geez valverdes crash is big. love the medical treatment he gets![]()
geez valverdes crash is big. love the medical treatment he gets![]()
Luke Durbridge had a massive stack in the TT too. I think he abandoned overnight.
Another triathlete with fcuk all bike handling skills biting the dust. These blokes are useless. He should stick to the track and leave the road stuff to the big boys.
Last edited by The Dunster; 03-07-2017 at 03:24 PM.
valverde couldn't handle it, and he's been a road rider all his life as far as i'm aware.
lol dunster wants to see them all on bmx's i reckon
i like making fun of triathletes as much as the next bloke but those conditions were diabolical
Triathletes in general are poor bike handlers. I ride with plenty and should know. Poor habits and too much time spent on the windtrainer than out on the road.
Once you start road racing and bunch riding you learn like anyone else. Richie Porte is as good a bike handler now than anyone on the tour. Just some like Sagan and the Shark are freaks
Porte could win three grand tours and I still wouldn't rate him anywhere near the calibre of someone like Robbie McEwan or Cadel Evans. Porte's just another one of those dime a dozen V02Max types.
Last edited by The Dunster; 04-07-2017 at 01:10 PM.
massive pisstake.![]()
Amigos Aarau
Well the TDF is anyones to win now.
Well the green jersey anyway.
So much commentary around this morning on who was in the right and wrong. If you ignore that and listen to what the riders actually say afterwards it tells you what happens.
Sagan says he was following the wheel of Demare and didn't know Cav was there until there was contact. That I totally beleive. Sagan is sticking to the wheel like glue and would be easy to not notice Cav.
Cav says that he wasn't happy with the veer across his line but that's Racing. Exactly and somthing he does regularly. Cav then says he has questions about the elbow.
And lastly Sagan apologises immediately.
DQ was way too harsh but no doubt Sagan was at fault and elbow was uncalled for
DQ is an outrageous punishment, it's racing ffs
cav was probably in the wrong to go for that gap as much as sagan is for probably elbowing him
big precedent for the rest of the tour
https://streamable.com/j7gqb
9/11, jfk
Cav is a pratt and has done that and worse before. But Sagan comes from behind and drifted following Demare, all Cav did is follow his line along the barrier. Can't fault Cav for any of that.
I have seen all the still shots and theories, but watch the overhead footage being replayed on Foxsports News. Probably that footage was the nail in the coffin.
Still at that speed things happen. DQ is way over the top
I know sfa all about cycling but from my naive perspective using that aerial footage, Sagan attempts to block the overtaking lane that had just been utilised and clearly elbows Cav.
And I don't fault Cav for trying to take that inside line either - he'd just seen it used and when he decided to go for it, was still open.
OK