Tirreno-Adriatico stage 7: Civitanova Marche - San Benedetto del Tronto 164km

[Cerberus]

I just watched the helicopter footage and it definitely looked hazardous to me. I can see no legitimate reason for swerving and if either Pettachi or Farrar had gone straight ahead there could easily have been a crash. Pettachi and Farrar even make contact when Pettachi moves to the left to avoid EBH.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

don't think it's a sprint victory ebh should be too proud of

 

[auscyclefan94]

Someone at Sky really needs to stamp that bad habit out of him. That was very dangerous. Swerving like that tends to cause nasty, nasty crashes.

What were the comissaires doing? Twiddling thumbs and watching X Factor?

+1

Also the difference with the leadouts of sky and the leadouts of HTC is the speed and timing. HTC's pace was infernal. Sky in qatar, oman and in italy have gotten swamped. Today though they got it right.

 

[William H]

EBH probably left just enough of a gap between himself and the barriers to get away with it

 

[p e t e r]

Does anybody know who the podium girl kissing the winner after every stage of this year's T-A is?

 

[ingsve]

Does anybody know who the podium girl kissing the winner after every stage of this year's T-A is?

Sabrina Ballerini? She was at least there and presented the prizes so I guess she was the one kissing as well.

 

[p e t e r]

Sabrina Ballerini? She was at least there and presented the prizes so I guess she was the one kissing as well.

No, no, I meant that girl:

 

[max_powers]

EBH is a talented Professional Cyclist hired by a new team to do a job.

It appears he got the job done, professionally done.

in the replay witness the veer back to his right, just to be sure.

 

[Cerberus]

EBH is a talented Professional Cyclist hired by a new team to do a job.

It appears he got the job done, professionally done.

in the replay witness the veer back to his right, just to be sure.

Even if he had veered back to his right it wouldn't have made his veering to the left less dangerous. As it happened he did not, in fact, veer back right until much later (when Pettachi was trying to overtake from the right incidentally, though that move didn't look dangerous). The only way that sprint was professional was if he deliberately boxed in Pettachi and Farrar and managed to get away with it.

 

[Boeing]

+1

Also the difference with the leadouts of sky and the leadouts of HTC is the speed and timing. HTC's pace was infernal. Sky in qatar, oman and in italy have gotten swamped. Today though they got it right.

Sky must learn the hard way now as natural law in the peolton abides in future races...