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

[Ramira]

was there any confirmation on that motorcyclist from the other day who dragged the rider getting kicked out for sure?

this guy just did a hit and run today. my husband thinks he was on his cell.

From what Bart de Waele (a motorcycle photographer) said he is still in the race but isn't allowed to ride near the peleton again.

 

[Arnout]

Can you guys make another thread for the Contador incident, its beginning to annoy me.

 

[PedalCastro]

xenophobic is the word you are looking for.

Ah whatever!

 

[El Pistolero]

Ok give the win to LL Sanchez, that will solve it.

Oh no, it doesn't.

And what the heck you wont find a car of Spanish tv here will you? Its called the Tour de France after all.

Nothing will solve this mess of a stage. Damage has already been done.

 

[Ferminal]

Go Phil, solo it!

 

[Franklin]

This means there will be some sort of rider protest tomorrow. Hopefully they wont cancel the stage.

Tomorrow is a great day for a rider protest

 

[Arnout]

This means there will be some sort of rider protest tomorrow. Hopefully they wont cancel the stage.

I expect there to be no racing tomorrow.

 

[Ramira]

Shamefull Tour, shame shame shame. Official car from the organisation , poor.

It wasn't an organisation car it was a car from French TV. Not a big difference but still.

 

[salixcycling]

was there any confirmation on that motorcyclist from the other day who dragged the rider getting kicked out for sure?

Le tour ticker http://gaps.letour.fr/us.php the day after said the motorcyclist was out

 

[RdBiker]

I guess the car driver must be feeling terrible right now. He(/she) didn't certainly mean to do that.

 

[Arnout]

Nothing will solve this mess of a stage.

Well then just continue.

 

[ggusta]

should have radioed back for cancellara's opinion. Duh.

:d .

 

[krebs303]

yep, perfectly normal first week

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[Ramira]

I guess the car driver must be feeling terrible right now. He(/she) didn't certainly mean to do that.

Neither do 99.9% of riders causing fatal crashes. Doesn't mean they're not to blame.

 

[GroupDK]

voeckler have no part in this..

i understand fully that he keept hes pace and if it was a possiblelity that they could get up again in a reasonable time, i guess he woulded have waitet..

so come on - hes act has no faul in this..

 

[El Pistolero]

I guess the car driver must be feeling terrible right now. He(/she) didn't certainly mean to do that.

There's a thing called a brake. If he had a braincell he would have used it.

 

[ggusta]

I guess the car driver must be feeling terrible right now. He(/she) didn't certainly mean to do that.

Sometimes "Sorry" just doesn't cut it.

 

[Arnout]

Over 100 pages well before the end of the stage. Give us more crashes for the record

 

[Publicus]

If you have it in HD, then rip it and upload it, because I can't see anything in the videos you guys have posted. Karpets swings sort of abruptly to his left (which could have been caused by anything), and Contador goes flying. To me it looks like his front wheel touched either Karpets or his teammate's rear wheel so he lost control, but that doesn't mean Karpets pushed him or anything.

I don't know how to do it, and you seem to be the only person pretending that it was an innocuous situation. So, I'm content to go with my observation and let you go with your's.

 

[Dedelou]

Not enough crashed so they've ordered the cars and motorbikes to take riders down...

This entire TDF is out of control.. First a motorbike , now one of the official's car hurting the racers.. They should stage a protest in tuesday

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

I expect there to be no racing tomorrow.

I expect a serious rider protest. French TV driver just changed the entire race.

 

[Cobblestones]

This means there will be some sort of rider protest tomorrow. Hopefully they wont cancel the stage.

No, they should cancel tomorrow's stage, make it a rest day instead.

 

[RdBiker]

I expect there to be no racing tomorrow.

No no, I'm sure they'll have a protest on tomorrow's stage

 

[Anonymous]

Ah whatever!

Either way, your comment was ignorant, so I was just trying to help you be a more educated xenophobe.

 

[El Pistolero]

voeckler have no part in this..

i understand fully that he keept hes pace and if it was a possiblelity that they could get up again in a reasonable time, i guess he woulded have waitet..

so come on - hes act has no faul in this..

I know it's not his fault, but that doesn't mean I want to see him win this stage.