Well you can be aware of a crash without knowing the magnitude of that particular crash.Very difficult to reconcile this image:
with these words:
"I really didnt have idea of the huge carnage behind us"
Did Affini really think he had simply ridden the rest of the peloton off his wheel when he saw the gap we see him looking at there?
Very difficult to reconcile this image:
with these words:
"I really didnt have idea of the huge carnage behind us"
Did Affini really think he had simply ridden the rest of the peloton off his wheel when he saw the gap we see him looking at there?
Three of a kind across the line doesn't occur that often.Very difficult to reconcile this image:
with these words:
"I really didnt have idea of the huge carnage behind us"
Did Affini really think he had simply ridden the rest of the peloton off his wheel when he saw the gap we see him looking at there?
Well, it's the third time it has happened this year for Jumbo, with a further four 1-2's.
Maybe trade unions or project bosses make this difficult to do in Spain (or for a smaller town) but I constantly see construction crews tear up a perfectly good section of roadway so new power lines or sewer pipes can be installed, and then repave it the same day. It would not have been logistically difficult to tear out the bump and smooth over half the roadway, put warning cones on the other half, and then repave it after the race. That's not possible with road furniture but a speed bump is a different story. Maybe that seems like it's too much expense, but they paid to have the finish their, it seems like that would be a reasonable extra expense. Obviously routing the course on different roads would be even easier.
But it was first being argued they didn’t know there was a crash, then that they didn’t know it was that bad. We’re saying that’s crazy they couldn’t figure out it was that bad of a crash. Affini either looked back twice after the crash or he and Roosen looked back once. You can hear a huge crash like that happening. You then have two visuals of no one there. Maybe they even looked back more off screen when it was still showing the crash. Like @Armchair cyclist said, did Affini really think he rode everyone but his teammate off his wheel.
Agreed. I've got no issue with the celebrating. Sure, it looked a little off to all of us at home who saw the whole thing happen but I'm certainly not going to criticize them for that.
The way Jumbo has gone the past few months I wouldn't 100% rule it out.Very difficult to reconcile this image:
with these words:
"I really didnt have idea of the huge carnage behind us"
Did Affini really think he had simply ridden the rest of the peloton off his wheel when he saw the gap we see him looking at there?
Filippo....you quoted me from the Tour of Poland thread and respond in the Burgos thread
Van Wilder is not in his best form yet. After the many setbacks of the last few months and even weeks. Therefore, no top performance can be expected at all. Losing some time every now and then, due to adversity or because he is still short, has no interest. I do expect him to be in form at the start of the Vuelta. He will have to work there for his leader Evenepoel. But it could well be that he turns out to be better than Evenepoel during the second half of the Vuelta. That can be an important indication to play Van Wilder as leader in a small stage race next season, or even in the Vuelta.
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