2015 Vuelta a España

[SwissVan]

We were in transit . . . .  what happened while I wasn't looking?

 

:-)

 

Looks like the locals are boycotting

[T-Bob]

Think everyone was over on the 'maincheese signs for Merida' thread judging by the rate at which the pages were stacking up.

['Dale]

I don't think Dale is supporting what the russian said and as always everyone has the right to their opinion?

Sure, he's like an entertainer

I cannot be offended by the craziness of a Russion billionaire cycling super fan team boss

Life's too short

[Gen]

And Johnny D couldn't do it.. again... [emoji85]

['Dale]

And Johnny D couldn't do it.. again... [emoji85]

Since his glorious Classics campaign he's been so quiet

I reckon he's dreaming about that rainbow jersey, Gen

[Gen]

Since his glorious Classics campaign he's been so quiet

I reckon he's dreaming about that rainbow jersey, Gen

Ja, probably. . Along with a lot of other riders.

 

Going to be a great race that.

[SwissVan]

Yeah fantastic entertainment, mocking a rider who struggled the whole day after an unfortunate accident.

[HappyMartin]

It was an amazing finish. It looked like Venter might actually stay away and take the stage but he was caught a few hundred meters from the finish. Daryl sprinted for it and dam near won it. He came second by half a wheel I think. I was yelling my head off. Scared both cats and the little dog away.

['Dale]

Yeah fantastic entertainment, mocking a rider who struggled the whole day after an unfortunate accident.

 

 

Froomey is sipping on his lemon tea checking his bank account, stroking his yellow jersey, in his digs in Monaco

You're still going on about ol' Oleg - he would love the attention

['Dale]

Today's work:

 

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[TALUS]

Lightning took out our area's transformer - no Hub, Virtual Training or Zwift for me at home.

 

Navicular fractures can be stress related (mostly sprinters) but this is clearly a case of trauma. The navicular articulates on two big surfaces and is very prone to 1. non-union and 2. post traumatic osteo-arthritis.

 

If he heals well it should not hold him back at all in future but if it turns sour it will have to be fixed with an arthrodesis. The whole process can be very lengthy.

 

Unfortunately I have seen sport careers being ended by similar injuries.

[Cav']

 

2015 Vuelta a España – First week stats

– Peter Velits became the first ever Slovak rider to wear the leader’s jersey in a Grand Tour

– Victorious in Malaga, Peter Sagan took his first Grand Tour stage win in 780 days

– Esteban Chaves is the third Colombian to score two victories at the same edition, after Francisco Rodriguez Maldonado (1985) and Santiago Botero (2001)

– Caleb Ewan (21 years and 46 days) became the youngest cyclist to win a Grand Tour stage in the past 34 years

– He also is the first neo-pro to take a victory in a three-week race this season, and the third to reach this feat in the past five years, following Bart De Clercq (2011 Giro d’Italia) and Warren Barguil (2013 Vuelta a España)

– Alejandro Valverde won his ninth Vuelta stage, equalling John Degenkolb for most among active riders

– Following his disqualification for being towed by a car, Vincenzo Nibali did not complete a Grand Tour for the first time in his career

– Tom Dumoulin is the 12th Dutch cyclist to wear the leader’s jersey in the Vuelta

– Seven teams – all from the World Tour – have scored a victory thus far: BMC, Giant-Alpecin, LottoNL-Jumbo, Movistar, Orica-GreenEdge, Tinkoff-Saxo and Trek Factory Racing

– For the first time in the past 18 years, at least two different Dutch riders notched a stage of the race

– Tom Dumoulin became the 11th cyclist from The Netherlands to win a stage and take the leader’s jersey with it

– Five of last week’s stage winners claimed their maiden victory in a Grand Tour: Esteban Chaves, Tom Dumoulin, Caleb Ewan, Bert-Jan Lindeman and Jasper Stuyven

– Only cyclist to receive the combativity award more than once is Caja Rural’s Omar Fraile

– Until this point, 16 riders have abandoned, the highest number since the 2010 edition

– Bert-Jan Lindeman is the cyclist with the most time spent in breakaways: 12:05:47

– Average speed of the race so far was of 40,7 km/h (stage one doesn’t count, as the times were neutralized)

 

[NixM]

Lightning took out our area's transformer - no Hub, Virtual Training or Zwift for me at home.

 

Navicular fractures can be stress related (mostly sprinters) but this is clearly a case of trauma. The navicular articulates on two big surfaces and is very prone to 1. non-union and 2. post traumatic osteo-arthritis.

 

If he heals well it should not hold him back at all in future but if it turns sour it will have to be fixed with an arthrodesis. The whole process can be very lengthy.

 

Unfortunately I have seen sport careers being ended by similar injuries.

Why do you think it wasn't picked up on the first round of imaging? He had to have more scans (?what) the following morning before it was diagnosed.

[TALUS]

Why do you think it wasn't picked up on the first round of imaging? He had to have more scans (?what) the following morning before it was diagnosed.

 

Depending on the imaging. XR is very inaccurate because of the random direction of the fracture lines. CT can miss it if the orientation is not rotated to be perpendicular or if the cuts are not fine enough. MRI is good to show bone oedema but not to see undisplaced fractures especially if it is early and the surrounding tissues are very swollen (lots of flare).

 

But above all - this is Spain. Not exactly the centre of the medical universe.

[Patchelicious]

It is so nice hearing things from a real expert in their field and not a Hubspert.

[dev null]

WTF DStv?