have a feeling they use HED wheelsmichel700c said:Cav's wheel buckled from powerful side load. If the no-name carbon rim hadn't buckled, it could have been a clean sprint finish.
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have a feeling they use HED wheelsmichel700c said:Cav's wheel buckled from powerful side load. If the no-name carbon rim hadn't buckled, it could have been a clean sprint finish.
michel700c said:Cav's wheel buckled from powerful side load. If the no-name carbon rim hadn't buckled, it could have been a clean sprint finish.
krebs303 said:
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scribe said:Don't look so bad, if you don't think about how fast they are going.
eleven said:Was that wheel buckling before Haussler rode over it?
M Sport said:No, buckled the moment of impact with Haussler. Just watched the footage again over and over at that point.
The penalties in cycling seem quite lame for dangerous behavior like that.
Jamsque said: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.
redtreviso said:here..the wheel is still a wheel
redtreviso said:here..the wheel is still a wheel
If you look at the footage from the stationary front view finish camera, Cav clearly found that he had put himself in a position where he did not want to be. Namely, he was being way too aggresive in trying to pinch Haussler. Trying to quickly get back to his right, he did a natural move turning his front wheel left to place his center of gravity properly for the turn. Unfortunately, this move put his front wheel directly in the path of Haussler's front wheel.eleven said:Edited to add: Put me in the "officially unsure" category about Cav. I suspect this was just a really aggressive spring that went bad, while equally aggressive sprints usually work out safely.
chambers said:I do not see it that way. If you look at the overhead video you will see that Cav starts out on the right side of Ciolek and Haussler is on Ciolek's left. They both go around Ciolek and Cav crosses from Ciolek's right side to his left side. Haussler just moved a few inches and did not cross in front of Ciolek. Totally Cav's fault.
Mach Schnell said:Robbie's probably still giggling about this
chambers said:I do not see it that way. If you look at the overhead video you will see that Cav starts out on the right side of Ciolek and Haussler is on Ciolek's left. They both go around Ciolek and Cav crosses from Ciolek's right side to his left side. Haussler just moved a few inches and did not cross in front of Ciolek. Totally Cav's fault.
michel700c said:Cav's wheel buckled from powerful side load. If the no-name carbon rim hadn't buckled, it could have been a clean sprint finish.[/QUO
one of the dumber explanations yet heard thanks for that.
Jamsque said: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.
tjwracer said:To me it looks like they both came together haussler being much taller then cav did see him and cav was being and idiot sprinting with his head down both at fault.
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McClimber said:All seems fine?!?!
Haussler had to abandon the Tour de Suisse because of the crash.
Sure they go fast.
Sure they bump a bit.
Sure these are the best at the game.
But don't drive out of control and hurt someone or end their season or career!!!
Boardslide said:Are you sure about this as he only had a couple of stitches in his elbow. Does anyone else think he was quick to decide to abandon after the finish. before even going to hospital to be checked over or did the team decide for him.
Dewulf said:+1
Haussler's movement is the "natural" movement you might expect in the dangerous world of sprinting (and he didn't cross Ciolek!!!), Cav's movement is approaching Abdou proportions, and is either an intentional bump gone wrong, or simply out of control. It's obvious from his past behaviour that he deals with pressure badly, and that's starting to show more and more in his racing. Potentially as some have said, he's out of form, but also possible he's just becoming too desperate to get some runs on the board this season. Ahh the joy of being labelled "wonderboy" and "the best", no pressure there at all.