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[KOM]

I could be wrong, but Pedersen's crash didn't look that bad, I think he sat there for a while, because he realised his race was over, and maybe in a bit of shock.

WvA is a different matter

Im happy for Pedersen, but for an interesting Ronde it wouldve required the whole Trek team + van Aert. Mads alone wont cut it im afraid

 

[Netserk]

Jostling for position, wind and kerbstone led to the crash.

 

[Didinho]

Pedersen back on the bike I hear?

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Kirby with a massive insight
'The winner will come from one of the front two groups'

PAY HIM MORE!!!!

Its not given. Tarling is about to bridge now and group 3 isnt that far behind.

 

[Poursuivant]

Hope Mads is ok for Sunday otherwise it’s a given

 

[Valv.Piti]

So who can we blame? AAAAH IM *** ANGRY

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

The only thing you can hope in RVV, is that with only one overwhelming favorite, with a weak team, that they won't be able to control the race, and it will be chaos all over, and Van der Poel needing to start getting his hands dirty far from the finish.

 

[Netserk]

Tarling bridging up to the five strongest from Kanarieberg. 20 riders in the chase group behind.

 

[Samamba]

Insane from Tarling

 

[Rackham]

That wasn't a gust of wind I dont think. Someone's moved and at that speed it's a touch of wheels and down.

Eurosport drive me nuts at times, i.e. just running with the "gust of wind" narrative based on nothing.

It was a horrible crash in any case & probably the worst one I can remember Van Aert being involved in.

 

[Berniece]

Pedersen back on the bike I hear?

Indeed. Stuyven went with the ambulance

 

[Penninepeddler]

I have to do the most BS work team meeting at the moment and probably can't watch for next 30 mins, it seems all the big favourite and whole trek team crashed HARD, someone can explain???

Looked like some wind or just someone not concentrating pushed guys at the front into each other while already at very high speed off descent.

Someone from Trek I think bumped into van Aert and both went down when maybe ~4th wheel or so from the front. So it took out about 12 guys.

 

[Berniece]

It was a horrible crash in any case & probably the worst one I can remember Van Aert being involved in.

There was the almost career ending crash during his TT too.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

I have to do the most BS work team meeting at the moment and probably can't watch for next 30 mins, it seems all the big favourite and whole trek team crashed HARD, someone can explain???

There was an uneven surface transition from the road to what looked like a path on the right side, and someone lost their wheel in the transition (much like Wout's crash last weekend), at speed, and they all just went down. Wout looks to have gone over the bars, and landed on his right shoulder and back. He has really bad injuries, and probably a broke collar bone. Pederson went down as well, as well as Girmay.

 

[Kangaridoo]

It wasn't the wind but someone losing their balance in the gutter.

 

[Salvarani]

Tarling!!

 

[Rob5091]

Insane from Tarling

STRONG!

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

I have to do the most BS work team meeting at the moment and probably can't watch for next 30 mins, it seems all the big favourite and whole trek team crashed HARD, someone can explain???

It's very windy, main group of about 30 was going full speed when a wind gust must've hit them because multiple riders were veering at once leading to a hard crash of about 10 guys, mainly Wout, Girmay and the mentioned Trek names.

 

[benzwire]

I'm hoping it's not a broken collarbone for Wout. It looked like he was moving his right arm normally which is usually not possible with a collarbone break. No doubt he is torn up, but hoping for the best for him. Sometimes it's luck is a b!tch. Ugghhhh...

 

[Tim Cahill]

Collarbone/Shoulder you'd have to think given the way he was holding it, he knew too, what a shame for the coming races.

Giro would be touch and go also, would be good for the Tour/Olympics hopefully.

 

[Nyanderc]

I hope Van Aert made the mistake himself, otherwise some unlucky rider will be attacked online the next days. And will be easier for Aert to get over it.

 

[Volderke]

Eurosport drive me nuts at times, i.e. just running with the "gust of wind" narrative based on nothing.

It was a horrible crash in any case & probably the worst one I can remember Van Aert being involved in.

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You see there is a gutter between the road and the bicycle path. The group took the whole width of the road and those that ride in that gutter can easily lose balance (but from the replay: not sure if this cause the crash, could as well have been riders contact without the surface playing a role).

 

[search]

Hope Mads is ok for Sunday otherwise it’s a given

on the bright side, at least Bettiol looks good today.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

And to think Wout sacrificed a CX season for this.

 

[Boehmand]

Im happy for Pedersen, but for an interesting Ronde it wouldve required the whole Trek team + van Aert. Mads alone wont cut it im afraid

Agreed, but it only looks like Stuyven will be out (and obviously I'm just going off what we have seen on screen).

Absolutely a drawback, but not an absolute catastrophy.