2014 Giro D'Italia, stage 1: Belfast › Belfast, 21.7 km (TTT)

[Pricey_sky]

Such a shame for Dan Martin, I wonder if he will now try and get fit for the Tour in July.

 

[peloton]

I don't want to get into an argument but yes I did watch it live and also the recording I made and if you take note of the commentators all the way through they keep on about how lucky Orica were that they had the best ( drier) weather compared to the other teams and that both BMC & OPQS would probably have beaten that time had they had the same conditions.

Regardless of this it was a good stage but bad luck for Dan Martin, it was a really spectacular crash. Hope he recovers soon.

You said "Orica rode on dry roads right to the end as it started to rain just as they finished"


However it was raining even before the first team finished, I was worried for the skinny Colombians on the wet roads.

Both BMC and OPQS benefited greatly on the drier conditions, Orica would have won by a much larger margin if they all had the same conditions.

I hope too that Dan Martin recovers soon.

 

[ferryman]

Such a shame for Dan Martin, I wonder if he will now try and get fit for the Tour in July.

This was one of my immediate thoughts. Will be tough but I hope so. Those cobbles in the first week though....

 

[Carols]

Garmin loses another....

As you may have already seen, a crash in stage 1 of the Giro d’Italia today saw four Garmin-Sharp riders hit the ground. Andre Cardoso, Koldo Fernandez, Nathan Haas, and team co-leader Dan Martin all sustained injuries of varying degrees. Dan Martin was transported immediately from the site of the crash to a local hospital where doctors confirmed a broken clavicle. He continues to be evaluated for additional injuries. Koldo Fernandez fought to the finish but was transported to a local hospital where doctors confirmed a broken clavicle. Andre Cardoso and Nathan Haas suffered contusions and abrasions and will be evaluated further tonight by team medical staff.

 

[RobbieCanuck]

Canada Rules

Tuft - Yeessss!!!!!!!!!!!!

Canada - on the verge of taking over as the pre-eminent nation in pro cycling!

 

[Boardslide]

You said "Orica rode on dry roads right to the end as it started to rain just as they finished"


However it was raining even before the first team finished, I was worried for the skinny Colombians on the wet roads.

Both BMC and OPQS benefited greatly on the drier conditions, Orica would have won by a much larger margin if they all had the same conditions.

I hope too that Dan Martin recovers soon.

Yes I did say they rode on dry/drier roads & this is what the CN article on the home page states:

BMC had to overcome some bad luck along the way to their result, including the pre-race crash of American Brent Bookwalter. They also had to endure wet roads, while Orica-GreenEdge beat the rain and rode on a mostly dry surface.

 

[Boardslide]

You said "Orica rode on dry roads right to the end as it started to rain just as they finished"


However it was raining even before the first team finished, I was worried for the skinny Colombians on the wet roads.

Both BMC and OPQS benefited greatly on the drier conditions, Orica would have won by a much larger margin if they all had the same conditions.

I hope too that Dan Martin recovers soon.

Yes I did say they rode on dry/drier roads & this is what the CN article on the home page states:

BMC had to overcome some bad luck along the way to their result, including the pre-race crash of American Brent Bookwalter. They also had to endure wet roads, while Orica-GreenEdge beat the rain and rode on a mostly dry surface.

 

[trevim]

Andre Cardoso said on his facebook that he thinks he's all right. The upside of a crappy route is that he'll have 2 weeks to rest until the mountains. Without Elissonde to screw him over, Zoncolan is up for grabs

 

[peloton]

Yes I did say they rode on dry/drier roads & this is what the CN article on the home page states:

BMC had to overcome some bad luck along the way to their result, including the pre-race crash of American Brent Bookwalter. They also had to endure wet roads, while Orica-GreenEdge beat the rain and rode on a mostly dry surface.

Which do you believe more, your own eyes or CN live report? I truly hope the former

 

[cocteau_ireland]

Christ Of all the towns in all the world...

 

[ILovecycling]

As you may have already seen, a crash in stage 1 of the Giro d’Italia today saw four Garmin-Sharp riders hit the ground. Andre Cardoso, Koldo Fernandez, Nathan Haas, and team co-leader Dan Martin all sustained injuries of varying degrees. Dan Martin was transported immediately from the site of the crash to a local hospital where doctors confirmed a broken clavicle. He continues to be evaluated for additional injuries. Koldo Fernandez fought to the finish but was transported to a local hospital where doctors confirmed a broken clavicle. Andre Cardoso and Nathan Haas suffered contusions and abrasions and will be evaluated further tonight by team medical staff.

So Koldo is out too,very bad start for Garmin...
Hope they will recover soon.

 

[RobbieCanuck]

Tuft will be busy getting the right accessories tonight ... and for later on one of the longer trips.

Pretty classless

 

[pigoonse]

Very sorry after watching the video and reading about Dan Martin and his Garmin teammates. Wishing all of them well for a safe and speedy recovery.

Congratulations to OricaGreenEdge.

 

[auscyclefan94]

So Ben Hermans punctured and Bookwalter dropped off early due to an earlier crash. BMC would have won easily without those circumstances.

 

[auscyclefan94]

How good does Samu look in the Black and Red of BMC?!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bmcproteam/14124983086/in/photostream/

 

[Wilba60]

Nice touches keep coming with OGE. Gerro and Impey shared the yellow jersey last year at TdF and now the team put up the hardest and strongest worker to get some great acclaims. Well done to Tuft and the OGE team.

Some nice vision and words from the team at
http://www.greenedgecycling.com/backstage-pass/

 

[movingtarget]

So Ben Hermans punctured and Bookwalter dropped off early due to an earlier crash. BMC would have won easily without those circumstances.

The good thing is sizeable gains by Evans on Quintana and Rodriguez. The first ITT has become critical for some riders now.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Pretty classless

Surely not all Canucks are soft and sensitive......

 

[Dazed and Confused]

The winning team in action:

More pics here: http://www.steephill.tv/2014/giro-d-italia/photos/stage-01/

 

[RobbieCanuck]

Surely not all Canucks are soft and sensitive......

Come on. Tuft has the greatest day of his career and all you can do is rain on his parade and mock him? Surely that comes from the bottom of the barrel.

 

[Volderke]

GC RIDERS

Uran
Evans +0.02
Majka/Roche +0.18
Scarponi +0.33
Basso (lol) +0.48
Quintana +0.50
Pozzovivo +0.53
Kelderman/Kruijswijk +0.56
Pellizotti +1.09
Niemiec +1.15
Rodriguez +1.28
Hesjedal +3.21
Martin DNF

De Gendt +0.22
Not bad considering he missed that sharp turn (and thereby he made Poels lose contact with the team, too).
I am totally biased in supporting for De Gendt repeating his 3rd place (or even better)...

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

De Gendt is here in support of Uran only.

 

[simo1733]

Come on. Tuft has the greatest day of his career and all you can do is rain on his parade and mock him? Surely that comes from the bottom of the barrel.

Tuft totally deserves the jersey.He has done a ton of work for OGE the last few years.

 

[SKSemtex]

OOO boy. I love this forum. I have a new question for tonights pub quarrel. Is the cycling individual or team sport. I will be fu...g smart tonight.

So I opened the question in the pub a nd mistery is solved. Cykling is pure individual sport as running is.
If we disolve tommorow all teams and we have only 200 individuels in the peloton we still can have a race. And results will be probably the same. The ones who are the best climbers and tters in the same time will be on the top of the list again.

 

[Arnout]

But the way De Gendt couldn't catch up after that turn indicates that he has no form whatsoever.