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I stand corrected
Said the man in the orthopedic shoes
go Sangan!!!
Yeah this is lovely, come on Sagan!
PORTE!
[s]is that a tie ?[/s] [s]edit: I saw the rider congratulate Sagan but the photo finish looked like a tie ?[/s] edit2 it's been given to the other rider
carnage at the end
Doesn't get much closer
Why so many crashes?
ouch that must hurt!! Sagan not Sangan!!...
Talansky just pinged out the middle of that bunch in the sprint. Ouch.
Pigface - MemberWhy so many crashes?
Speed, jockeying for position and tight turns. Talansky touched wheels with someone?
Trentin! [s]Sagan![/s]
whoop!
My fault, I jinxed it by saying it was dull! Exciting end, and Talansky's going to be sore tonight...
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I love watching Sagan ride. Brilliant finish - I was egging him on all the way but it looks like he didn't quite get there.
Christ, there's a lot of people taking an abrasive approach to shedding a few last minute ounces before they hit the mountains.
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Should have kept the big tyres on after the cobbles.
RealMan will be crying right now.
If Sagan hadn't gone off the front he'd have had that, incredible he did all that work and was still so close.
Can't be fun to ride for him though!
he should have used bigger tyres then he would have got it
If Sagan hadn't gone off the front he'd have had that, incredible he did all that work and was still so close
I was thinking that too.
Sagan didn't make up any time on rivals, so they where all in the Peleton close enough as they came into the finish area ? I find that a bit surprising, adjusted due to crashes ?
Sagan didn't make up any time on rivals, so they where all in the Peleton close enough as they came into the finish area ? I find that a bit surprising
there might be daylight between them but they are moving pretty quick
anyway Sagan does not care about time only position
RealMan will be crying right now.
There's always tomorrow.. 😥
Ouch, another minute lost for Tejay.
How many crashes? Can't believe Sagan didn't get it. Garmin are blaming Gerrans for that crash and dont seem happy. Gerrans did come across him but Talansky was looking the other way.
There's always tomorrow..
No chance 🙂
Garmin are blaming Gerrans for that crash
and according to Vaughters on twitter Gerrans has apologised-for what, colliding with someone stupid enough to be looking right whilst riding left 200m from the finish of a sprint?! I have now officially gone off Talansky for riding like a prat and blaming someone else.
Is Sagan as naive as he appears? Attacking kilometres from the finish showing how strong he is, doing loads of work and being surprised no one will work with him? It didnt work in London, did he not learn? Always liked him for his stupendous ability, warming to him even more what with the bromance with Ned B and him managing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
You can always rely on Statler and Waldorf to either completely miss or completely misintepret moves. Saxo were on the front "to protect Contador", nothing to do with GC contender TJ Van Gardening being on the ground abandoned by half his team, then?
Ouch, another minute lost for Tejay.
Yup, just hope Talansky is OK, as one of my young GC contenders.
I only saw it once, and on a tiny screen but Gerrans did start on the right of that screen and finished far left. Not sure how he could have been avoided really, if your wheel was overlapping his. Brake ? That wouldn't make you popular. Follow him right ? Probably cause another incidentaccording to Vaughters on twitter Gerrans has apologised-for what, colliding with someone stupid enough to be looking right whilst riding left 200m from the finish of a sprint?! I have now officially gone off Talansky for riding like a prat and blaming someone else
Anyone got a link to the crash ?
Gerrans was sprinting, sprinters often violently change line, Talansky is a GC contender supposedly trying to stay out of trouble and not lose time, he must have had a brain fart as he was looking in completely the wrong direction to where he was going (he wasnt even riding in a straight line whilst looking over a shoulder, he was veering to one side whilst looking to the other).
froome just announced (breaking news on 5 live seconds ago) he has fractures to both left and right wrists so he was probably riding with a fractured left when he crashed out 😯
Its just like Gerrans to apologise nice bloke that he is. He did come off his line which is technically against the rules. But its a sprint finish. These thing happen.
Gerrans was sprinting, sprinters often violently change line
No they don't! (Or at least they shouldn't...)
they shouldnt, but they do...
TBF, they're all moving laterally. Talansky's eyes were looking ahead for about a second before he went down, so I don't think it's really that.
I wonder if he thinks all of the sprint is to his right and he's moving out of the way just as another 3 come round him ?
Overhead shot, then speckledbob ?? 😆
froome just announced (breaking news on 5 live seconds ago) he has fractures to both left and right wrists so he was probably riding with a fractured left when he crashed out
Blimey, cyclingnews reckons he won't be back for the vuelta with those injuries. Doubt he'd really be a contender at the worlds even if back by then. So season over?
TWO broken wrists?? Damn, that's going to take some healing from. Poor bloke. Just goes to show how hard they push, how unforgiving tarmac is and how karma can be a real pig at times.
Just goes to show how hard they push
yes
how unforgiving tarmac is
yes
how karma can be a real pig at times.
huh?
This is worth a look at. No overhead of the crash but good analysis and slo-mo.
Jesus, it was a proper crashfest today wasn't it?! 😯
Hopefully it'll calm down a bit now the race is hitting the mountains.
I wonder if he thinks all of the sprint is to his right and he's moving out of the way just as another 3 come round him
thats what JV said in a slightly more conciliatory interview shown on ITV highlights package, that its ironic Talansky was trying to get out of the way of the sprinters and tangled with them.
Jesus, it was a proper crashfest today wasn't it?!
That's what I was thinking - but (according to the Spanish commentators at least) the number of riders having to abandon is basically the same this year as last (or even actually slightly lower).
You can always rely on Statler and Waldorf to either completely miss or completely misintepret moves. Saxo were on the front "to protect Contador", nothing to do with GC contender TJ Van Gardening being on the ground abandoned by half his team, then?
Well yes, they were almost certainly on the front to protect Contador. They probably didn't even realise TJ was down, and if they did, so what? TJ hasn't had much form this year, and isn't really a threat to Contador.. Commentating is a harder job than some people give it credit, and they were probably right on this one.