Tour de France 2011 Stage 9: Issoire - Saint-Flour 208 km

[El Pistolero]

Getting 10th now for me has no value anymore. 10th now means 20th next year if not everyone crashes out.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Here is a youtube link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwviTmZZSlk

That looks pretty blatant.

 

[Zoncolan]

Vino apparently a broken elbow too... ouch...

He went out as he raced his bike - hard! Thank you Vino for all the thrills over the years.

 

[The Hitch]

Andy been hanging out with CAS too much - great pain face ?

Which CAS are we talking about

 

[Parrulo]

That looks pretty blatant.

it almost looks like it was done on propose. . . . .

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Vandenbroeck didn't break his collarbone, but his shoulder which is much worse

 

[Gingerale]

Can't figure out how to change the orientation, but this is the video evidence of the shouldering by the Katusha rider.

http:
//dl.dropbox.com/u/3128763/IMG_0067.MOV

wow. it does appear like conti suddenly pops out from the side of pelaton into ditch. the 'dog' was the guy who knocked him, if that was intentional

 

[For The World]

Now that is a comparable list:

It has three favorites and one top ten candidate.

However, the point stand that this is not "normal". You had to go back 14 years for a comparable slaughter.

Yet you went back 11 years to find a race with less than 5 riders who abandoned. I had recently re-read my copy of the September 97 issue of Cycle Sport and had the article about all the crashes fresh in my mine.

Perhaps more telling is a quote from Patrick Jonker about that tour:

"...but I think it was bound to happen that guys would get hurt with so many crashes. I've seen more in one week than I have in the whole of my career."

So this massive amount of crashes was also happening 14 years ago, and I'm sure if I go through the other Tour review magazines that I have, we'll probably find similar stories, suggesting that it isn't simply a recent phenomenon.

In the end though, I'll agree there's years where the crashes appear to be few and far between, yet there's evidence showing that there have been years where there have been myriad crashes - so it's certainly more than just a recent phenomenon.

 

[just some guy]

Which CAS are we talking about

The Chris one not the Alberto version

 

[Bala Verde]

Yep, because his collarbones have some plates in them already because he broke those earlier in his career.

Interesting. So is it possible he broke his shoulder blade, because his collarbone was 'fortified', which might have transfered the impact of the crash to another bone?

Does anyone know what the rehabilitation period for such any injury is?

 

[Bavarianrider]

Vandenbroeck didn't break his collarbone, but his shoulder which is much worse

That's the price those guys pay for being so light.
There's just nothing which protects the bones.
If we had a reasonable BMI we would see lesser injures

 

[Ramira]

You clearly didn't see my irony, I blame that on my poor english. I remember that, yes, but generally Andy isn't that much of a team player IMO.

Guess I missed the irony there, then again the internet sucks for irony and sarcasm. Not sure whether Andy is a team player or not. But it does seem he has motivational problems and it seems when he's not interested in a race he's not on form leading him to be a rather useless team mate.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

I expect a Katusha rider will be headed home if indeed he shouldered Contador.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Hushovd seems to be in a bit of trouble today

 

[El Pistolero]

That looks pretty blatant.

Yeah, throw that all Russian team out. Joke all season, so only normal that they're a joke now.

Geraint Thomas is right, the peloton is filled with muppets. How about you throw those muppets out, so we can have a little bit less crashes.

 

[kjetilraknerud]

Thor struggling now, but he'll get back on the descent.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Gesink moves to the front while Hushovd moves back, what the ****

 

[Ney the Viking]

Gesink looking slightly better now?

 

[markene2]

Astana Cycling Team
Vino is right now on the way for Hospital, he is conscious, but suffers from the right femur... Waiting for the medical diagnostic, but it seems to be broken. We will inform you as soon as possible!
about a minute ago

 

[Gloin22]

wow. it does appear like conti suddenly pops out from the side of pelaton into ditch. the 'dog' was the guy who knocked him, if that was intentional

That rider was Karpets

 

[ggusta]

I think this has the correct orientation and it is on youtube

http://t.co/5qoro8N

I think that guy gets an honorary cinzano jersey and matching frame pump. WTF? If it wasn't intentional it was incompetence worthy of a club rider.

 

[The Hitch]

I had Basso coming in 2nd and Cunego something like 8th, and still don't see any reason to change that. As far as S. Sanchez goes, I had him in top ten originally, and was just now trying to give Ryo a little hope and got caught out in it by the ever sharp The Hitch. A good result for Sanchez still isn't outside the realm of possibility but I confess he does face a challenge.

lol, thanks but im not very sharp when it comes to Sanchez, just very upset at what happened last week and trying to vent my outrage at every turn.

 

[benpounder]

I can't now can I? Let me show you 2000:

Stage 1: 0
Stage 2: 0
Stage 3: 0
Stage 4: 0
Stage 5: 0
Stage 6: 1
Stage 7: 2

Well, don't you look silly now?

Scot said carnage in the first week and you list withdrawls.

 

[Gingerale]

from the injuries reported: broken pelvis, femur, shoulder, collarbone, and i heard dz had a concussion that had to be one hell of a descent crash!

 

[Zoncolan]

What do you guys think about Cunego's chances now with all these Top 10 candidates fading/abandoning? He's only 1.12 behind and could be going for a solid top 10.

At best. Still a long way off a top 5, not to mention the podium.