LLS bruises both wrists
Tjallingi breaks his hip
Renshaw goes down head first, behind hunter, in the previous stage where Cavendish came in a bit later
Gesink bruises his right side(?), seemingly not too bad. Going down twice this stage and a couple of almost crashes in previous stages (Seraing, yesterday when Kruijswijk goes down behind Sagan)
Mollema goes down and tumbles over Gesink.
Kruijswijk said he has been on the ground once every day or so, minus the prologue (?)
LTD fell as well today, but he was far enough behind it wasn't too bad.
It looks like only Tankink and Wijnants have escaped total carnage so far.
Too bad Gesink wasn't ready for the Giro this year; so the TdF, however unsuited, became a logical continuation after his return to the peloton. He needs to put a provision in his contract that he won't do the TdF anymore, and certainly not when they have 100K of ITT.
Do the (mountaineous) races that suit you (also applies to Mollema and Kruijswijk, or whoever) and stop riding for corporate/bank management and the Raymond Kerckhof/Telegraaf audience.
Do the races that suit your abilities, and don't waste your career chasing a top 10 classification in the world's most 'prestigious' race. If they continue this way, by the time these guys hit thirty, they'll have the palmares of a neopro.
They should have sent their third tier giro "sprint team" to the TdF instead.
Look at Hesjedal. He won a giro already, which is not only a great result, it also gives him confidence, and perhaps (even more) cool.
Even Wiggins, a track cyclist, has some nice one week stage race wins under his belt.
These guys seem to be able to be competitive anywhere (on paper) and every year they go to the TdF to get that one lousy stage (LLS; Garate) win after every one else is so bruised and battered they have no chance of doing anything anymore.
3:30 and 2:09 is not even enough to escape and go for polka or MTF stage wins.
Tjallingi breaks his hip
Renshaw goes down head first, behind hunter, in the previous stage where Cavendish came in a bit later
Gesink bruises his right side(?), seemingly not too bad. Going down twice this stage and a couple of almost crashes in previous stages (Seraing, yesterday when Kruijswijk goes down behind Sagan)
Mollema goes down and tumbles over Gesink.
Kruijswijk said he has been on the ground once every day or so, minus the prologue (?)
LTD fell as well today, but he was far enough behind it wasn't too bad.
It looks like only Tankink and Wijnants have escaped total carnage so far.
Too bad Gesink wasn't ready for the Giro this year; so the TdF, however unsuited, became a logical continuation after his return to the peloton. He needs to put a provision in his contract that he won't do the TdF anymore, and certainly not when they have 100K of ITT.
Do the (mountaineous) races that suit you (also applies to Mollema and Kruijswijk, or whoever) and stop riding for corporate/bank management and the Raymond Kerckhof/Telegraaf audience.
Do the races that suit your abilities, and don't waste your career chasing a top 10 classification in the world's most 'prestigious' race. If they continue this way, by the time these guys hit thirty, they'll have the palmares of a neopro.
They should have sent their third tier giro "sprint team" to the TdF instead.
Look at Hesjedal. He won a giro already, which is not only a great result, it also gives him confidence, and perhaps (even more) cool.
Even Wiggins, a track cyclist, has some nice one week stage race wins under his belt.
These guys seem to be able to be competitive anywhere (on paper) and every year they go to the TdF to get that one lousy stage (LLS; Garate) win after every one else is so bruised and battered they have no chance of doing anything anymore.
3:30 and 2:09 is not even enough to escape and go for polka or MTF stage wins.
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