TDF 2021:- Stage 3, Lorient > Pontivy 182.9 km **Spoilers**

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Doesn't seem to be making much effort to get back to the bunch. Almost 3 minutes behind. Haven't got a clue what happened there.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    Tony Martin must be wondering what he's done to offend the cycling gods.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Surprised that no one is dropping back, considering he's 3 minutes adrift.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
    He still looks slow, 3mins down.
  • gregster04
    gregster04 Posts: 1,756
    Absolutely pouring with rain now.

    Are Ineos going back for Thomas? He’s 3 minutes behind the peloton already.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    focuszing723 said:

    He still looks slow, 3mins down.

    Just reached his car in the convoy, by the looks of it. Another small cost of not being up higher in the standings.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    This is odd, if he's continuing he needs to try to get back as he isn't going to ride 140km solo.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    Rowe with him now
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    INRNG saying Gesink has abandoned
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • poweredbyidris
    poweredbyidris Posts: 848
    Looked like whoever went down 1st got caught out by a speed bump
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Now has Rowe spotting an opportunity to gain valuable time in the Lantern Rouge.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    ddraver said:

    above_the_cows said:

    Has he lost his jawbones again?

    If he didn't in the crash, he did when Luke drop-kicked them away... 😂

    Correlation is not causation.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Gesink out?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Right is a Cardiff two up (plus a bit of help from the team car)

    Took those other serial crashers down with him. Martin up but Gesink abandons.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    Tony Martin must be wondering what he's done to offend the cycling gods.

    Ever since he dared have an argument with Rowe, I doubt it's a coincidence.
  • gregster04
    gregster04 Posts: 1,756
    edited June 2021
    Gesink is indeed being widely reported as having abandoned too
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Yeah Bernie reported in Gesink being out.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
    Laugh at Millar saying the support crew are making stuff up to push Thomas along.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    edited June 2021
    Looks more comfortable now, gap down to just over 2 minutes and will be in the cars soon I should think. Things are calm at the front (although I wouldn't put it past Movistar or Astana to attack!).
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
    Thomas might have had a dislocated shoulder, why he looked so off.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    The bright side of all this, of course, is that it's interrupted the non-stop and almost certainly jinxatious talking about Mark Cavendish,
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Ooof, Millar giving Gee a bit of a kicking here...

    Dislocated Shoulder that went back in is what I guessed.
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • gregster04
    gregster04 Posts: 1,756
    Yeah, dislocated shoulder put back in by the race doctors. Not fun. It looks like he’s getting back but it’s going to be a pretty miserable day for him.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    No obvious sign of his collarbone playing up, his position looks fine. Not much in the way of road rash either.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    See that crash coming from a week ago ... He must be in agony . It's a tough sport
    "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 pm
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Dislocation popped back in, the team are obviously more confident in him now. Should be enough time for the pain to go before the mountains, TT may be uncomfortable though.
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,108
    ddraver said:

    Ooof, Millar giving Gee a bit of a kicking here...

    Dislocated Shoulder that went back in is what I guessed.

    What did he say - crash prone or...?
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    Ned and Dave excellent value right now.

    "And we must remember he's had a long and glorious Tour de France career..."
    "Yes, but there's always the argument he would have had a much more glorious career had he not crashed so often."
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Crash prone, and then how it takes out other people 'Who have worked so hard for months'

    Wasn't by name but the implication was clear...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
    Anybody got an update on the Jawbones?

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