Gundy 180 Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 So I've got Cancellara and Gerrans in my team. That's not good after stage 3. Link to post Share on other sites
backinmyday 4 Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 So I've got Cancellara and Gerrans in my team. That's not good after stage 3. u r screwed Link to post Share on other sites
roxii 7,191 Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 So I've got Cancellara and Gerrans in my team. That's not good after stage 3. Yep, time to Google the TDF drinking game and just enjoy the scenery from here on in! Link to post Share on other sites
Steno 444 Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 (edited) it is distressing and confronting with volume but enlightening into life on the tour Edited July 7, 2015 by Steno Link to post Share on other sites
TryTriB4Forty 641 Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 So I've got Cancellara and Gerrans in my team. That's not good after stage 3. I had both Cancellara and Gerrans too. I also put Van Garderen in - he's my outsiders pick for the Tour this year ... Link to post Share on other sites
Will 142 Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Impey back on his bike and rides off with a busted collarbone. Matthews looked like he was in shock. When you look at that chaos, no wonder they neutralised for a section. Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 8,122 Posted July 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Impey back on his bike and rides off with a busted collarbone. But has been pulled from tonight's stage. If they'd lost the others that fell in that crash (eg Matthews, yates or Albasini), I assume the whole team would have been pulled later this week as they wouldn't have had 5 to get a time in the TTT. Has that ever happened in a GT? Link to post Share on other sites
Gundy 180 Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 (edited) it is distressing and confronting with volume but enlightening into life on the tour Had me trying to remember my spanish - pretty intense!! Edited July 7, 2015 by Gundy Link to post Share on other sites
ratdog 614 Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Did anyone spot the perm-mullet on the OGE mechanic in the last scene of the video. Classic. Link to post Share on other sites
FatPom 5,413 Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 neutralising the race after that crash was silly. Surely those guys who put in the effort to break away deserve some recognition for their efforts. if it was a Domestique then the race would have gone ahead and nothing ever said. Crap official-ling stuffing it for us uneducated cycling fans. The race was neutralised because there were some many injured in the crash, there were no medical staff available for the rest of the race. Link to post Share on other sites
Tyno 2,403 Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 it is distressing and confronting with volume but enlightening into life on the tour The thing I didn't understand was why he bothered trying to clip the helmet back together? Surely you'd swap a bike and a helmet instead of chucking it back on the rider? Link to post Share on other sites
Will 142 Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Because if the rider was fine, quicker to fix the helmet than run back and get another one. Give him the new helmet once they are back on the bike and in the peloton. Can only carry so much when he gets out of a car. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 8,122 Posted July 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Because if the rider was fine, quicker to fix the helmet than run back and get another one. Give him the new helmet once they are back on the bike and in the peloton. Can only carry so much when he gets out of a car. That way he could hold on to the car while they are fitting it. You'd normally expect that to take 4 or 5 minutes. Link to post Share on other sites
Steno 444 Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 He changed the helmet when race was neutralised. Bling locked broken yesterday and unfortunately I am not sure he will ride on for too much longer: not having a great run with TDF: non-start and now basically out stage 3. Link to post Share on other sites
Tyno 2,403 Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Chers Will, makes sense. Link to post Share on other sites
Chuckie M 337 Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 I don´t want to harp on that I am away from home, see the Roth post. It has been funny watching the Tour live in German and pretending that Phil and Paul are commentating. I am recording it for when I hit Aus shores. Link to post Share on other sites
downesy68 1,085 Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Bouhanni gone. Involved in a crash with 4 other Cofidis riders. They all got back on, he got in the back of an ambulance. Link to post Share on other sites
ratdog 614 Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Bugger. Link to post Share on other sites
backinmyday 4 Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 GE lost another overnite Link to post Share on other sites
Steno 444 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Orica must have all walked under a ladder on the way to the team presentation Link to post Share on other sites
