Tour de Suisse - Stage 4, Schwarzenburg - Wettingen (192.2km)

[The Sheep]

That was a mad crash

 

[TRDean]

Is everyone OK?

 

[Magnus]

Anybody knows who's in the ambulance?

 

[ttrider]

didnt see much of cav he ll be battered and bruised but ok but surprised Haussler wasnt onconscious he took a massive beating, worried for his tdf

 

[hfer07]

Haussler must be in rage!!! a crash is the last thing he's expecting after all the sh!t he's gone through the last months....

 

[Christian]

When you see how Haussler hit the ground - that's why you wear a helmet! That should be in an educational video about wearing helmets.

A rider from AG2R made a full on salto

I hope no one is seriously injured. Man, Haussler just has no luck this year.

 

[Von Mises]

Was it that bad? Was really Cav's fault? What did he do?

Cav did not hold the line, he changed direction very suddenly. It was his fault, no argument.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Well they managed to crash up that finishing funnel on the first circuit at about 20mph so not entirely surprising there was a crash in the finish

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I even saw a helmet flying

 

[BYOP88]

Ban for 1 month like T.Bos would be appropriate. What the hell was that Cavendish?

Totally agree.

Could you imagine what Cav would be like if the shoe was on the other foot, he'd be livid.

 

[Reverend_T_Preedy]

Ban for 1 month like T.Bos would be appropriate. What the hell was that Cavendish?

Yeah. They were almost identical. Tit

Cav's fault certainly but I think everyone's overeacting. Hausler's shoulder charge also contributed to it.

 

[Faserr]

???? did you watch the race? He came across and wrecked he and Haus...and a lot of other people. It was completely his fault.

That was my first impression, too.

 

[djlovesyou]

Well they managed to crash up that finishing funnel on the first circuit at about 20mph so not entirely surprising there was a crash in the finish

I don't think the finish funnel had a lot to with it.

When one of the guys at the front decides to bodycheck another at 60kph, crashes tend to happen.

 

[The Sheep]

I'm impressed by Freire? managing to go around the crash just in front of him

 

[maltiv]

I hope Cavendish broke every single bone in his body. (no, not really, but would be quite "unfair" if he walks out of this without any injures while many others will be severely injured)

 

[hektoren]

Here's what Cyclingnews' Live Report says:
"Cavendish did seem to drift there. Oh, so many riders came down very hard. One AG2R flipped right over the bars doing a 360.
Situation:
All together...."

All together??? Well, all together in a pile-up, evidently.....

 

[Christian]

I'm surprised no GC contendor was in there. They always say "Try to stay at the front to avoid crashes" ...

 

[Publicus]

I hope Cavendish broke every single bone in his body.

Whoa... That's a bit much.

 

[The Sheep]

Greipel for the tour?

 

[Reverend_T_Preedy]

I hope Cavendish broke every single bone in his body.

You should never wish that on anybody. What he did was hardly a crime

 

[WildspokeJoe]

Yeah. They were almost identical. Tit

Cav's fault certainly but I think everyone's overreacting. Hausler passing Cav for win also contributed to it.

Fix Your Post

 

[BeachBum]

I'm surprised no GC contendor was in there. They always say "Try to stay at the front to avoid crashes" ...

Yes, but not for a sprint finish, they always start slowing down as soon as they are in the 1km (or 3km) 'safe zone.'

 

[theyoungest]

Coming up: endless staring at internet footage to determine whether Cav is a total a-hole. It's Theo Bos all over again. Cav always had a pretty shaky sprint style, and this time it came to a nasty end.

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah. They were almost identical. Tit

Cav's fault certainly but I think everyone's overeacting. Hausler's shoulder charge also contributed to it.

No, that one is completely on Cav. He deviated very quickly and hit Hausler. Hausler did nothing but sprint. I guess sprinting is contributing? Cav screwed up and that is the end of that story.

 

[Sasquatch]

The way I assess this situation is this:

I am a fan of Cav, but this, today, just proves he doesn't have the condition ahead of July. He's put all the eggs in the basket to peak for the Tour. At the moment, he is not showing he has what it takes to be competitive. He has done ****** all in the lead up. That California stage was only thanks to his lead-out but he did not look unbeatable like we always see.

This stage of him drifting just goes to show how out of form he is. I hope he's okay and not seriously injured.

Again, with a proper lead out train in the Tour, he'll probably be fine, but at the moment, I can't see him being competitive in the early stages.

Even if he didn't break his line, I don't think he would have won the sprint. Personally, on the assessment, I think he's *******. I hope I'm wrong as I want to see him fully fit in July but at the moment there is no way he could out sprint Farrar.

And If I was in charge of Columbia, I would seriously look at putting in a team full of climbers for Rogers and leaving Cav for the Vuelta and World's. On current form, Cav shouldn't be riding the Tour.