2016 TdF, Stage 12: Montpellier → Mont Ventoux (178km)

[SantiBotero]

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Without neutralization sky and bmc must retire

That would be pathetic. This is cycling and road incidents happen all the time.

 

[saganftw]

i dont know whats more funny,froome trying to switch gears on neutral bike or mollema beating everyone on MTF

 

[yetanothergreenworld]

I never thought I'd see a spectator collision to top Guerini's incident on Alpe d'Huez in '99, but I was wrong.

 

[KGB]

They should replay stage+ITT tomorrow.

 

[sienna]

WTF

 

[CheckMyPecs]

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I feel for Froome and Porte, but neutralising doesn't seem to be an easy decision either

No, you can't just stop the time gaps at the time of the crash. Froome, Porte and Mollema had already burnt matches that some of the guys behind hadn't - wouldn't be a fair solution.

There's no 100% fair solution, but at least taking times at the time of the crash reflects what happened before external factors hti the race.

 

[Red Rick]

Not so friendly request to post without making death wishes.

 

[MacBAir]

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I mean, I'm a Froome fan, but I have to admit watching him run up the road in desperation was kind of funny, but this is a shocking disgrace.

Why?

 

[BigMac]

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Bjarne Riis saying in Danish broadcast, that this is the funniest he has ever seen. God he must hate Froome!

What an utter douchecanoe!

I'm so mad!

 

[sir fly]

Now ASO will search for the measure of excitement.

Or Froome has found it by himself?
Forty is appropriate target.
Froome starting before Valverde and after TJin the tt.
TJ is a good mark.

 

[jsem94]

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Speechless.......

According to Phil the rule is clear Froome should be DQed

That will not happen. This panic was caused by an external set of circumstances, so a strict adherence to the rules in this case would be ***. They can't kick Froome out for reacting like this where this is nothing but the race organizers fault.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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Mavic need to work on their replacement bikes too, the thing they gave Froome seemed useless!

He was like a giant clown on a tiny tricycle.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

I don't think you can or should amend the times or neutralize it or whatever. Must *** needs to change immediately !!

 

[DirtyWorks]

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Are you freaking kidding me? A moto takes out the on the attack yellow jersey on a critical summit finish? Get the damn motos off the roads! Enough of this crap. What a farce!

So no video from the road?

And what's the moto supposed to do, run spectators over? This isn't the first time spectators have influenced the outcome of the TdF. Relax. Froome has this. He rode everyone but Porte off his wheel.

Hopefully Porte is not affected too much by running into the moto.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Bjarne Riis saying in Danish broadcast, that this is the funniest he has ever seen. God he must hate Froome!

Bjarne Riis hates Froome to death

Really unclassy comment, I have no words

 

[Gloin22]

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Without neutralization sky and bmc must retire

That would be pathetic. This is cycling and road incidents happen all the time.

A fan falling because Tour couldn't deal with overcrowding? Well, I don't think so.

 

[Ataraxus]

Epic. Result should stand. Porte losing time to puncture was not fair either.

This is different.
Their f... bikes were f... stolen.

 

[Guybrush]

i was talking to my dad a few day earlier about this... i mean, this is one of the few sports that allow you to be side by side with your heroes, however some idiot can ruin everything and from now on no public will be allow on the road

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

 

[aarononymous]

How did nobody punch the guy running on the course? This was hilarious and would make the race interesting at least lol! Froome will gain 2 minutes tomorrow out of rage and "anger in his shin splints"

 

[movingtarget]

They will have to do more with crowd control now but the moto was probably too close to the riders anyway but maybe it had a mechanical problem.

 

[MatParker117]

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Does anyone know whether the fans stopped the moto or was it solely the motos fault?

Fan slipped apparently.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Yes, this was a disgrace but come on, it was the most hilarious pictures! Bjarne Riis even said "This is one of the funniest things I've ever seen".

 

[Ramira]

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That was probably the most insane sequence of events I have witnessed at the TDF. Someone mentioned Guerini at Huez and sure enough, that was ridiculous at the time and thank god he won it. I cannot even begin to comprehend how they're going to fairly determine the result today. Someone's gonna get farked. If tomorrow wasn't a TT I could see a rider strike happening.

Yeah the thing about Guerini was that at least he won, which why I mentioned this is probably even worse.

If there had been a decent bike change here it would have been ok. But because the roads were so full there was no way to get a bike to Froome in time. Which goes back again to the issues with to many spectators on the road.

 

[arvc40]

Results and rules should stand !