Abu Dhabi Tour 2018, Feb 21-25

[TourOfSardinia]

Kristoff gets it

 

[Samamba]

Kittel is back to his 2016 form, horrible.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

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Kittel is back to his 2016 form, horrible.

Shitty team, shitty form.

 

[Samamba]

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Kittel is back to his 2016 form, horrible.

****** team, ****** form.

He was were Kristoff was at the beginning of the sprint. He just sprints backwards.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

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Kittel is back to his 2016 form, horrible.

And so onto my longlist for the 2019 CQ game.

 

[Breh]

2015 was the annus horribilis. He was ok'ish in 2016.

 

[Tim Booth]

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He got on the bike again though... probably collarbone or he just took a bad hit on that shoulder. Probably out a few weeks.

#AbuDhabiTour Injury Update "@MarkCavendish sustained a concussion and a whiplash injury after his crash today. Due to the concussion, we were not willing to risk rider safety and the call was made for Mark to stop the race." - Dr. @Aid326

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Katusha :lol:

How long before they tell Kittel he's 'too heavy'?

 

[May0maniac]

Somehow Guardini is always good in the Arabian races.
Kristoff seems to be in good shape and performed well against a strong sprinters field, he should be ready for the spring classics.

 

[Son of Amsterhammer]

Kristoff looks like he’ll be a force this year.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

Halvorsen didnt looked(yet) like he's got the power to mixed it up with the big guns...

 

[KGB]

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Cav crashes out in the neutral zone

Is it technically a DNF or a DNS ?

No its a WTF?

Update: He hit his bad shoulder

http://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/43140818

Poor guy still crying and blame another people for every crash?Hm this time cars?Come to papa for lollipop you little Mark.

 

[yaco]

Ewan for the third or fourth time this year sprinted too early - He needs to have last crack at them in pan flat finishes.

 

[Kwibus]

Re: Re:

Cav crashes out in the neutral zone

Is it technically a DNF or a DNS ?

No its a WTF?

Update: He hit his bad shoulder

http://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/43140818

Poor guy still crying and blame another people for every crash?Hm this time cars?Come to papa for lollipop you little Mark.

Pfff these saganfans are getting tiresome when it's about Cav.
A lot of you guys cry just like you claim cav to cry.

 

[KGB]

Re: Re:

Cav crashes out in the neutral zone

Is it technically a DNF or a DNS ?

No its a WTF?

Update: He hit his bad shoulder

http://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/43140818

Poor guy still crying and blame another people for every crash?Hm this time cars?Come to papa for lollipop you little Mark.

Pfff these saganfans are getting tiresome when it's about Cav.
A lot of you guys cry just like you claim cav to cry.

Not really.For whole peloton is much safer when Cav is out and same with Bouhanni case.They are big danger for another guys.Always happy when don't see them in sprint even when Sagan is in Monaco and changing nappies for his little boy that time.

 

[Netserk]

Huh, I really can't think of the last time Bouhanni was involved in a crash, caused by dangerous riding on his part. Or even anything close to that.

Just bad memory on my part?

Edit: After a bit time, I think perhaps something like that happened in the Tour '13? Quite a long time ago.

 

[Vroome.exe]

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Not really.For whole peloton is much safer when Cav is out and same with Bouhanni case.They are big danger for another guys.Always happy when don't see them in sprint even when Sagan is in Monaco and changing nappies for his little boy that time.

Yet it was Sagan who got disqualified in Tour for dangerous sprinting and injured Cav.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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Huh, I really can't think of the last time Bouhanni was involved in a crash, caused by dangerous riding on his part. Or even anything close to that.

Just bad memory on my part?

Edit: After a bit time, I think perhaps something like that happened in the Tour '13? Quite a long time ago.

2017
http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/nacer-bouhanni-embroiled-another-controversy-rival-sprinter-needs-surgery-crash-346218

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bouhanni-suffers-concussion-after-tour-de-yorkshire-crash/

2016
http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/video-riders-get-in-fight-after-bouhannis-huge-sprint-crash/

 

[Netserk]

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Huh, I really can't think of the last time Bouhanni was involved in a crash, caused by dangerous riding on his part. Or even anything close to that.

Just bad memory on my part?

Edit: After a bit time, I think perhaps something like that happened in the Tour '13? Quite a long time ago.

2017
http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/nacer-bouhanni-embroiled-another-controversy-rival-sprinter-needs-surgery-crash-346218

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bouhanni-suffers-concussion-after-tour-de-yorkshire-crash/

2016
http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/video-riders-get-in-fight-after-bouhannis-huge-sprint-crash/

1st link: Any video of the sprint in question? There was lodged a complaint and he was cleared of any wrongdoing, so I would have to see a video of the sprint in question to come to the conclusion that Nacer was at fault.

2nd link: That really only states that he crashed, nothing about any dangerous riding or that Nacer was at fault.

3rd link: Is there any helicopter shot of the crash, it looks to me like someone else hits Nacer, who then crashes into another rider.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

I guess Nacer is a bit OT here: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=31057 may be a better place to check.
ciao

 

[RedheadDane]

Re: Re:

Cav crashes out in the neutral zone

Is it technically a DNF or a DNS ?

No its a WTF?

Update: He hit his bad shoulder

http://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/43140818

Poor guy still crying and blame another people for every crash?Hm this time cars?Come to papa for lollipop you little Mark.

Yes, and the organisers admitted that was the case. World's worst braking system.

 

[Squire]

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Kristoff looks like he’ll be a force this year.

As he does every February.

 

[thiscocks]

Re: Re:

Cav crashes out in the neutral zone

Is it technically a DNF or a DNS ?

No its a WTF?

Update: He hit his bad shoulder

http://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/43140818

Poor guy still crying and blame another people for every crash?Hm this time cars?Come to papa for lollipop you little Mark.

Yes, and the organisers admitted that was the case. World's worst braking system.

Its the drivers fault. How on earth you would leave the auto braking on when you know there will be bike riders all around you is beyond me. Absolutely ***.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Today's doomed break

at about 2 mins with 55km to go http://tiz-cycling.stream/
(different day same planet)

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re: Re:

Cav crashes out in the neutral zone

Is it technically a DNF or a DNS ?

No its a WTF?

Update: He hit his bad shoulder

http://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/43140818

Poor guy still crying and blame another people for every crash?Hm this time cars?Come to papa for lollipop you little Mark.

Don't be ridiculous