Chris_ Posted June 28, 2021 Share Suddenly our decrepit Froomage is looking quite sprightly among his company Underachiever, Wayne pudding Mol and Frosty 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsw Posted June 28, 2021 Share 5 minutes ago, Chris_ said: Suddenly our decrepit Froomage is looking quite sprightly among his company Yeah, a single day can be very long in the TdF. It is one race where a person should rather not make any predictions. Today was a lottery. Vetplant, Chris_ and DieselnDust 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capediver Posted June 28, 2021 Share ???? Escapee.., TheoG, NicholasT and 6 others 1 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Bru Posted June 28, 2021 Share Looking at the overhead, it looks like Caleb was moving up and as Merlier stood up to start his sprint, he touched Caleb's wheel behind him, which can easily happen when you go from sitting to standing, and the rest is history. Sagan was just an innocent bystander as you can clearly see the gap between him and Caleb before the crash. Caleb looked like he had the speed though, so I reckon he would have won if they all got to the line. Instead he's out with a broken collarbone Escapee.., Frosty, DIPSLICK and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingg Posted June 28, 2021 Share I just feel it for Ewin and Sagan....Ewin was really looking to go fir the win today And a very terrible day for Geraint and Roglic, seems like JV are going through some rough times. TheoG and Vetplant 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted June 28, 2021 Share 21 minutes ago, Mountain Bru said: Looking at the overhead, it looks like Caleb was moving up and as Merlier stood up to start his sprint, he touched Caleb's wheel behind him, which can easily happen when you go from sitting to standing, and the rest is history. Sagan was just an innocent bystander as you can clearly see the gap between him and Caleb before the crash. Caleb looked like he had the speed though, so I reckon he would have won if they all got to the line. Instead he's out with a broken collarbone I think its more a case of Caleb needing to go Left to find the space to sprint as Merlier is taking the space to the right. Then its an unfortunate matter of timing your pedal pressure vs the rider in front of you. A Sprinter will look to minimise the gap between their kick and the rider they need to overhaul. If you apply pressure a fraction too early and you want to change direction then this is the outcome how strong is that Canyon for not failing under the pressure of Caleb's front wheel....?!! DIPSLICK, Vetplant and Mntboy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted June 28, 2021 Share 22 minutes ago, Mountain Bru said: Looking at the overhead, it looks like Caleb was moving up and as Merlier stood up to start his sprint, he touched Caleb's wheel behind him, which can easily happen when you go from sitting to standing, and the rest is history. Sagan was just an innocent bystander as you can clearly see the gap between him and Caleb before the crash. Caleb looked like he had the speed though, so I reckon he would have won if they all got to the line. Instead he's out with a broken collarbone Good explanation. Apologies to Sagan from me for insinuating his shoulder played a part in this crash. He rides on to fight another day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne pudding Mol Posted June 28, 2021 Share Thomas actually moved up 2 places today - so at this rate a crash a day will see him in yellow with a week to go to Paris Vetplant, Frosty, eddy and 5 others 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted June 28, 2021 Share I'm finding this difficult to watch. I feel like I'm rubber necking a tragedy. The nerves are frayed. I reckon there will be a ton more crashes before the 1st rest day. The jitters are real eddy, Vetplant, TheoG and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted June 28, 2021 Share 2 minutes ago, Jewbacca said: I'm finding this difficult to watch. I feel like I'm rubber necking a tragedy. The nerves are frayed. I reckon there will be a ton more crashes before the 1st rest day. The jitters are real And the stress for GC teams will just increase as they don't want to be caught behind these crashes on the crazy technical run-ins. Jewbacca 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted June 28, 2021 Share Looks to me like Caleb front wheel was kicked out like it did because it was overlapping Merlier's back wheel (to rhs from the back) and when Tim kicked (as in pic 2 above) his bike tilted to the right and it knocked Caleb's front wheel, and there was a gyroscopic reaction, as we see. Racing accident. Edited June 28, 2021 by kosmonooit typos Vetplant and DieselnDust 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechatnoir Posted June 28, 2021 Share Orla Chennaoui tweeted that some riders are are considering some form of protest in the morning. Unsurprising really. But what to do? It's suck a fluid thing. Pretty sure we've seen dodgier run-ins that have ended without incident DieselnDust and Vetplant 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechatnoir Posted June 28, 2021 Share Has anyone noticed that Qubeka NextHash (or whatever) are ahead of Ineos in the team comp? well I never! Edited June 28, 2021 by lechatnoir Vetplant, Scary Rider and DieselnDust 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted June 28, 2021 Share Don't think MvdP gets enough credit for the team player he is. He could just as well have made an argument that he can win more stages by himself. But he is quite happy to pull for the team and that made a world of difference today. Not many times that a Yellow Jersey does that kind of lead out for his Sprinter Eldron, Scary Rider, DIPSLICK and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted June 28, 2021 Share 3 minutes ago, lechatnoir said: Orla Chennaoui tweeted that some riders are are considering some form of protest in the morning. Unsurprising really. But what to do? It's suck a fluid thing. Pretty sure we've seen dodgier run-ins that have ended without incident Saw a tweet from a rider saying that the UCI is quick to ban Aero tucks and what-not in the name of safety, but dodgy run-ins like today sees zero reaction? I think a protest can be beneficial to the sport. DieselnDust, Patchelicious, Comrade J and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 28, 2021 Share 21 minutes ago, Wayne pudding Mol said: Thomas actually moved up 2 places today - so at this rate a crash a day will see him in yellow with a week to go to Paris Or, others dropped positions, eg. Roglic (4th to 20th), Vingegaard (9th to 23rd), and Bilbao (11th, now 24th). It like the glass half full or half empty thingymajiggy. ???????? Vetplant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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