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Tour de France stage 10: Tuesday, St-Gildas-des-Bois - Saint Malo

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Dutchsmurf said:
Because the peleton hasn't been making perfect calculations for the last 100 years with or without radio's? It isn't exactly rocket science to catch a break in the last 10km, even with only that motor guy giving information.

It's not the same thing. Not at all. I know it's easy to imagine nothing changes, but that guy on the back of the moto does not have real-time timing like you see on the ASO video feed overlay.
 
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boladelmundo said:
Was it caused by Cav? That was a clear charge by using his shoulder. He may be kicked out after this stage.

They will never kick out cav, besides only 1 dude fell from his bike and he seems ok.
 
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The argos rider was weaving about all over the road for ages before that crash, if you choose to employ those intimidation tactics don't be surprised when someone does it back to you. **** happens.
 
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Why on earth didn't Cavendish follow the massive lead that Steegmans was giving? He could have taken the stage. Instead he chose to lurk behind others.
 
l.Harm said:
It was Veelers. Again Cav an *** when he knows he's loosing.

I don't get this comment are we watching the same sprint. Cavendish is trying to get on Kittel's wheel. Both the Argos rider and Cav veer into each others paths and go shoulder shoulder...no?

There was more than this movement in the sprint as well. Look at the last KM several dangerous moves it happens in most sprints. You often see shoulder to shoulder it does not always lead to crash today it did.
 
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hrotha said:
He moved slightly to his right. Cav moved slightly to his left. They bumped into each other. It happens.

Yep, that's pretty much how it went. Veelers weaved a bit and Cav was trying to get up to Greipels wheel and bumped him. Mostly Cav's fault, but these kind of things happen in sprints. Sh!t happens.
 
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Cav shouldn't have eased off when Steegmans was leading him out into a great position.

Big mistake. It costed him a chance for the win.
 
Jan the Man said:
I don't get this comment are we watching the same sprint. Cavendish is trying to get on Kittel's wheel. Both the Argos rider and Cav veer into each others paths and go shoulder shoulder...no?

On the France2 feed, they showed the head **** in slow motion. Instead of getting the rider off the wheel, it took him down. I doubt that bit of video will make it into the summaries broadcast all over the world later today.
 
slow-mo shows Veelers was looking back at Cav and weaving around as he lost the wheel, looked like a deliberate tactic to impede Cav. If you're gonna get involved in a sprint you take the risk, plenty of shoulders bang without anyone going down in pretty much every sprint.