2014 Tour de Suisse :Stage 5, Ossingen → Büren an der Aare, 184 km

[Der Effe]

Great tv coverage.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Modolo easily. Well done.

 

[Afrank]

Very nice sprint from Modolo for the win.

Crash stopped the rest of the peloton, hopefully no one seriously hurt.

Looks like it was Cav?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

It looked like Van Poppel pushing Goss.

 

[The Blues]

I'm impressed by how good Renshaw is at positioning himself and Cav. I know Cav lost his wheel and was part of the big crash, but Renshaw's ability to maneuvre around in the bunch sprints is really impressive.

 

[HoinkDoink]

Looks like Van Poppel hit Goss and he went down with Cav behind him

 

[Afrank]

1. Modolo
2. Sagan
3. Degenkolb
4. Kristoff
5. Rojas
6. Van Popel
7. Vangenechten
8. Haussler
9. Schurter

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Van Poppel giving a preview of Ned-Aus by shoving Goss aside

 

[glassmoon]

LOL, Nino 2nd time in top 10
great fight Sagan vs. Modolo

 

[indianfanboy]

Thank god Cav looked ok crossing the line later

 

[PunchingRouleur]

I love this long live overhead shots of sprint and positioning fights.

 

[Jspear]

Thank god Cav looked ok crossing the line later

Aye....2nd that. He seemed ok....hopefully all is well.

 

[max_powers]

Perfect timing. Just tuned in, ready to watch Danny Van Poppel win.

no win but very involved in that crash!

 

[Jagartrott]

Who the f*** designs finishes like this after a flat stage? Accident waiting to happen. Seriously, completely ridiculous sensationalism.

 

[roosters76]

Perfect timing. Just tuned in, ready to watch Danny Van Poppel win.

why don't you eat your heart out? Van Poppel who?

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Who the f*** designs finishes like this after a flat stage? Accident waiting to happen. Seriously, completely ridiculous sensationalism.

Which race will be the first to put in a figure-of-eight finish in the last few hundred metres ?

 

[Jspear]

Who the f*** designs finishes like this after a flat stage? Accident waiting to happen. Seriously, completely ridiculous sensationalism.

Knowing the way Cav is with interviews, he'll probably have a thing or two to say about the design of today's stage.

 

[HoinkDoink]

Who the f*** designs finishes like this after a flat stage? Accident waiting to happen. Seriously, completely ridiculous sensationalism.

That was far to dangerous to have a proper sprint to the line, looks like everyone involved is ok but could have been much worse

 

[jens_attacks]

if you have a finish like this, put two or three hills before. otherwise, you'll definitely have a massacre waiting to happen

nice one by modolo, hope everyone's ok

 

[Amsterhammer]

Ridiculous finish. I hope the riders and teams put their foot down on this 'issue'.

 

[murali]

time to say:

enough is enough.



wtf do these stage designers think of themselves. do they want to kill people now?
I hope someone files a case of criminal negligence against these designers.

if they needed the right-left combo, they could have kept it a km away.

i want the TdS guys to apologize to riders, teams and fans for manufacturing this crash.

 

[UpTheRoad]

A right-left combo is fine *if* the road is wide enough. The right turn went into an exceedingly narrow road. Nowhere near enough room, plus the riders were squeezed even more as they came out of the corner.

But since it is easier to move the finish rather than build a wider road , the course designers should be taken to task for this.

Terrible. F.

 

[willbick]

It seems incredible to me that there arent hard rules laid down by UCI about the layout of stage finishes, i.e. corners, road width etc

Maybe there are rules but they are just totally inadequate!

 

[trevim]

Modolo really handled the step up to the WT. He has been solid all year long, hopefully he can surprise in some of the selective Tour bunch sprints.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

why don't you eat your heart out? Van Poppel who?

I don't understand?