Tour of California Stage 5: Visalia - Bakersfield (195.5km)

[TheDangerMan]

Unbelievable! Eurosport are staying with the women's cup final because it's gone into extra time.

How bad is Lance hurt?

 

[search]

http://tracker.amgentourofcalifornia.com/

thanks, I've got this running already

 

[Califootman]

Anyone have an idea of the composition of the Gold Jersey group? All I can glean from the ticker is Zabriskie and 6 Shackers in the group of about 30. Just wondering how many Garmin and HTC-Columbia (I assume Rogers is there) are present.

 

[killswitch]

Unbelievable! Eurosport are staying with the women's cup final because it's gone into extra time.

How bad is Lance hurt?

He looked like he could've continued. Chechu looks worse but is still riding.

 

[The Sheep]

Unbelievable! Eurosport are staying with the women's cup final because it's gone into extra time.

How bad is Lance hurt?

That German goalie moved off her line so far, won them the cup by cheating haha

 

[santacruz]

Why is there a Fly V rider at the front of the chase, chasing down his teamate Ben Day??? wtf

 

[santacruz]

riders attacking like mad men off the front of the break and the announcers don't notice?????????

edit, ok they caught on a few minutes later

 

[PASSWORD]

LA ,,it looked like a head injury ,eye socket .

 

[Clemson Cycling]

espn pic

 

[killswitch]

espn pic

Footage from the tracker showed only the left elbow to be hurt.

 

[Clemson Cycling]

He might have had a concussion with an injury like that in which case he would have had to retire.

 

[jens_attacks]

damn!i hope he's fine...

 

[theswordsman]

He looked like he could've continued. Chechu looks worse but is still riding.

He got stitches under his eye and left arm, which was all road rash. Shorts had holes with road rash. I'm giving him a pass today.

 

[rides like a girl]

espn pic

i wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't his sunglasses that made that cut. As a lifelong wearer of glasses...I have had cuts like that as a kid when I fell off my bike or skateboard...I don't know for sure, as Versus didn't have film of the crash...but Chechu had the road rash...Lance looked to have this eye gash and an elbow scab...It looked that Chechu had the worst of it.

 

[zapata]

renshaw catching day, climbing better than the rest of the break.

 

[Francois the Postman]

He got stitches under his eye and left arm, which was all road rash. Shorts had holes with road rash. I'm giving him a pass today.

Snap, was holding back with snap judgement on how-convenient until I saw actual pictures. But if that's the eye socket, fair enough.

 

[zapata]

is renshaw australian also?

 

[issoisso]

I would love to know why exactly Columbia's main leadout man is in the break.

 

[tgsgirl]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/amgentourofcalifornia/4624450853/

More pictures there. He got back on the bike, but he doesn't seem happy. I wouldn't be either, if just tried to take out my own eyeball using my glasses.

 

[TheDangerMan]

If he's got a cheek bone fracture, was does that mean? Can you ride with that?

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Now I know everything I wanted and more about California's agricultural prowess.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

That injury looks a bit nasty. I do feel bad for the guy. Watching cyclists crash is never pleasant. I don't wish injury on people. I thought he might be faking it a bit but from that photo, looks rather bad.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Hmm, pretty sure the chase group is also missing De Maar (nr 96). I saw 3 healthcare riders, 98, 97 and 91 (sutherland). Oh well. Figures

 

[simmspin]

I made a post somewhere else on here, bagging Lance, saying that he should have kept riding...but after seeing the pics and the only video I could find ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKZiH9pAjqo ) I have to say that it did look pretty bad to be fair...

That's all...just clearing MY concience like Floyd...

Afermath:

http://twitpic.com/1phpfe

 

[zapata]

breakaway attacking each other already.