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

[spalco]

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.

 

[Ruby United]

The GC should be neutralised. That would be fair to everyone; Froome who lost time and Quintana + the rest who were losing time.

 

[What_What]

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Give Mollema 30 seconds, Froome and Porte 25 seconds.

Why?

Shall they pick some random names out of a hat and give them some seconds too?

 

[sir fly]

Quintana 39" in front of Froome.

 

[DFA123]

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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.

 

[webvan]

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

 

[woodburn]

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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?

 

[vedrafjord]

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You cant go forward without a bike surely

You can't cross the line without a bike, think that's it.

 

[Oliwright]

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This results cannot stand. Otherwise TdF will be ruined.

It's bike racing.

The group behind was affected too.

Froome looses yellow because of this Sky would pull out.

 

[portugal11]

So quintana is challenging nibali as "who the most luckiest gt rider of all time". And froome could be injured

 

[Arredondo]

The organizers really want Quintana to win it.

 

[rune1107]

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

 

[Matteo.]

Without neutralization sky and bmc must retire

 

[phil-i-am]

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ASO should consider open the road in front of contenders with this vehicle

hahaha, this!

 

[MikeTichondrius]

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.

 

[Carols]

Speechless.......

According to Phil the rule is clear Froome should be DQed

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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I hope someone kills the stupid pigs that were responsible. I bet they were taking some selfies. What a disgrace.

We don't know yet. All we know was Froome for a moment thought he was in a triathlon - could have been his own fault.

What the hell? Can we ban this dude?

If the guys is speaking out of his *** ban him. Didn't you see the bike stopping out of nowhere and ritchie and froome with broken bikes?

You are mad on the internet.

 

[samhocking]

Been an problem for years on a MTF. Those stage finishes need 3 or 4x the km barriers. It makes great TV with the fans so close, but you can't have a drunk fan deciding the outcome of a race before the finish line. Times will be taken from the crash point surely?

 

[markene2]

I have no words. The strangest stage i have ever seen....

 

[BigMac]

They're not gonna give everyone the same time, but the organisers sure as hell ought to pay for this disgrace! This is scandalous!

 

[RattaKuningas]

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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!

Just get more barriers. Without TV pictures there isnt going to be any racing (sponsors).

 

[Ramira]

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how on Earth that kind of incident ever happens in Le Tour? Tifosis in Italy are way wilder with narrower roads- and yet the worst always happens in Le Tour....


BTW - as funny as it looked Froome did the right thing & quite honest - He has BIG balls to do such move!! At this point he deserved the Tour Title without a doubt !

To be honest i think it's because the fans at the Giro are true cycling fans, while many people who watch the Tour only watch the tour. There's also loads and loads of fans in Belgium, yet there's no issues there, because those too are true cycling fans.

 

[Ruby United]

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

 

[arvc40]

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

 

[patrick767]

Can they just run barbed wire topped fence all the way up the big climbs, please? Thanks!