Guess that was Landa who got penalized for taking a bottle from the team on the sideline within 10k is it? Taking one for Froome?
What was Aru's punishment?
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classicomano said:TGBM not happy. At all. #makemollemagreatagain
happytramp said:Off topic... but who are all these poster with single or low double digit posts?
aarononymous said:
Guess that was Landa who got penalized for taking a bottle from the team on the sideline within 10k is it? Taking one for Froome?
What was Aru's punishment?
aarononymous said:
Guess that was Landa who got penalized for taking a bottle from the team on the sideline within 10k is it? Taking one for Froome?
What was Aru's punishment?
Kwibus said:MountTiede said:My kids love watching the tour on TV, but pictures of drunk 18 stone men wearing mankini's for TV exposure make me uncomfortable to allow them to watch. Why are these idiots not arrested for indecent behaviour?
I love the Tour and & have watched it avidly for 30 years. However it's becoming a shameful spectacle because of the fans. ASO & the UCI need to decide, do they want a bike race or a travelling circus?
Drunken spectators dressing like idiots has become popular indeed, unfortunately. I wish they did something against, but what can you do? I'm not sure if it's possible to arrest them for indecent behaviour.
avanti said:Kwibus said:MountTiede said:My kids love watching the tour on TV, but pictures of drunk 18 stone men wearing mankini's for TV exposure make me uncomfortable to allow them to watch. Why are these idiots not arrested for indecent behaviour?
I love the Tour and & have watched it avidly for 30 years. However it's becoming a shameful spectacle because of the fans. ASO & the UCI need to decide, do they want a bike race or a travelling circus?
Drunken spectators dressing like idiots has become popular indeed, unfortunately. I wish they did something against, but what can you do? I'm not sure if it's possible to arrest them for indecent behaviour.
How about broadcasters switch cameras as soon as an idiot fan starts running.
I don't disagree, but, at the same time, I don't think that the UCI is in a position to draw that conclusion. Movistar will say they were negatively influenced being held up by the crash and, the UCI can't really disprove that. Having neutralized Froome's time, they have to do the same with Quintana.RattaKuningas said:DFA123 said:You've missed the point. He got dropped after having to stop to pass the crash. It clearly impacted the way the last 1km of the stage was raced. If Froome's time was neutralized at the point of the crash, then it's correct that Quintana's was as well.Jelantik said:What's the point of this argument about Quintana and held by the crash. Quintana got dropped. Fair and square He ain't gonna come back to Froome group. He was lucky that there was as crash, otherwise he would be loosing much more time. He got no legs. Not in Arcalis and not today. Yesterday clearly zapped his energy. Tomorrow is a survival mode for him.
Of course it's very unlikely he was coming back to the Froome group, no-one has suggested that. He may well have been luck that the crash minimized his time loss; but that doesn't change the fact that you can't apply one rule to some riders, and a different one to others, when they were both affected by the same incident.
I think that Quintana was just tired today and that's why there was a gap between him and the group in the end.
MeiLewis said:happytramp said:Off topic... but who are all these poster with single or low double digit posts?
I'm one of those.
I was looking for somewhere good to find news of this year's Tour and found this site and then this forum a few days ago.
I'm mostly into mountain biking and haven't followed the tour for years, but this one is proving to be very entertaining! This afternoon the comments on this tyhread were so entertaining I hardly bothered to find any actual coverage until after the finale.
aarononymous said:
Pantani Attacks said:
An iconic day in Cycling, Chris Froome travelled 50m without looking at his stem
.phanatic said:lol A more charitable interpretation is possible.SeriousSam said:When Porte goes past the jogging Froome, you can see Froome almost reach out for his bike
avanti said:Is there any helicopter video of the Froome-group/moto crash?
What did the moto driver have to say?
avanti said:Is there any helicopter video of the Froome-group/moto crash?
What did the moto driver have to say?
simulcop said:I have been watching the video of the crash over and over again, and can't see a motorbike crashing Froom from behind. I can see Mollema hitting Froom but no a motorbike. I am missing something? Any link where i can see something different?
TMP402 said:Welcome, but please remember to do some upper body training.
There was actually a completely naked spectator at the bottom of the climb today. He was fat, and on the left hand side of the screen for about a second. Vile.Kwibus said:MountTiede said:My kids love watching the tour on TV, but pictures of drunk 18 stone men wearing mankini's for TV exposure make me uncomfortable to allow them to watch. Why are these idiots not arrested for indecent behaviour?
I love the Tour and & have watched it avidly for 30 years. However it's becoming a shameful spectacle because of the fans. ASO & the UCI need to decide, do they want a bike race or a travelling circus?
Drunken spectators dressing like idiots has become popular indeed, unfortunately. I wish they did something against, but what can you do? I'm not sure if it's possible to arrest them for indecent behaviour.
nilfen said:happytramp said:Off topic... but who are all these poster with single or low double digit posts?
We are the lurkers and trolls, and we are legion!
The vedict has been clear since ages. they want a traveling circus. Besides the media does focus on the most weird ones.Kwibus said:MountTiede said:My kids love watching the tour on TV, but pictures of drunk 18 stone men wearing mankini's for TV exposure make me uncomfortable to allow them to watch. Why are these idiots not arrested for indecent behaviour?
I love the Tour and & have watched it avidly for 30 years. However it's becoming a shameful spectacle because of the fans. ASO & the UCI need to decide, do they want a bike race or a travelling circus?
Drunken spectators dressing like idiots has become popular indeed, unfortunately. I wish they did something against, but what can you do? I'm not sure if it's possible to arrest them for indecent behaviour.
MeiLewis said:happytramp said:Off topic... but who are all these poster with single or low double digit posts?
I'm one of those.
I was looking for somewhere good to find news of this year's Tour and found this site and then this forum a few days ago.
I'm mostly into mountain biking and haven't followed the tour for years, but this one is proving to be very entertaining! This afternoon the comments on this tyhread were so entertaining I hardly bothered to find any actual coverage until after the finale.