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

[GuyIncognito]

And in Ireland no less. Poor Martin.

 

[burning]

I think he broke his collarbone

 

[T-Nielsen]

The team can't wait much longer or they will miss the timecut.

 

[hfer07]

Bye Bye DMartin...

 

[ILovecycling]

mothe... collarbone

 

[Afrank]

This is why TTTs are complete BS. This is horrendous.

Crashes can happen in any type of racing. Riders can also crash in a ITT.

 

[Walkman]

This is why TTTs are complete BS. This is horrendous.

Indeed. I really feel for Garmin and especially Martin right now!

 

[DonMI6]

Damn, that was an ugly crash. Really sorry for Martin.

 

[Broth3r]

Luck of the Irish.

 

[Hugo87]

Hate when this kind of crash's occurs

Martin and Cardoso goodbye to GC

 

[Bavarianrider]

That's just wrong....it ain't funny when people are hurt. No matter how much you dislike them.

Dislike them????
It doesn't help them a bit if you are crying in front of you tele.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Crashes can happen in any type of racing. Riders can also crash in a ITT.

unlikely that you will take down 3 other riders in a ITT though

 

[BigMac]

Buuuuhhh.

Garmin will go for stages now. That was really nasty, looks like a broken something.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

OMG Dan Martin !!!!

I don't fookin believe it !!!

What $hitty luck is that.

Very upset !

 

[Afrank]

Missed out on defending his LBL in a final corner crash, and now crashing out of the Giro on the first stage. And in his home country! You got to feel bad for Dan.

 

[saneguy]

Martin looks done for the Giro. What a sad start! Hes holding his collar bone. Looks real bad. Damn!

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Astana gogogo!!!

 

[GuyIncognito]

Garmin racing to make the time cut just so they won't all be out on the first day


That's sad.

 

[jsem94]

Crashes can happen in any type of racing. Riders can also crash in a ITT.

The thing is, a few riders down in a road stage means they can still get back onto the peloton in the best of worlds. If half your team in the TTT crashes, you have to wait for everyone and EVERYONE in the team loses tons of time because time is being taken on the 5th man.

 

[Guybrush]

D Martin so unlucky this season

 

[the sceptic]

was Martin going to ride for the GC? at least they still have Hesjedal

 

[Afrank]

Dislike them????
It doesn't help them a bit if you are crying in front of you tele.

Please re frame from laughing at crashes. It's just classless.

 

[Kwibus]

No. The question wasn't who can climb well.
The question was wether a steep mountain is automatically harder than a flat one. Which it's not it all depends on your effort.

When Tony rides a flat TT full throttle it's certainly not less hard for him than when he's riding on a steep mountain. Effort is Effort. You can't can push your limits no matter how steep the climb.

So you do get it, but you also don't get it. Oh well you live in your own world, that's fine

 

[rainman]

 

[cocteau_ireland]

on the plus side,don't have to walk out from the bar to cheer him on. That's a plus,right