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That nudge stopped him going for it, guess he thought it might be a hollow win?
Wonder if Cav will get penalised for that?
Oops.
looked like cav's mistake from where I was sitting but who knows
What happend?
I'm guessing a relegation for Mr Cavendish for that one...
Mind you the other guy did sit up.
well that was a silly finishing 'straight'
I'd guess Cav DQ also, lucky that didnt bring a whole load down!
No doubt Cav will get relegated for that, to be fair though if you sit up in the middle of the pack when they're going for a sprint finish you can expect some kind of carnage 😯
Damn that looked painful. Very lucky not to cause a massive pile up.
Looks to me like the other guy swerved into Cav and he gave him a nudge back, tit for tat, but the other guy ended up going down.
Wasn't he part of kittels lead out train- guys sit up and slow down in every sprint. I like cav but he should be DQ'ed for that. Fat chance though.
well that was a silly finishing 'straight'
I'm all for variety, and if every finish was on a motorway it would be a bit boring - it's good to have some technical finishes. However, in a race like the tour, there's just too many riders, and it's all too fast. I've been quite disappointed with the sprint finishes so far, they seem to have been marred with more crashes then usual, and I think it might have something to do with the layout of the run ins.
Definitely does look like the Argos guy didn't hold his line and wasn't really Cav's fault. Wonder how the French will see it though..
Also quick-step sucking as usual.. Cav to change team? Garmin? 😉
Definitely does look like the Argos guy didn't hold his line and wasn't really Cav's fault. Wonder how the French will see it though..
Yeah, watching it back on the Eurosport coverage, it looks more like "one of those things". The other guy drifted right (cos his team mate was on the left), Cav was going left to get onto Griepel's wheel.
Maybe no real blame either side.
Cav shouldn't be DQ'd or relegated as the other guy was all over the place in front of him.
Cav does however need to ditch his lead out train and start jumping on other folks.
Mol, watched slo mo doesn't look like that to me, cav is leaning towards him for about 2 crank turns, other guy is bolt upright. Head on totally shows intent on cav, facial expression and position all look bad. The other guy does wonder off line, but basically goes left then right, back onto the line he was already on (right on white line). Cavs move was a sprinter vs sprinter strong-arm, except against a slowing non sprinter.
Before the hit by cav, a cynic might suggest the Argos rider sitting up had a look at cav and drifted right to clear him out as kittel went up the left. Cav's response ott, though.
cav is leaning towards him for about 2 crank turns, other guy is bolt upright. Head on totally shows intent on cav, facial expression and position all look bad.
Yeah but he could see the impact coming and brace for it. Bear in mind this is all happening at 70kph, there's really nothing you can do other than brace for impact - he absorbed the shock of the other guy drifting into him, not much else you can do.
Didn't see it so is it worth watching the highlights later? There has to be less ads surely!
TomB I agree, Shimano rider looked back, saw him, and deliberately drifted back to stop Cav getting across onto wheels.
Crazy, Cav is "bracing" for an impact he is going to deliberately make, he could see it coming as he he instigated it. At the point they collide the other guy is bolt upright riding in a straight line right along the painted centre white line. Cav is leaning his upper body off his bike towards him as he comes up behind him-looks to me like Cav was p1ssed off he was impeded and decided to deliberately hit him, but wasn't expecting the result.
Press conference outside bus really did him no favours - mentioned everything but the crash, then snatches dictaphone out of journos hand 🙄
I DO agree that his team appear to suck at leading him out.
someone please tell sagan to shave that stupid thing off his chin
Six of one and half a dozen of the other. I don't care cause I got Kittel and Cav in my deam today.
cav took that rider out like some mad spanish bull
moving on from crashgate, great to see Kittel getting the opportunity to beat all the sprint favourites, rather than have people be able to suggest "Well, X wasnt there...".
And yes I should have put him in my team....
Re: Ryder's sunglasses: already done!
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They are not funky eyewear .They look like a Conference footballers missus glases
LOL @ Cav's latest tweet:
Can all sprint experts on twitter go & try flicking their bike right at 65kph without leaning your body left to balance & come back to me.
I wonder if Cav spoke some extra comments into the tape recorder before it got returned to the reporter 🙂
Where do I find this broom wagon program they do after? I can only find the first one to watch again.
The argos rider started to move left then drifted back right at the same time Cav made a dive for Griepels wheel. I'd say 60:40 to Cav. He should not have done the interviews though.
Cav's team more than a little short of the mark at the mo - how many times has he had to go looking for a wheel from another team??
Cav was right it was not his fault though he explained it poorly. He needs to be allowed to calm down before he does interviews as he comes over as a dick at times
Thank christ Stannard was there. WTF happend to the rest of sky?
Sky dont look anywhere near as good without Wiggo. Froome maybe a Tour challenger but he seems to be lacking the support in depth that BW had last year. I think CF is in for a tough time. Could be the making of the boy..
Cavs great. He makes Cadel Evans look calm! Wasnt his fault the guy went one way then the other.
to be fair to stannard he is riding for two. his job would have been to ride on the front all afternoon jens voight style. thomas would have been the guy to get froome through the finishing kms but hes at the back with a broken pelvis. dont know where bossan hagen went tho.
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Blatent blocking.
When does the full stage 10 highlights become available on itvplayer? I cant find it..
Ah good point re Geraint.
Rubbing is racing. Veelers is about twice as big as Cav and went down like a sack of shit. He just got taught a lesson - how to brace for a missile impact!
What I want to know is why didn't Cav follow Steegman's wheel as he piled past everyone? I think that was the bad decision, as instead of getting Griepel's wheel and 2nd man, he ended up 4th man behind a leadout.
Rubbing is racing. Veelers is about twice as big as Cav and went down like a sack of shit. He just got taught a lesson - how to brace for a missile impact!
What I want to know is why didn't Cav follow Steegman's wheel as he piled past everyone? I think that was the bad decision, as instead of getting Griepel's wheel and 2nd man, he ended up 4th man behind a leadout which he was always going to have to get past.
Looks like a punishment pass by Cav to me, after he got pulled out on.
White van driver in a past life? 😀
why didn't Cav follow Steegman's wheel as he piled past everyone?
cav said he went to early, i thought the same live, but in hindsight it looks like steegmans would have been the right wheel as it was a sprint that paid to be a front as it was surprisingly narrow and twisty.
i have to say i think veelers is playing silly buggers and got burned.