Tour de France : Stage 1 Rotterdam Bruxelles 223.5 km

[ingsve]

How did klöden lose time? i think i remember seeing him at the front of the peleton inside 3 kilometers

He didn't according to the official tour page.

 

[Anonymous]

Using the word "uniballer" in reference to Lance Armstrong shows hatred for someone who survived cancer in part by having a piece of themselves cut off. Arguably, such a person has a disability. Is making fun of the physically disabled something CN moderators view as acceptable?

Expressing a dislike for LA the rider/human being is acceptable - but expressing this dislike in the form of making fun of a cancer survivor is hateful and disgusting.

but he wouldnt have got cancer in the first place if he hadnt been.. oh. it doesnt matter..

 

[Beech Mtn]

Cyclngnews stage report has a pretty biased take on the Cav crash:

With 12km to go the gap had been halved, with HTC-Columbia determined to give Mark Cavendish his 11th Tour de France stage victory and vindication after his controversial crash in the Tour de Suisse.

By 8km to go, the pair were caught and the fight for position intensified, with Lampre, Cervelo, Katusha, Milram and Garmin all pushing forward to assemble their lead-out trains.

Lampre swamped the HTC-Columbia train with 3km to go, looking to deliver Alessandro Petacchi to his first stage win since 2003. They had Freire tucked in right behind until Cervelo's Jeremy Hunt took him out in a turn, also ruining the chances of Cavendish.

 

[Moondance]

Cyclngnews stage report has a pretty biased take on the Cav crash:

Well, thats just wrong... But whatever.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Has it ever been different?

When I reacted on a different forum that I wish Cavendish should be deported back to the Isle of Man and keep him there, the British went ballistic

 

[Goldberger]

Stuck in or behind a crash, I guess? Not entirely impossible, is it?

Yes, almost impossible, klöden has never lost time in flat stages of tour before, now i see in the tour hompage he still has the same time as peleton

 

[Mellow Velo]

Cyclngnews stage report has a pretty biased take on the Cav crash:

Hunt took out Cav?
Yes, clearly he did by falling off when Cav stuck his shoulder into him and not having the power to push Cav back onto a decent racing line.

Fuzzies: Get a humour implant and think about it.

Kloden loses time? Must have been Contador's fault.

 

[fruit bars with eyes]

Cyclngnews stage report has a pretty biased take on the Cav crash:

well quite- did they actually watch it ? jeremy hunt did nothing except have nowhere to go after cav's crazy left hand manoevre on a right hand turn

 

[Dr. Maserati]

Using the word "uniballer" in reference to Lance Armstrong shows hatred for someone who survived cancer in part by having a piece of themselves cut off. Arguably, such a person has a disability. Is making fun of the physically disabled something CN moderators view as acceptable?

Expressing a dislike for LA the rider/human being is acceptable - but expressing this dislike in the form of making fun of a cancer survivor is hateful and disgusting.

The term 'uniballer' was given to Lance by comedian Robin Williams during one of his visits to the TdF during the USPS days.
Lance counts Robin as a personal friend - and didn't have a problem with it and seemed to find the reference amusing.

 

[Barrus]

Somewhere out there Greipel is laughing.

Especially because he won a stage today

but anyway, did seem to be Cav's fault once again, his movement is what created the crash

Best moment of the race was probably Maaskant greeting his parents, or Boom being so happy to be at the front and smiling and waving and pointing almost the entire time

 

[sublimit]

I was thinking of starting a Tour of Austria thread but i reckoned it would be duller than the first 180k of this stage.

Well done Greiple for a very big win, Swift 2, Brown 3.

 

[Anonymous]

I hate those finishes. Spent hours watching nothing happen only to be deprived of seeing the best sprinters and their teams fight it out. It made a boring day even more boring.

Yea, about 30 minutes before the finish, I went to meet an old college friend for lunch. Recorded it on DVR. Got home to watch. Was glad I made the decision to go to lunch instead of ditching my friend to watch the end of the stage. Complete crap. Its almost like they forgot how to ride a bike.

 

[Anonymous]

well quite- did they actually watch it ? jeremy hunt did nothing except have nowhere to go after cav's crazy left hand manoevre on a right hand turn

Yea, that is not what I saw. What I saw was Cav leaning hard on the guy on his left and pushing everyone in the crash to the barrier. They must have not been actually watching the race if that is what they saw.

 

[Wallace]

The term 'uniballer' was given to Lance by comedian Robin Williams during one of his visits to the TdF during the USPS days.
Lance counts Robin as a personal friend - and didn't have a problem with it and seemed to find the reference amusing.

And what's the name of the coffee shop in Lance's bike store? That would seem to be a decent measure of how easily offended LA is on the subject.

 

[euanli]

It wasn't Hunt who Cavendish clashed with.

 

[Mellow Velo]

It wasn't Kloden losing time, either, but Shack's "Mule" Muravyev.
Over 4 minutes, so was dead last at the time.
Now the Tour has started, the accuracy on this forum has gone out the window, if favour of sensationalist postings.

 

[Dr. Maserati]

And what's the name of the coffee shop in Lance's bike store? That would seem to be a decent measure of how easily offended LA is on the subject.

Ha - Juan Pelota...... and I never thought about this until now... but I had a cappuccino there.....

 

[patricknd]

Ha - Juan Pelota...... and I never thought about this until now... but I had a cappuccino there.....

shameless fan boy

 

[Barrus]

Bertie did fall, if I have a correct translation of his twitter, but nothing really came from it. Also Freire has no real damage from the fall

 

[Mellow Velo]

Bertie did fall, if I have a correct translation of his twitter, but nothing really came from it. Also Freire has no real damage from the fall

I think he's fibbing. I saw what happened to him. Not a lot.
He reckons he's got a bruised knee.

Anyhow Bottle almost got smashed again.
He just tweeted that he's had some X-rays done on his wrist, but this year, it's not broken.............yet.

 

[theyoungest]

Apparently Gesink did fall after all. Nothing serious though.

 

[Publicus]

I think he's fibbing. I saw what happened to him. Not a lot.
He reckons he's got a bruised knee.

Anyhow Bottle almost got smashed again.
He just tweeted that he's had some X-rays done on his wrist, but this year, it's not broken.............yet.

Tuesday is going to be hell for him. And AC didn't say he fell, just that his knee was bruised.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Apparently Gesink did fall after all. Nothing serious though.

Wow it only took 1 stage...

Then again, who didn't fall?

 

[perico]

Wow it only took 1 stage...

Then again, who didn't fall?

Amazingly, Vande Velde apparently didn't fall.

 

[Cobblestones]

Was out today and just caught it on the rerun. Beside the crashes, how comes that Hushovd can't even get around Renshaw?