Paris-Nice: Stage 3-Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire Nuits-Saint-Georges: 202 km

[Mellow Velo]

People don't care about armchair cyclist's bad skilled analysis.

But have fun repeating this issue. Doesn't make it correct anyway.
Peter was still rolling over ground and clipped in.
Of course you would have handled that situation perfectly in few miliseconds without even hurting yourself and others.
Wonder what you will have for tomorrow to whine about, since you are whining for 2 days now.

People saying that Peter did this purposely need some fresh air, and especially some crashing experience for themselfes.

Cobblers by name, cobblers by nature.
If you are around, there's always something to whine about.
Could start with the size of your ego, that should be good for a few pages.

 

[The Sheep]

Yeah, one of the best histories in Europe.

The italian equivalent of the north were for a long time of its history the low countries and especially Flanders.

Belgian treated it's colony with more respect than many other countries.

Wow that's some awful ignorance there.

 

[max_powers]

rolled tire on the Star Sprinter's wheel in perfect position at the finish of a PT race??


Somebody's got some 'splaining to do.

 

[El Pistolero]

Wow that's some awful ignorance there.

Belgian government was always against having a colony.

Leopold II, king of the Belgians, was a very sly man. He played the great powers out against each other and he finally got the colony he wanted on the Congress of Berlin in 1885. He was declared supreme sovereign of the Congo-Free State. Apart for some loans with no interest, the Belgian government did not support his colony. The Belgian people were very much against the idea of having a colony.

In 1908, after the atrocities in the Congo-Free State came to be known to the public, Leopold II was forced to sell his colony to a reluctant Belgian government. Thus, Belgian Congo came into existence.

Belgium never wanted a colony, Leopold I and II are the ones that were desperately looking for a colony. The king of the Belgians was a constitutional monarch and had very limited power in Belgium and that's the reason why they started looking elsewhere.

I'm afraid you're the only ignorant here.

UK and France shouldn't have been so stupid to give a territory 80 times the size of Belgium to a single man who had never set foot upon it with supreme power over its inhabitants. There's a big difference between the Belgian Congo and the Congo-Free State by the way. Not that I expect you to know that.

Just sayin'

 

[Jamsque]

Wow, I know race threads generally descend in to arguments about nations and nationality after the finish, but I think this one did it in record time.

 

[canyonball]

Not without the usual suspect, though

 

[thirteen]

Wow, I know race threads generally descend in to arguments about nations and nationality after the finish, but I think this one did it in record time.

it's more exciting than the race

 

[El Pistolero]

Meh, the race is done already

 

[Sparta]

Getting into an argument about our colony being more humane than your colony is quite frankly pathetic.

Good win for Goss, I feel he needed that as his success rate hasn't been as high as it looked like being early season And Thomas looks so good I'm hoping for him to top 5 at PR this year and if he keeps this form its a distinct possibility.

 

[Jamsque]

Goss is the new Andre Greipel.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Closing kilometres
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WGp-wsudVI

m a n y
t h a n k s

 

[El Pistolero]

Goss is the new Andre Greipel.

So what team will Goss go to next year? And who will be the new Goss that year?

I don't know where HTC keeps finding these talents, but it's rather amusing.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

What about Sagans bicycle kick. I'm not condemning it but it was kinda stupid. He should've waited and hope the peloton evaded him instead of trying to kick it loose from the pedals

 

[El Pistolero]

What about Sagans bicycle kick. I'm not condemning it but it was kinda stupid. He should've waited and hope the peloton evaded him instead of trying to kick it loose from the pedals

From the looks of it he tried to push his bike the other direction because otherwise even more would have crashed.

I don't think he made a mistake and if he did you can hardly blame him. It's not like you can think correctly with so much adrenaline pumping through your veins.

I think he could've won if he didn't crash, but I hope he picks up some wins although this edition of P-N will be a complete snoozefest.

I hope he puts in a Gilbertesque attack on some of the stages to come. If the stages allow such an attack that is.

 

[Martin]

What about Sagans bicycle kick. I'm not condemning it but it was kinda stupid. He should've waited and hope the peloton evaded him instead of trying to kick it loose from the pedals

probably this would be the right decision... but on the other side it was also quite stupid from organisers to let the cyclists go through a sharp curve in the last 300m...

 

[Kwibus]

What about Sagans bicycle kick. I'm not condemning it but it was kinda stupid. He should've waited and hope the peloton evaded him instead of trying to kick it loose from the pedals

So a guy falls down with 60-70hm/h and directly after that he makes a move. Not the smartest move maybe, but I wonder how some people expect riders to make the right decision after they just crashed at topspeed and have to make a decision within 1 second. It's probably not a decision, but more an reflex.

The posts from people that actually think he did this intentionally are even more absurd.

 

[The Hitch]

To be fair if it was Cav that did that we would have 10 threads calling for his head by now.

 

[spalco]

Pray tell what is the correct procedure when sliding out after rolling a tire at 35MPH+ and in the middle of a sprint? Just asking, also Kudos to Goss for his excellent reaction.

Not making any strange, unpredictable spinning moves with your bike tied to your feet is probably a good start.

 

[Mellow Velo]

The posts from people that actually think he did this intentionally are even more absurd.

I haven't read any posts that say Sagan did it deliberately.
Just that it wasn't the smartest reaction.

There have been one or two posts trying to stir up an argument though.

 

[raindog]

Sagan's rear tubular rolled off the rim on the last corner, you can see it's off before he hits the deck if you stop start the slow mo in the right place.

 

[El Pistolero]

Sagan's rear tubular rolled off the rim on the last corner, you can see it's off before he hits the deck if you stop start the slow mo in the right place.

Yeah, Sporza commentators said that as well.

 

[raindog]

Yeah, Sporza commentators said that as well.

Jalabert spotted it on France3.

 

[thirteen]

To be fair if it was Cav that did that we would have 10 threads calling for his head by now.

very true!

(then again, he's much more fun to pick on)

 

[hrotha]

Leaving the whole Sagan Debacle behind, man, I love Kadri. He has to be one of the most enthusiastic riders out there.

 

[will10]

probably this would be the right decision... but on the other side it was also quite stupid from organisers to let the cyclists go through a sharp curve in the last 300m...

It was not a dangerous finale in the slightest. The bunch didn't have to brake for any of the corners in the final km.