The 100th Edition Of The Tour de France: Chirps, Opinions, News, Updates.

[dev null]

Aren't Lampre the team that used to have Willier bikes equiped with the best Campy kit one could buy? If so, I would also be miffed.

[dev null]

With a bit of Googling I informed myself.

 

http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/10/analysis/lampre-and-wilier-at-odds-after-10-year-run_263175

 

My lazy and bad.

[HappyMartin]

I'm hoping Daryl has a good TT. He was a big part of OGE winning the team TT and he will be in SA colours being the current TT champion so Go Daryl.

[Meezo]

Cycling Direct ‏@CyclingDirectSA 3m

RT @TourDeJose: Race commissaires say it was Tom Veelers’ fault (via @willfoth) so no consequences for Cavendish.

 

Hmmm LA saga comes to mind. "So OPQS how much $$$$$ you got??"

 

Cavendish most talked about in sprints so this doesn't surprise me...

 

 

And yes i know he's is probably the best there is!!

[TALUS]

I am so sick of this. Cav has his shoulders dropped and coming long before the wheels of Veelers moved to the right. He won this decision because of previous achievements (very considerable -agreed) and his sellability - not because of any rational thinking. No I have never sprinted at 65k/h but that is not required to look at the tape. IMO

[udxcob]

Talus, cab claims he was following the road (holding his line) but watch him in relation to the whit line

[Delgado]

Cav, you common Milwall supporting effing wanker!

...there...fixed!

['Dale]

I'm hoping Daryl has a good TT. He was a big part of OGE winning the team TT and he will be in SA colours being the current TT champion so Go Daryl.

 

Good catch.

 

GO DARYL!

['Dale]

['Dale]

Robbie McEwen ✔ @mcewenrobbie

 

What happened with @MarkCavendish & Veelers was an accident. Cav sprinting & Veelers looking down drifted right. Looks like Tom is ok #tough

6:35 PM - 9 Jul 2013

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['Dale]

[Cav']

Robbie McEwen ✔ @mcewenrobbie

 

What happened with @MarkCavendish & Veelers was an accident. Cav sprinting & Veelers looking down drifted right. Looks like Tom is ok #tough

6:35 PM - 9 Jul 2013

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And Robbie knows what its like to sprint to the line at 65kph

[Tumbleweed]

And Robbie knows what its like to sprint to the line at 65kph

 

Pffffffft…please. I like Robbie, but he's hardly an angel himself.

 

[Tumbleweed]

The way I see it. It might have been a "racing incident". It might not have been malicious. But it was deliberate. He was quick to take to social media to defend himself. He knew he did wrong. He petulant behaviour afterwards belies a guilty conscience.

 

When he was pressed on whether he had caused the crash, he grabbed the reporter’s recording device and put it behind the curtain at the entrance to his team bus.

 

 

 

 

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Edited July 10, 2013 by Tumbleweed

[Tumbleweed]

Kittel disagrees:

 

Kittel, on the other hand, totally disagreed with his team-mate and said that Cavendish was not at fault. "It was very unlucky, Tom was going out [dropping back], Cavendish was going up, their handlebars clashed and he [Veelers] just lost control. I cannot imagine it was on purpose, it's something that just happens sometimes." The race officials agreed and Cavendish was not declassified.

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/tour-de-france-mark-cavendishs-charge-held-back-by-crash-controversy-8698556.html

['Dale]

Second win for Argos