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But it was multiple seconds. The front group seemed to just watch her as she zoomed past. I even thought it was deliberate that they were letting her go. Coz she's AVV with a broken elbow and all. Lotte Kopecky can bang her handlebars as much as she likes but for her sake I hope the emotion...

It's only Spring in NZ so riders haven't returned yet. Racing in Europe hasn't finished. Our only pro team was racing a few days ago when Aaron Gate won in Luxembourg. It's a long way from Luxembourg to Wollongong.

Just watched this stage late. What a snore fest! Another one.

Ha. That's exactly what I said to my wife as we watched - the female Simon Gerrans. There is no class in riding like that.

I know what you mean. I had a sense the following rider might just have been able to avoid the said bicycle but no .

It was her. She had a mechanical on a gravel section and laid her bike down in the road for a swap rather than to the side. A second later a following rider hit it. Not the first poor decision in this tour.

It was her. She had a mechanical and laid her bike down in the road rather than on the grass to swap bikes IIRC. I thought: "what are you doing?" Actually I didn't as the following rider hit it almost immediately. There's some poor decisions being made in this tour.

I thought they were both at fault. The car could have eased a bit but she did seem to move towards the left front of the car.

I've just seen a post-race interview where she says of her second crash something like "I came in off the cars so fast and wasn't able to pull up and came off again". Not one word about the woman she hit. (I know she's apologised since but I agree she should be on her way home to reflect on her...

I'm sure this has been raised in these forums before but who (apart from the riders who win them and their teams) cares about the points or KOM jerseys? Both of them seem like a nonsense - an artificial construct to generate some interest and provide something for riders who may not win a...