'Dale Posted July 10, 2014 Share No puncture then for Kittel, just no legs to contest the sprint: "I lost a lot of energy in the crosswinds. We could not react as a team any more. That's not criticism at all, we just didn't have the control of the race any more," he said. "It was not good, but in the end, sometimes it's good to have those moments in the race or in a stage, where you end up at a point that you did not want to be. You can find those mistakes and do it better next time." Gen and GLuvsMtb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted July 10, 2014 Share 'Dale just lost his position as the Lantern Rouge, and you wanted to call it a day Thanx for not accepting my resignation, Gerald'It's been a tough few days. WHOOHOO!! Frosty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted July 10, 2014 Share Marcel Kit Kat's leadout John Degenkolb is a bit tattered, crashing twice today: "Importantly for Kittel, he lost one of his main men with more than 20 kilometres from the finish. John Degenkolb has been doing a sterling job for Kittel, leading him out to two of his three victories. After finishing second at Paris-Roubaix earlier this season, Degenkolb was tipped as a potential victor. However, he crashed twice during the stage and injured his gluteus maximus." http://www.cyclingne...-france-stage-6 Edited July 10, 2014 by kosmonooit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoke101 Posted July 10, 2014 Share My 2C on the Froome, Ok to start I'm built like him 188cm and 60kg on a good day^_^. Now I have taken a few spills on the tar at +45kph and it's not fun smashing bones to tar. Now take into account, that Froome after the 3rd crash is in extreme pain as crashing on a bruised bone is one of the most painful experiences of my life. He would have had to chase back to the bunch 3mins ahead. Probably crash again on the cobbles or loose huge time being extra cearful. had crashed on both sides of his body so sleeping is not going to be easy and thus he won't be able to recover and perform as needed. Has a possible fracture in his wrist. Now taking all this in to account he could have possibly continued and maybe won a stage later in the tour but the win was out of the question imo. winning stages is not what he is there for or getting paid for so instead of continuing and maybe having a season or career ending crash in order to prove he is a super tough rider, rather cut your losses and fight another day. Akon and igknot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted July 10, 2014 Share "I was right there when Froome went down. He slid about 50 yards. I'm not surprise he climbed off...He caught a little crack in the road. There was road furniture on the left and he got caught in the crack and it took his front wheel. It was nothing he could do about it. It wasn't about experience or lack of bike handling skills. It was just very slippery and he got caught in the gap and went down. It could have happened to any rider." Horner, witness to Froome Dawg's crash Pure Savage and Danger Dassie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted July 10, 2014 Share Roll call of the withdrawals today 117 RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano LAM DNS33 HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ Jesus Alberto TCS withdrawal26 SILIN Egor KAT withdrawal9 ZANDIO ECHAIDE Xabier SKY withdrawal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Horn Posted July 10, 2014 Share Watched some TdF at Handlebar this morning.Glad I don't have to ride on those muddy cobbles/narrow roads.Eina waiting to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted July 11, 2014 Share Chris Froome will now target the Vuelta a Espana after crashing out of the Tour de France, his Team Sky manager Dave Brailsford said. Read more at http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/07/news/froome-eyes-vuelta-british-cycling-suffers-following-uk-grand-depart_335498#kqLOAWjdM1MRWPGo.99 The Froome vs Quintana speel will liven up the end of season grand tour for sure Maniax, pe3nguin and Pure Savage 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchelicious Posted July 11, 2014 Share The Froome vs Quintana speel will liven up the end of season grand tour for sureAny other big names going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombeej Posted July 11, 2014 Share I'm guessing Purito too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted July 11, 2014 Share At the start for today's stage in Epernay. ScottCM, GLuvsMtb, Metzet and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rouxtjie Posted July 11, 2014 Share See if you can get a lekker photo of bertie please gummi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted July 11, 2014 Share Summary Thats a great graphic, which site is that from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottCM Posted July 11, 2014 Share Any other big names going? Depending on injury, maybe (Hopefully) Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted July 11, 2014 Share Depending on injury, maybe (Hopefully) Andy He said 'big' names .... :ph34r: fanievb and rouxtjie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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