2014 Tour de France, Stage 10: Mulhouse > La Planche des Belles Filles 161.5 Km

[SafeBet]

Terrible news for this Tour. He looks completely calm though.

 

[JimPanzen]

How the **** did he lose 4 minutes??? You crash, you're down for 30 -40 seconds maybe. Even people who were too injured to continue the Tour have usually got back up quicker than that.

Then what happens the next 3 minutes. He just stood there?

Had to change his shoes. Seemed to be broken.

 

[ILovecycling]

No choice for them now...

Yea,Kwia will certainly smash everybody in the mountains

 

[Parrulo]

Wouldn't it be benficial for Astana to have Kwia take yellow? He's hardly a GC threat

It is better to see Contador out of the race

But they don't seem to be going all out

 

[woodburn]

How the **** did he lose 4 minutes??? You crash, you're down for 30 -40 seconds maybe. Even people who were too injured to continue the Tour have usually got back up quicker than that.

Then what happens the next 3 minutes. He just stood there?

They had to stop the bleeding on his knee and dress the wound. Then they had to change his shoes.

 

[l.Harm]

Astana riding in the peloton is just as bad as Martin riding in the front group.

 

[the_cutter]

Astana is not riding anything hard, according to the timing Contador gained 30'' alone. (Though it might have been the car help. )

 

[Miburo]

Terrible news for this Tour. He looks completely calm though.

I think it's rather a bad sign, feels like he gave up. I hope i'm wrong.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

How the **** did he lose 4 minutes??? You crash, you're down for 30 -40 seconds maybe. Even people who were too injured to continue the Tour have usually got back up quicker than that.

Then what happens the next 3 minutes. He just stood there?

Medical treatment.

 

[Arnout]

Terrible news for this Tour. He looks completely calm though.

Usually riders looking this calm in a situation like that is not a good sign. I remember Anton when he fell in the Vuelta a few years back. He knew it was over and was very calm, no need for stress anymore.

 

[Ryongsyong]

Then what happens the next 3 minutes. He just stood there?

Yeah, that's exactly what he did. Even messed around deciding whether to change his shoe for a bit too.

 

[cineteq]

KWIATKOWSKI is the new PEREIRO

 

[ILovecycling]

FVCK Specialized

 

[zombo10]

Yea,Kwia will certainly smash everybody in the mountains

Give him 5 or 6 min and the tour is over for Nibali!

 

[Afrank]

Is it just me, or is Astana just riding at the front. They don't really seem to be pushing it?

 

[MartinGT]

He'll get back on

 

[Stelvio]

How the **** did he lose 4 minutes??? You crash, you're down for 30 -40 seconds maybe. Even people who were too injured to continue the Tour have usually got back up quicker than that.

Then what happens the next 3 minutes. He just stood there?

Heavily bleading from knee area, got a bandage from race doctor and then a not-very-quick shoe change.

 

[woodburn]

Had to change his shoes. Seemed to be broken.

Don't see that. Seems fairly calm. Expect him to rejoin the peleton.

 

[DominicDecoco]

How the **** did he lose 4 minutes??? You crash, you're down for 30 -40 seconds maybe. Even people who were too injured to continue the Tour have usually got back up quicker than that.

Then what happens the next 3 minutes. He just stood there?

He got knocked the f'uck out. Looked groggy. But did took a long time, didn't it.

 

[Parrulo]

Was that Contador having trouble following his team mate?

 

[No_Balls]

If he can get back and hold on at least there's a rest day let's hope so

Agree. The scheme for today has to be re-scheluded then just survive until tomorrow.

But this is very speculative. We dont know how it will look in the mountains.

 

[infeXio]

Don't see that. Seems fairly calm.

The shoe, not Contador, haha

 

[maxmartin]

Astana has to drill, otherwise Kiwi will get too much time

 

[Microtom]

This year's tour feels like watching Game of Thrones...

 

[ILovecycling]

so what now?