TdF Stage 1 *May contain spoilers*

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  • kingstonian
    kingstonian Posts: 2,847
    Yep, that crash looked awful. Fair bit of skin will have been left on the ground.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,160
    Incredible to think he's never worn yellow before. It used to be standard for the best sprinter to spend a week in yellow.
  • norvernrob
    norvernrob Posts: 1,448
    gwaaaaaaaaan Cav!

    Has JAF just taken that shirt out of the packet?
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    Team Sky ‏@TeamSky · 51s51 seconds ago

    Nasty crash there in a narrow finish. @GeraintThomas86 went down in avoidance. We're hopeful he's okay. Updates to follow #TDF2016
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    Overhead shot really showed how nasty that crash was. Really pleased for Cavendish.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,160
    newton98 wrote:
    Brutal crash, was the Kristoff?

    No, he was top 10 I think.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    Early finish now for Cav?
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • dolan_driver
    dolan_driver Posts: 831
    Was a Katusha rider at fault for the crash? One of their riders was throwing elbows at 1 km to go so wouldn't be a surprise.

    Looks like Sam Bennet might be out with a broken collarbone. Nasty crash.

    DD.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    Bennett in the crash?
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    F*ck it I'm having a beer.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • dolan_driver
    dolan_driver Posts: 831
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Bennett in the crash?

    I think so. Hope I'm wrong.

    DD.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,393
    Absolute legend! So happy for him.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,160
    Thought it might have been him. He was well back in the sprint then.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Bennett in the crash?

    If it was him, it looked like a broken CB.

    EBH slammed into the tarmac too.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,160
    Haven't seen Cav win that comfortably for a while.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,659
    Musing whether his likely leg speed training helped for what was a big tailwind sprint.
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  • dolan_driver
    dolan_driver Posts: 831
    Bennet is confrimed as having crashed. Lost a fair bit of skin and finished the stage holding one hand off the bars. Not good. Won't be surprised if he is out. Sh1t.

    DD.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,160
    For all the criticism of Cav he knows how to keep a sponsor happy.
  • hanshotfirst
    hanshotfirst Posts: 397
    Delighted for Cav, yellow jersey finally!

    First yellow jersey for Qhubeka too, right? That's some achievement.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,659
    Pross wrote:
    For all the criticism of Cav he knows how to keep a sponsor happy.
    Ah come on that's just dull.

    I prefer box office Cav.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    1 Eddy Merckx Belgium 34
    2 Bernard Hinault France 28
    3 Mark Cavendish United Kingdom 27
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,313
    NorvernRob wrote:
    gwaaaaaaaaan Cav!

    Has JAF just taken that shirt out of the packet?

    Hehe... Spotted that too. Must have spilled patatas bravas down his front earlier...
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Flecha in dodgy shirt, his mate's trousers clashing with the tinkoff bus!
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Flecha's shirt is blinding! 8)
    Correlation is not causation.
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Brilliant - my one year old is now very concerned by Daddy shouting at the TV.

    Spotted £2 left in my bet fair account this morning and stuck it on Cav, so that's netted me £19 :)
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Boardman and Imlach in boring blue and grey...
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Who went down in the crash? Looks like Arthur made a lucky escape
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,659
    Morkov the Katusha rider.
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    For all the criticism of Cav he knows how to keep a sponsor happy.
    Ah come on that's just dull.

    I prefer box office Cav.

    I thought it was very non-sweary, then his daughter popped up...

    Guess it's too early in the race for Cav to have got riled by everything yet though - he usually needs a few days of being cheesed off to reach full quotable levels.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,659
    Cycling news reporting big time splits in the peloton including GC contenders.

    Take with pinch of salt, given the crash.
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