Tour de France 2017 stage 9: Nantua > Chambéry - 181,5 km

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I think he is ok, but they are taking a lot of precautions to make sure there are no neck injuries. According to the announcers, he was saying "I'm ok". Hopefully that's the case. This Tour sucks so far. Too many crashes
 
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Bavarianrider said:
So why is Froome not waiting for Dan Martin????????????????

Haha new to cycling are you ?
 
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JackRabbitSlims said:
Horrible crash for Porte..hope he is ok....

Billie....I'm gonna work you hard for a permanent ban you complete pr!ck!!

do your best lol
 
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Yingge said:
Porte isn't getting up. DNF for him. Looks like his error, cut the inside and took Martin out too, though Martin is back on the bike.

Yeah, 100% his own fault, but I think that was the worst crash I've ever seen on live tv. I think that is probably close to how Weylandt died, just that the wall wasn't as solid.

reminds me a bit of that descent in Italy too
 
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Maybe this one should have been a Chat MTF...That road could use about a meter more of width. I'm all for new climbs but crashes like this make me reconsider just how dangerous this needs to be. :/
 
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Tonton said:
Yikes...I hope Porte is OK...Tour over for him.
Yep. Without wishing to sound OTT, let's hope the Tour being over is the extent of the damage.

Really don't see the merit in including a descent like this in the Tour. :(
 
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can3478 said:
Fugsang's wife is expecting a baby, he's not taking any risk.

Already gave birth - and him dropping was most likely not a matter of taking less risks. Mechanical probably.
 
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Very strange. We are going to Chambery host of stage 7 21 years ago when Bruyneel fell into a ravine, Zulle chrashed twice, Jalabert lost 13 minutes and the start of Indurains downfall. Very similar stage this.