2012 Tour de France - stage 3: Orchies - Boulogne-sur-Mer (197km)

[Mellow Velo]

Oh God, here we go again.
Another dose of Sky bashing.

How folks would rather see a 3 week race settled by a mishap, than by actual racing is beyond me.
I'm not particularly fond of Garmin, but I'm very disappointed to see some of their GC hopefuls cut down by a crash.
Danielson VDV and Dan Martin all suffered. Voeckler is a gonner.
It's not good for the race.
We lost enough GC men before the major mountains, last year.

 

[Panda Claws]

http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2012/us/classifications.html

It's that page that is important, Wiggins did not lose anytime according to it.

 

[RHRH19861986]

Hope he(Menchov) will get same time as first group behind Sagan... Will take hours now to get to know how they handle it.

 

[Arnout]

Confirmation that it was Wiggins?

As far as I could see it there were three Sky's in the last half of the peloton. The first two, among which Froome, arrived at the scene of the crash 5 seconds later, after many other guys already managed to go around the crash. The Sky guys crashed into each other and unclipped. Another 3/4 seconds later Wiggins arrives, also pretends something is wrong with his bike, unclips, and continues in leisurely pace.

 

[roundabout]

And so? It's bike racing. Just like dangerous corners inside the last km belong in cycling, crashing does as well.

Crashing when there's at least time to chase back on is different to crashing in the last km.

But ok, let's agree to disagree.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

How folks would rather see a 3 week race settled by a mishap, than by actual racing is beyond me.

How would Wiggins losing the few seconds he was on course to losing "settle a 3 week race"? He caught a lucky break and took full advantage of the rules as they stand. Which is smart, but is always going to irritate some people.

 

[will10]

As far as I could see it there were three Sky's in the last half of the peloton. The first two, among which Froome, arrived at the scene of the crash 5 seconds later, after many other guys already managed to go around the crash. The Sky guys crashed into each other and unclipped. Another 3/4 seconds later Wiggins arrives, also pretends something is wrong with his bike, unclips, and continues in leisurely pace.

For the benefit of anyone reading this who didn't see the stage, I suggest you watch the highlights and make your own mind up. It seems Arnout saw what he wanted to see, rather than what actually happened.

 

[SetonHallPirate]

http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2012/us/classifications.html

It's that page that is important, Wiggins did not lose anytime according to it.

Yeah, I'd be extremely surprised if they decide that Wiggins is going to lose any time, and frankly, he shouldn't (aside from the one-second gap to Sagan). Unfortunately, I'm not sure what the solution is...

 

[Arnout]

For the benefit of anyone reading this who didn't see the stage, I suggest you watch the highlights and make your own mind up. It seems Arnout saw what he wanted to see, rather than what actually happened.

So what did I tell that wasn't correct?

 

[CraZyCaLL]

What happened to Menchov today?

He was in the last crash

 

[Ferminal]

How folks would rather see a 3 week race settled by a mishap, than by actual racing is beyond me.

Well that's just the first week of the Tour, it will happen regardless.

The 2014 start should be in Trentino.

 

[Forunculo]

Wiggo deserves to lost 50 seconds, he could avoid the crash but cleverly pretend to be caught

 

[UlleGigo]

So what did I tell that wasn't correct?

You forgot that Wiggins was clearly powering up the climb in 50th position completely in control of the race thanks to his altitude training.

 

[Ildabaoth]

To be fair, I found the celebration more fun than cocky. I liked it.

 

[webbie146]

For the benefit of anyone reading this who didn't see the stage, I suggest you watch the highlights and make your own mind up. It seems Arnout saw what he wanted to see, rather than what actually happened.

Any link where I can watch it?

 

[The Chicken]

WHY WAS MENCHOV NOT GIVEN SAME TIME AS WIGGINS AND OTHERS IN THAT LAST CRASH???

 

[DenisMenchov]

65. RUSMENCHOV Denis 131 KATUSHA TEAM 04h 42' 59'' + 00' 01''

Thank God.

 

[Fetisoff]

65. RUSMENCHOV Denis 131 KATUSHA TEAM 04h 42' 59'' + 00' 01''


Phew... Figured they were gonna do that, but was still worried until it was official

 

[LaFleur]

Menchov has the same time as others now.

 

[cineteq]

To be fair, I found the celebration more fun than cocky. I liked it.

Sagan haters will say it was cocky, the rest will say it's the best celebration ever!

 

[Gloin22]

WHY WAS MENCHOV NOT GIVEN SAME TIME AS WIGGINS AND OTHERS IN THAT LAST CRASH???

They will. Times are still corrected and they are provsional.

 

[taiwan]

I haven't seen the video, but Menchov is out the GC top ten on letour site. Are they screwing him over?

edit - everyone posting the same thing.

edit - and he's back.

 

[Coramoor]

WHY WAS MENCHOV NOT GIVEN SAME TIME AS WIGGINS AND OTHERS IN THAT LAST CRASH???

he was, they just updated the tour site, froome also at 0.01

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

WHY WAS MENCHOV NOT GIVEN SAME TIME AS WIGGINS AND OTHERS IN THAT LAST CRASH???

Good timing...

 

[Pharazon]

Menchov, Wiggins, Froome, etc all classified at 1 sec now