Cav is...

[blackcat]

Yes. But I put it down to Frodo actually being mentally ***.

Frodo just took the mantle from Graeme Brown, and that takes some doing.

 

[El Oso]

Thanks for the vid, he literally came to a stop (cringe) meters from the finish. there has got to be no skin left on his right shoulder/back.

He looks relatively unscathed, just a little road rash on the elbow

His teeth look like they're still straight too!

 

[blackcat]

Wait, you think he accidentally cut across the field?

When in doubt, we vilify. That's how we roll here, and it's worked out pretty well so far.

very good MM

 

[trompe le monde]

Who will Cav blame for this? Wonder if he has the brains to blame this on the CERN hadron collider possibly starting up when he is just about to start his sprint.

It would be a stretch sure, then again I'd be amazed if he even knew the hadron collider even existed.

 

[rhubroma]

Frodo just took the mantle from Graeme Brown, and that takes some doing.

Vai Pettachi!!!!

But seriously certain practices are just UNACCEPTABLE, the guy should have his pro tour racing license revoked. Simple rule to follow in a sprint, sudden and rash change of trajectory/line is stricktly forbotten. And if he weren't in all that pain, I'd have given him a good a$$ woopin for being such an f-in dekhead.

 

[Publicus]

He looks relatively unscathed, just a little road rash on the elbow

His teeth look like they're still straight too!

He looks dazed.

 

[Necessary Evil]

Well good to see he doesn't look too bad, though he may still have broken something.

He looks like he's thinking: "how do I get out of this place before the lynch mob turn up?"

 

[thehog]

Well good to see he doesn't look too bad, though he may still have broken something.

He looks like he's thinking: "how do I get out of this place before the lynch mob turn up?"

Will need to get the teeth done again.

 

[Wheels Go Round and Round]

There is no need to be abusive. These things some times happen in racing. The main thing is to hope that he and others are not badly hurt.

He was pulling in front so I don't know why some are saying he did it deliberately.

yep..... he was in front of Haussler while I agree he came off his line but being a sprinter myself I see what he was trying to do.

Give him a slight nudge to break his rythmn and easily win the sprint
it just didn't quite work out that way


for the record I still think Cav is a douchebag... hope that makes you happy

 

[Jamsque]

He had his head down, he was sprinting for the line, he didn't see Haussler, it was an accident.

But don't let the facts get in the way of the hate party.

 

[Joey_J]

Thank God HH was wearing a helmet. Watch the slow-mo at the end of that video. Tomorrow would have been a ceremonial stage if not.

 

[Mrs John Murphy]

Who will Cav blame for this?

Probably Greipel

BTW - what the hell is up with Frodo's head in that photo, it seems to get larger by the day.

 

[Oldman]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-suisse-upt/stage-4/photos/125972

At least Boonen got to discuss this up close...wonder what he was saying?

 

[Anonymous]

looking at it again, looks like cav and hausller where both about to box in (cioleck?) big time.. cav is to blame for the final collision, but if it hadnt been him hausler would have taken out the rider behind.

 

[McClimber]

Hold your line!!

Yep, Cav can't hold his line. From 100 out he takes up a whole car lane.

30 sec. penalty???? DQ is what he needs. How many cyclists don't have a season left??

 

[ttrider]

i hope he does get one minor broken bone!

Not because im vindictive and nasty but i think it will take him down a peg or two missing the tdf to become a nicer more modest guy in the long term as well as teaching him not to repeat this stupid event.!
as it stands hes a first class ***!

 

[Mach Schnell]

Nobody has elbows like Abdu did
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBtCaLYFKjo

 

[Cobblestones]

Discuss....

So we have a 'Radioshack fail', 'Versus fail' and 'Cavendouche fail' thread.

It's the holy trinity of threads.

 

[Hugh Januss]

I don't know, I watched it several times, looked like regular bunch sprinting to me (the reason I was always the guy who went from about 7-8 hundred meters out). Cav and Haussler went around Ciolek on opposite sides then both moved together Cav moved a little farther but it looked like neither of them expected the other to be there. At the last instant Haussler instinctively lowered his shoulder and Cavendish went right down. That suggests to me that he was not expecting any contact. Looked like they just both had the same idea of using Ciolek to brush anyone else off their back wheel at the same unfortunate moment.

 

[Necessary Evil]

Wow, Cav not hurt!

That's pretty amazing given his huge fall and then being run over a few times. He must be made of pretty tough material.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/boonen-cavendish-ciolek-escape-serious-injury-in-sprint-tumble

 

[euanli]

Actually watching it again they both are at fault, coming around Ciolek with their heads down and not expecting anyone to be there.

 

[issoisso]

And this is why you don't block

 

[D Avoid]

Who will Cav blame for this? Wonder if he has the brains to blame this on the CERN hadron collider possibly starting up when he is just about to start his sprint.

It would be a stretch sure, then again I'd be amazed if he even knew the hadron collider even existed.

Use proper terms ,It Is "The large Hardon GPenius Collider", only race worth winning.

 

[rhubroma]

He had his head down, he was sprinting for the line, he didn't see Haussler, it was an accident.

But don't let the facts get in the way of the hate party.

Nonsense. He's a pro, not racing for the pen and pencil set at your local crit.

If he didn't realize he was cutting across the road, as you claim, then he doesn't deserve to have his job. You're not allowed to have "accidents" like that in a field sprint. In any case don't believe for one second that his wasn't a calculated move to "slam the door" in his opponent's face. It's a tactic some have tried to get away with in the past. It's the most slimmy and vile of tactics of all though.

 

[Jamsque]

Nonsense. He's a pro, not racing for the pen and pencil set at your local crit.

If he didn't realize he was cutting across the road, as you claim, then he doesn't deserve to have his job. You're not allowed to have "accidents" like that in a field sprint. In any case don't believe for one second that his wasn't a calculated move to "slam the door" in his opponent's face. It's a tactic some have tried to get away with in the past. It's the most slimmy and vile of tactics of all though.

Whatever, dude. Both Cav and Haussler saw that Ciolek was going backwards and moved across to be in front of him, and neither of them saw the other, and they rode in to each other. There was no malicious intent on the part of either of them, and no great incompetence either. It was an accident. Sprinting is dangerous. It happens.