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That was horrible. .
really DTF? Usual shite from a trollLooks like he just ran out of road
Keep your hair on!
It's been said before, the last few races he's done he's looked dodge. Hopefully he's not hurt himself too badly (although it just showed him getting carried off on a stretcher.....)
Never good for anyone to have a crash but that looked particularly bad for Porte. Hope it's nothing to bad.
Martin looks like he's found some good company about a minute down.
Hope Porte is ok that looked shocking and second the big bits of damp observation.
well having watched it a few times looks more like he got tight and slid a little or lost traction
Hope he is OK, saw him sat up before the medics arrives so hopefully a lot of precautions. A real shame for the race as he did look equal to Froome there and such a nice bloke, I would think Froome's first question on the finish is where and how his good mate is.
We just lost 2 great riders from the tour today.
Looks like they have given it to WB, sucha great lunge to finish like that. Dan Martin for the podium?
Or not...
what a day
Best wishes to Porte
What a stage! 😯
Uran then.... another close finish
That was exciting! Photo finish!
Incredible stage!
Gutted for WB, who's getting the job of hoofing him out of the winners chair?
Gutted for WB, who's getting the job of hoofing him out of the winners chair?
The really shouldn't have done that until they were sure. Poor guy.
Froome doesn't need a team when everyone else rides for him. 😉
That was an epic stage!
Richie Portes crash was proper nasty though. Hope he didn't do himself too much damage.
Some good racing this weekend..
So froome going to get a sagan type penalty for pushing Aru?
No
So froome going to get a sagan type penalty for pushing Aru?
Clutching at straws. Given what happened earlier he could have punched Aru in the head and (justifiably) got away with it.
Of course he won't get a penalty but it looked pretty deliberate
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Lemond seemed to think Aru did nothing wrong...
So updates say Porte is conscious, speaking and remembers it all, some good news there
Now that was a fantastic race.
Waiting to see the highlights and comments after that race and ITV4 have just had 4 minutes of the programme between the adverts, that is taking the mick. We saw the standings and a slow mo of the Porte crash and then it was back to another break!
Free to air, online with no ads here though it is now 1:30am
That's because (I think) they wanted to show everything from the business end of the last climb to the finish uninterrupted.
and when the footage of Froome on the phone on the trainer came up this is what he was typing
Chris Froome
4 mins ·
Relieved to finish safely but thoughts are with everyone that crashed today, especially @GeraintThomas86 & @richie_porte
The BBC are reporting BMC as saying that Porte is ok.
Demare has 30km to do in forty minutes to not get cut, likely going to take half of fdj out with him
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The BBC are reporting BMC as saying that Porte is ok.
I'm going for "ok" meaning "not dead" especially given that BMC were still trying to find out where he was not long ago!
Demare has 30km to do in forty minutes to not get cut,
Blimey! What happened to him?
he has been unwell for 2 days, he was calling groupetto on the opening climb.
Blimey! What happened to him?
He's not well apparently, was close to getting cut yesterday
With in 5km he was off the back with team mates, think they hoped to pace him around to the rest day but must of been struggling more than expected
Just crossed the line at 59 minutes with three team mates, cut off was 40
Incredible stage. Brilliant climbing, ridiculous descending, crashes, controversy, just incredible.
The best stage of racing I've seen in a long time,.
Incredible stage. Brilliant climbing, ridiculous descending, crashes, controversy, just incredible.
The best stage of racing I've seen in a long time,.
Definitely exciting. But disappointing to see 2 big GC contenders go out in crashes, and another to lose time due to it.
Wow, just finished catching up
Quite an attrition rate this year 2, maybe 3 green jersey contenders gone in various ways and now 2 of the likely top 10 including a co-favourite (?)
It's hard to watch those descents when the roads are damp
Great stage of racing and plenty of talking points. Great work by Sunweb early on to get Mathews the points and set up Barguil. Sky as an unit looked the most solid by far, I expected more from Movistar. Quintana looked poor, he was lucky to get into the Martin group and have some help on the flat after the descent or he'd have lost a lot more. Shame for Contador too, who knows how much the two crashes contributed to his losses. I was really liking Aru's style before today but that was a bit poor, be interesting to hear what he has to say about it post race. Then the horrible accident for Richie, you felt like something was going to happen on the way down and unfortunately he did look the most likely. I really hope he's ok.
Shame for Barguil having done so much work. But great to see Uran back at the front of races.
And Demare and half of FDJ gone. Who else missed the cut?
Also looks like Froome walked out of the press conference after questions about Aru's move. Looks like Aru is saying it was a coincidence and he didn't see Froome's hand go up.
Also from George Bennet on twitter...
What a hectic day. Mont chat my pants many times
Porte should've used the berm.
Hope Porte isn't badly hurt & goes the way of Beloki after his crash bitd.
And Demare and half of FDJ gone. Who else missed the cut?
Renshaw, Trentin and the other sagan
So froome going to get a sagan type penalty for pushing Aru?
As is normal for the corrupt uci no sanctions for sky however they cheat!
yes that is the reason there is no sanction here
If only everyone were so free of bias as you.
Well I enjoyed that.
Glad to see Uran back on form even with his mechanical issue.
As for the Aru/Froome incident I couldn't see anything wrong with Aru punting off the front when Froomy had "an issue" (what ever issue he had, looked like he just wanted a bottle) so no justification for being nasty. Aru should have just rode on, you don't need to be told to hold back whilst the "leader" has an issue which wasn't detrimental to the race.
Portes off and punt into the wall looked horrible, must have been clicking 70k too.. glad to hear he's ok, glad to see Dan Martin back on and riding to the end.
As for the time cuts, well they're there for a reason.. I mean the commisairs have to open that first bottle of red before 5pm or the race in its entirety is cancelled.
Good fight by Bardet, really good and sad to see him caught by the Froome bunch, but hey.. Froomy put some effort in and can't say fairer than that.
Uran, really cool to see a nice bloke win.
I'm getting a bit annoyed at Brian Smiths commentary, squealy Scottish accent. Someone ought to just tell him to calm down and speak slowly.
And he should back off Aru bashing..