Giro 2021:- Stage 5: Modena – Cattolica 175 km **Spoilers**
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Probably even more like Geraint to crash on an seemingly innocuous day rather than yesterday when it was foul with wet descents.pblakeney said:
Right call, wrong day. 😉commuterlegs said:
Sivakov, seems like the new Geraint.pblakeney said:
So, which Ineos rider will it be this time?1 -
Nothing particularly bad happened, bit of a squeeze in the bunch, had to move left, and the tree branches were lower than he was expecting. Clotheslined by them. Painful.
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That really looked like a sore one.0
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Looked to me that a teammate inadvertently forced him to ride close to the road edge just where the bush grew over the road.blazing_saddles said:
Not sure whether Sivakov is unlucky, a poor bike handler, or a combination of both.
(Although it was different circumstances for Sivakov, untrimmed bushes along road edges are one of my pet peeves, I know a couple of roads, one lane in each direction, where they grow a good 2 ft over the roadway, so force a cyclist to ride more in the middle of a lane, which in turn causes conflicts with car drivers)0 -
What I thought too. And the rear mech accidentally knocked by Ewan.Dorset_Boy said:Think Merlier may have had his rear mech knocked and then struggling to pedal - dropped chain?
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I'd guess more likely scaphoid or similar re Dombrowski; he probably would have held his arm differently if it is was the collarbone.Pross said:Dombrowski finishing but looks like he may have done a collarbone. Bahrain finishing en bloc without Landa.
Unsurprisingly, it's since been announced that Landa won't be there tomorrow.0 -
Clip was a full 30 seconds long so it was inevitable that Hatch would repeat a sentence at least once (that is not good news...that is not good news)1
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Bahrain left their two stealth fighters, Bilbao and Caruso stay in the pack.
So neither lost any time."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Sivakov confirmed out now by Ineos twitter, shoulder injury0
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Catching up... an aside, the Breakaway post race on GCN / Eurosport player has/had Sean Kelly on it. First time I've seen him in years.0
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Not a fan of an untrimmed bush myself!jimmyjams said:
Looked to me that a teammate inadvertently forced him to ride close to the road edge just where the bush grew over the road.blazing_saddles said:
Not sure whether Sivakov is unlucky, a poor bike handler, or a combination of both.
(Although it was different circumstances for Sivakov, untrimmed bushes
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The financial model of this race, and most others, is to charge the finishing town to host the finish, so the local authority, understandably, wants to showcase the town, not an anonymous empty road on the outskirts. But the race organisers definitely need to push back urban finishing circuits like today and bring the race into the centre of town on the safest available route.blazing_saddles said:but the real problem is town centre sprint finishes and all the street furniture.
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Landa: a broken collarbone and 5 broken ribs as well."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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andyp said:
The financial model of this race, and most others, is to charge the finishing town to host the finish, so the local authority, understandably, wants to showcase the town, not an anonymous empty road on the outskirts. But the race organisers definitely need to push back urban finishing circuits like today and bring the race into the centre of town on the safest available route.blazing_saddles said:but the real problem is town centre sprint finishes and all the street furniture.
They also need to make the stage more testing. Everyone trundled along at 35kph for much of today, so when it got to the tricky bits full teams were going full gas battling for positionTwitter: @RichN950 -
Ouch. Thanks for the update.blazing_saddles said:Landa: a broken collarbone and 5 broken ribs as well.
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Update on Dombrowski: nothing broken, but possible concussion so being assessed tonight and again in the morning.
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Leaving ric out the loop is getting to be the best bit of these finishes"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm1
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Yeah I get very lost on these threads at the moment.
A “x wins” would be helpful. When skimming between Landa crash info I took “Ewan takes it” to be related to the crash in some way.
Like that was in between the crash chat so whilst scanning I thought they were caught up in itDorset_Boy said:Ewan from Nizzolo after Merlier uncliped.
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Whilst I've criticised some spoiler threads where there have been cryptic comments about the result but no mention of the actual winner I'm not sure how:rick_chasey said:Yeah I get very lost on these threads at the moment.
A “x wins” would be helpful. When skimming between Landa crash info I took “Ewan takes it” to be related to the crash in some way.
Like that was in between the crash chat so whilst scanning I thought they were caught up in itDorset_Boy said:Ewan from Nizzolo after Merlier uncliped.
"Ewan from Nizzolo after Merlier uncliped."
"Ewan takes it with Nizzolo getting yet another Giro second place."
Or
"Ewan from Nizzolo?
I wasn't sure he had come round but Hatch was."
Followed by
"Oh yeah, Ewan very clear from the overhead"
Can be seen as anything other than the result.2 -
Roadside video of Landa crash. Doesn't sound like the marshall had a whistle.
https://www.facebook.com/inbicimagazine/videos/5365159496892223/Savoie between the Glandon and the Madeleine.0 -
I think he was more in need of a gun, than a whistle.huret said:Roadside video of Landa crash. Doesn't sound like the marshall had a whistle.
https://www.facebook.com/inbicimagazine/videos/5365159496892223/
Was it that man Molano again, who decided to switch sides at the very last second, with team mate, Dombrowski in his wheel?
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.1 -
I do wonder if the marshall needs to be that far in front of the road furniture - I get that he's there to provide an advance warning but who provides the advance warning about the marshall stood in the road. With no whistle arguably he's just another obstacle to hit.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0
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I don't think he's that far in front, only 2m or so and seems to be stood in the hatched road markings. It also looks like a fairly straight approach so there should have been plenty of warning. Just riders losing concentration momentarily at the end of a long, boring stage.DeVlaeminck said:I do wonder if the marshall needs to be that far in front of the road furniture - I get that he's there to provide an advance warning but who provides the advance warning about the marshall stood in the road. With no whistle arguably he's just another obstacle to hit.
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Christ. He's not much more visible than the obstacle is he?huret said:Roadside video of Landa crash. Doesn't sound like the marshall had a whistle.
https://www.facebook.com/inbicimagazine/videos/5365159496892223/
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Perhaps putting him on a small platform behind the padded area would have made him more visible.
But it's clear from the video it's the last second change from the 3 riders as mentioned above, that caused the carnage. Landa especially unfortunate, as he was a total passenger it seems.
Additionally or instead even, could they not utilise some of the flashing arrow type things they use for roadworks? - Hoist it\elevate it up high, and everyone would see it from distance, including team cars - who could radio the team.
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Poor clothing choices made there.kingstongraham said:
Christ. He's not much more visible than the obstacle is he?huret said:Roadside video of Landa crash. Doesn't sound like the marshall had a whistle.
https://www.facebook.com/inbicimagazine/videos/5365159496892223/The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
La Flamme Rouge posted this yesterday as well. Nothing's 100% guaranteed to work but when they are definitely going to be at full concentration on what's happening immediately around them in the bunch at 60kmh+, the more advanced warning the better.daniel_b said:Perhaps putting him on a small platform behind the padded area would have made him more visible.
But it's clear from the video it's the last second change from the 3 riders as mentioned above, that caused the carnage. Landa especially unfortunate, as he was a total passenger it seems.
Additionally, could they not utilise some of the flashing arrow type things they use for roadworks? - Hoist it\elevate it up high, and everyone would see it from distance.
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