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Seems fairly obvious to me, I'm not sure I can explain it any clearer.LaFlorecita said:
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Oh Red Rick.
There were discussions over who caused it, I just felt to chime in on the matter as well. Thats why I wrote 'for what it is worth', implying, it doesnt really matter.
I know you dislike me. Strongly. I don't like you either, but keep it classy. You are taking subtle shots at me over and over since I am more sceptic of AC than most and call it how I see it.
Red Rick said:
Oh Red Rick.
There were discussions over who caused it, I just felt to chime in on the matter as well. Thats why I wrote 'for what it is worth', implying, it doesnt really matter.
I know you dislike me. Strongly. I don't like you either, but keep it classy. You are taking subtle shots at me over and over since I am more sceptic of AC than most and call it how I see it.
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As for his positioning, are you aware that the peloton was really nervous because of possible echelons which meant GC contenders tried to be at the front?
It seemed to me it was the crash that got him trapped against the traffic island. Are you saying he was stupid for crashing? Do you suppose he chose to go down there?King Boonen said:
As for his positioning, are you aware that the peloton was really nervous because of possible echelons which meant GC contenders tried to be at the front?
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On Tour webpage there is a small article as well where he says that his tour doesn't end here.
Miburo said:Contador will be fine, i'm never wrong on the guy
On Tour webpage there is a small article as well where he says that his tour doesn't end here.
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Contador probably needs his shoulders as much as his knees with his distinct out of the saddle style.
Matteo. said:Holy god, again. It is not possible.
The only positive aspect is that the most damage is on the shoulder and not on the knee. there is time to recover up to the Pyrenees
Contador probably needs his shoulders as much as his knees with his distinct out of the saddle style.
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LaFlorecita said:He smashed into a traffic island after he had already crashed.sir fly said:Contador, himself, said it was a traffic island he caught.LaFlorecita said:Pfff.... IdiotsTommyGun said:
Just saw a video from another angle, Alberto is the one to go down first but it's hard to tell if it's because Bookwalter touches his back wheel or if Alberto just loses grip on the road
Seemed like a really hard hit, amazing that he apparently did not suffer any fractures.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLwZoTGhDyk&feature=youtu.be
That was a pretty rough fall. If he really didn't sustain any fractures, then he's really lucky, because he hit kinda hard that island with his right side.
Let's just hope that he can recover fast, but in the next few days his resting will be shitty.
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Well, to be quite honest, his back wheel looks to clipped by bookwalter, not bad positioning, just unfortunate luck
King Boonen said:
Well, to be quite honest, his back wheel looks to clipped by bookwalter, not bad positioning, just unfortunate luck
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He was trapped in and that caused him to crash. I'm not saying he is stupid or he chose to crash. I am saying he should never have been in the situation in the first place. And yes, I'm fully aware of how to ride a bike race, the fact it is the first stage was pointed out in my post.
I don't know whose fault it was, either his or his teams, but he is a GC favourite riding the first stage of the tour. Everyone knows it's nervous and he should have been either front and centre or at least in the middle of the road and either he or his team didn't do that. Some crashes are just bad luck, but the chance of crashing is much higher if you end up in the gutter or next to road furniture. Someone, either him, his team mates or his team car should have been making sure he kept himself away from the edge of the road.
LaFlorecita said:
He was trapped in and that caused him to crash. I'm not saying he is stupid or he chose to crash. I am saying he should never have been in the situation in the first place. And yes, I'm fully aware of how to ride a bike race, the fact it is the first stage was pointed out in my post.
I don't know whose fault it was, either his or his teams, but he is a GC favourite riding the first stage of the tour. Everyone knows it's nervous and he should have been either front and centre or at least in the middle of the road and either he or his team didn't do that. Some crashes are just bad luck, but the chance of crashing is much higher if you end up in the gutter or next to road furniture. Someone, either him, his team mates or his team car should have been making sure he kept himself away from the edge of the road.
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Bad luck, yes. Bad luck made more likely by being in a dangerous road position, also yes.casati said:
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Looks like it was all his own fault looking at the replay.Tonton said:
https://twitter.com/cyclingnieuws1/status/749285418013691904?s=09
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Tonton said:
It is the influence we have over Lady Luck that was the problem here. I'm hoping he feels ok tomorrow, we shall have to see.
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Inquitus said:
He is very lucky to survive this crash without serious consequences. All his fault.
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No. Last year he won a Giro with a destroyed shoulder...instead in 2011, he has not recovered for several stages since the crash that dameged his kneeRattaKuningas said:Matteo. said:Holy god, again. It is not possible.
The only positive aspect is that the most damage is on the shoulder and not on the knee. there is time to recover up to the Pyrenees
Contador probably needs his shoulders as much as his knees with his distinct out of the saddle style.
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