49th Amstel Gold Race, 20 April 2014 (WT) 251km

[alspacka]

Andy Schleck has abandoned due to knee problems after the crash

Really had a, horribly misguided, feeliing he might show something today. I guess he is not the surprise of April.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Nooo! just heard about Purito

Hopefully he will be recovered for LBL.

 

[painai]

Really had a, horribly misguided, feeliing he might show something today. I guess he is not the surprise of April.

Well we can only hope, he had a crappy build up last year but kinda showed up in TdF, he won't be challenging but, it would be nice to see him up there amoung the best again

 

[The Hitch]

En la caida @PuritoRodriguez se ha golpeado el pecho y hay que ver si tiene alguna costilla afectada. No hay otras partes el cuerpo dañadas

Hopefully it will be fine for FW and LBL

Missed out last year due to injury too.

Purito is one of the unluckiest riders in cycling history. Of course nothing compared to ww108 situations, or even soler but excluding that he has been so unlucky on the bike.

 

[Marco Pantani]

C'mon, what ****ty news on Andy and Purito.

Those two were probably the ones I was looking forward to see the most.

 

[SafeBet]

They're not gonna see Lutsenko until after the finish line

 

[roundabout]

Jeez, feels like I am watching Tour of the Basque Country with all the breakups

 

[Arnout]

Jeez, feels like I am watching Tour of the Basque Country with all the breakups

The Basque flags help too

 

[roundabout]

Ah, power outage.

Meh

 

[Arnout]

Ah, power outage.

Meh

Every year NOS and it's partners manage to fail in a new way again. Special quality.

 

[Arredondo]

Abandon Zubeldia

 

[Arnout]

Abandon Zubeldia

He's preparing for an anonymous 8th place in the Tour de France, no panic.

 

[Arredondo]

Katusha Team ‏@katushacycling 46 sec.
Joaquim Rodriguez crashed at the corner just before feed zone. We hope, Purito didn't get big injures, but waiting for more info.#AGR2014

 

[jens_attacks]

how many kms to go, pls?

i will tune later

hate it to heard about purito and the others

 

[Arredondo]

how many kms to go, pls?

i will tune later

hate it to heard about purito and the others

91 km to go

 

[Afrank]

Wake up to hear Purito and Andy crashed, not what I wanted to wake up too. Hope both will be okay for the rest of the ardennes.

Also, anyone else having their steam continuously freezing (using ES stream)?

 

[Arnout]

Didn't see Ryo Hazuki and his Colombian flag on the Cauberg

 

[Arredondo]

Daniel Martin is also out

And also Geraint Thomas and Edmondson

 

[Orbit501]

Didn't see Ryo Hazuki and his Colombian flag on the Cauberg

Probably too busy thinking up responses for posters on here that haven't "been watching cycling for at least 10 years"

 

[JRanton]

In today's least surprising news, Geraint Thomas has also crashed and abandoned.

 

[Orbit501]

From the CN ticker:
13:33:55 CEST
Word reaching us from the main peloton that Geraint Thomas (Sky) was caught up in a crash, although the Welshman is back on his back and chasing on.

Will G ever finish a race WITHOUT falling off?

 

[JRanton]

From the CN ticker:
13:33:55 CEST
Word reaching us from the main peloton that Geraint Thomas (Sky) was caught up in a crash, although the Welshman is back on his back and chasing on.

Will G ever finish a race WITHOUT falling off?

Ironically he was one of the few riders to finish Roubaix without either crashing or having a mechanical.

 

[Arnout]

Probably too busy thinking up responses for posters on here that haven't "been watching cycling for at least 10 years"

Of course

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

14km lead: 6 minutes 22 sec????? Eurosport commentators believe average speed is 132 kph

 

[Matdum94]

Geraint Thomas has crashed again lol, when does he learn how not to fall off his bike. Sky is probably riding for EBH or Swift now.