Riddos 119 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Orica must have all walked under a ladder on the way to the team presentation And that's why it's unfair to have a Team-Time trial so far into the race, Stage 9. With another 3 stages to come before it there could be teams down to 4 or 5 riders at the start line. Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 8,122 Posted July 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 And 5 have to finish, so if they're down to 4, they're buggered. Link to post Share on other sites
backinmyday 4 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 And 5 have to finish, so if they're down to 4, they're buggered. how many left for GE? and do they all dnf the stage if only 4 finish Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 8,122 Posted July 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 OGE are at 6 now. The way Matthews is looking at the moment, I can only think he's there as security in case they lose another rider. Link to post Share on other sites
downesy68 1,085 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 And 5 have to finish, so if they're down to 4, they're buggered. They have a contingency that if a team only has 4 they have to finish within 30% of the winner's time and the time is taken from the 4th rider over. Still not a very smart idea to have a TTT in the 2nd week. Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 8,122 Posted July 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 At least it's not after the Pyrenees. Link to post Share on other sites
Steno 444 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Absolutely right Ex... Watch 4:22min mark of the above video and tell me why he is riding (other than as insurance) Link to post Share on other sites
Tyno 2,403 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Still not a very smart idea to have a TTT in the 2nd week. Discovery were just getting warmed up in Week 2! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Chuckie M 337 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 I don´t want to harp on that I am away from home, see the Roth post. It has been funny watching the Tour live in German and pretending that Phil and Paul are commentating. I am recording it for when I hit Aus shores. Have Phil and Paul dropped any "clangers" yet?, I miss them so much. I like the Lemond on Tour on Eurosport. Greg Lemond the only US Tour winner Link to post Share on other sites
goughy 3,730 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Is it just me, or are they riding like a group of triathletes? They seem to spend more time crashing than riding. Link to post Share on other sites
Steno 444 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 The Yellow is haunted.... Froome was very lucky to get it off his back! And may be disappointed that it will now be back on! Link to post Share on other sites
downesy68 1,085 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Is it just me, or are they riding like a group of triathletes? They seem to spend more time crashing than riding. First week is always a bit crazy and although I've only been properly watching the Tour for 10 years I don't remember it being this bad. I would hazard a guess that a new record has been broken for broken bones in the first week. The big crash the other day was the biggest single crash I've seen at the Tour and when you add up the damage just from that one crash it's incredible. Bonnet 2 broken vertebrae Cancellara 2 broken vertebrae Gerrans 2 broken bones in his arm Matthews 2 broken ribs Impey broken collarbone Ten Dam dislocated shoulder And that's just the ones I know about, and half of them rode the remaining 50 km of the stage. Martin's crash was strange. It almost looked like he got spooked by something in the crowd and just baulked right, straight into the guy next to him. Bizarre. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Tyno 2,403 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Martin's crash was strange. It almost looked like he got spooked by something in the crowd and just baulked right, straight into the guy next to him. Bizarre. Yeah, I thought it looked odd at first, but he explains that he touched the back wheel of the Europcar rider in front of him. If you watch with that in mind, you can see it on the overhead shot. It's seems his first reaction is a slight move right, but he over corrects and goes down after that. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
downesy68 1,085 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Thanks Tyno, I'll have another look. Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
Steno 444 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 (edited) Contador and Gesink already hit the deck... Before the race started!!! Edited July 10, 2015 by Steno Link to post Share on other sites
clarkey 311 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 I have a good feeling about tonight. Link to post Share on other sites
FatPom 5,413 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Contador and Gesink already hit the deck... Before the race started!!! Ah, the old Matt White maneuver Link to post Share on other sites
ratdog 614 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 The big crash the other day was the biggest single crash I've seen at the Tour and when you add up the damage just from that one crash it's incredible. To steal a quote from someone else. Im not surprised they are crashing, " the last time i was drugged up to the eye balls I couldnt even find my bike" Link to post Share on other sites
Steno 444 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Basso out of tour after being diagnosed with testicular cancer! Link to post Share on other sites
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