Afrank said:What did Marco Velo say? Don't think I saw it.
I raised the red flag, but Quintana told me several times to speed up, then he overtook us and went away.
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Afrank said:What did Marco Velo say? Don't think I saw it.
damian13ster said:They PASSED the motorcycle. There is no way they didnt see it. I am sure that if you are going at high speeds, downhill you can tell whether the object next to you is stationary or moving?
SafeBet said:I raised the red flag, but Quintana told me several times to speed up, then he overtook us and went away.
damian13ster said:If the driver of a motorcycle is not lying they were signalling for him to speed up multiple times. I am pretty sure one of those times flag was up since it was safe for riders to take their hand off the wheel, it was the same for motorcycle which has better stability on the road. And then after he didnt they passed. Unless you claim that he is lying (what possible motivation would he have to do that, especially compared to riders who gained unfair advantage thanks to that and are trying to save their face) the facts are pretty obvious here.
But what did Velo reply when Quintana told him to go faster (if that's what happened)?damian13ster said:So Quintana thought that he was speaking to a ghost and motorcycle just happened to be there randomly and driver thought that [sarcasm]great Don Nairo[/sarcasm] was speaking to him instead?
cineteq said:It doesn't matter if he saw it or not. RCS (mis)communicated the descent was NOT neutralized.
Thanks bro, finally someone notices some of my 'hidden' talentsmr. tibbs said:Haha wow--this sentence describes, literally and formally, the mess of that stage: a paranthetically addressed lacuna and a double (triple, even?) negative that may or may not just confirm a state of normalcy.
That's poetry, cine! This should be on CN's front page.
kingjr said:But what did Velo reply when Quintana told him to go faster (if that's what happened)?
SafeBet said:I raised the red flag, but Quintana told me several times to speed up, then he overtook us and went away.
Who's saying this? It's irrelevant. The only EVIL here is RCS.hfer07 said:Rolland is from now on EVIL - he and that Quintana guy along with the Canadian folk are all EVIL
should have stopped when the red flag was waived by the motor guy-- EVIL French rider!!!
Tour '11: they were all devils thenGaul 58 said:I thought Voeckler was widely regarded as being Europcar's evil rider... can they have two on the same team?
cineteq said:Who's saying this? It's irrelevant. The only EVIL here is RCS.
BS is right. Then we agree that RED FLAG is the evilest of all!hfer07 said:Oh common !!! Is it that difficult to notice that a was joking??
With all the BS being thrown all around the CN forums about the incident - I just wanted to mock a bit - that's all
cineteq said:Best thing that happened to Rolland's cycling career to date: to have ridden 2014 Giro
cineteq said:Best thing that happened to Rolland's cycling career to date: to have ridden 2014 Giro
ILovecycling said:This!
He is one of my favourite riders now.
I liked him on Tour 2012 but its another level
mr. tibbs said:He might be my favorite over all now. Thread should be retitled:
Official Pierre Rolland is the Next Kloden Thread.