet descents are too dangerous and have no place in a GT ;)
    On a more serious note I really hope AC is OK, the TDF needs it's big names.
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    Contador is now 4 minutes behind the main field.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    edited July 2014
    9 minutes down.

    Oh fiddlesticks.

    Edit - OK 4 minutes down to the Maillot Jaune.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Oh crap.... Bertie 4 mins down on peloton :-(
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  • GentlemanBear
    GentlemanBear Posts: 280
    Contador 4 minutes back.
  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,587
    Bertie 9,04 down

    4 mins behind peloton
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  • bluemoon17
    bluemoon17 Posts: 718
    mulletmaster wrote:
    Stupid mountains. Wet descents are too dangerous and have no place in a GT ;)
    On a more serious note I really hope AC is OK, the TDF needs it's big names.

    What about wet ascents?!
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    ooof... how did he crash? Sounds like he'll lose time even if he continues on...
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    That's not all physical - he doesn't look happy mentally either......
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    His hip/lower back doesn't seem good.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    mulletmaster wrote:
    Stupid mountains. Wet descents are too dangerous and have no place in a GT ;)
    On a more serious note I really hope AC is OK, the TDF needs it's big names.

    Apparently he crashed on a bit of uphill somehow, nothing steep from what it looked like. Now he is by the team car with them checking him out. He looks like he is pedalling okay though. Just lost a lot of time.

    Now they are saying his frame snapped.
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    He's gonna need 150 sticky bottles and 250 magic spanners... But at least there are still 90km left for him to gain back some time.
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  • mulletmaster
    mulletmaster Posts: 502
    The old fixing the rear brake routine...
  • andi1363
    andi1363 Posts: 350
    Frame failure as suggested ny ligget/sherwin
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  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    Now by the car they are adjusting Contador's back brake from the car.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    his frame snapped!#
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  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    Men in Saxo car starring at Bertie's bottom...

    Bit creepy.

    Rolf Harris look to them.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    This is not what I wanted for the Tour. I wanted a victory on the road not a victory of who stays upright. I know cycling is also about not crashing but this is pants.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    And again,... more back brake fiddling.

    Gone to adverts. He looks like he is not buckling down to cycling at any pace at the moment though.
  • ic.
    ic. Posts: 769
    That rear brake does look dodgy

    Snapped frame not exactly good news for the teams bike sponsor
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  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    dish_dash wrote:
    ooof... how did he crash? Sounds like he'll lose time even if he continues on...


    he was on his bike then he was off his bike...
  • d_o_g
    d_o_g Posts: 286
    Astana should be drilling it right now.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Damn the bookies are fast. I just nipped over to Paddy Power to lump on Nibali and they've suspended the market.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Frenchie are you OK? Sit down and have a cup of tea, or a gin. It helps.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    D O G wrote:
    Astana should be drilling it right now.

    To be fair, they really should.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Above The Cows wrote:
    This is not what I wanted for the Tour. I wanted a victory on the road not a victory of who stays upright. I know cycling is also about not crashing but this is pants.

    Well, at least it leaves some space for heroism. He's up and riding.
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  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Frenchie are you OK? Sit down and have a cup of tea, or a gin. It helps.


    Go put some fancy trousers on...
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    edited July 2014
    Gap down to 3 and 3 quarters, but Astana are quietly lifting the pace.
    Yes, poor Frenchie.
    The price of investing so much in "his boys", I'm afraid.

    For the rest of us, bad for the race.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Frenchie are you OK? Sit down and have a cup of tea, or a gin. It helps.

    This is not a drill. I am not ok.
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