Teams & Riders Vincenzo Nibali discussion thread

[Rollthedice]

Very very very sad.

 

[Red Rick]

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Suspected vertebral fracture.

Plez don't interfere with rainbow jersey

 

[SafeBet]

I don't care about the Tour, but losing the chance to win WC would be painful.

 

[Valv.Piti]

How could he ride with that?

 

[SafeBet]

Didn't Dan Martin ride the entire Tour with a broken vertebrae last year?

 

[Lequack]

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How could he ride with that?

Just pure adrenaline.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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How could he ride with that?

It was only a few kms from the finish. The usual physical reaction to crashes like these is an sudden injection of adrenaline, riding way faster than you normally would be able to (hence tearing chunks out of the leaders gap) and then blow up completely after a few kms when the adrenaline fades. And then you start to feel the pain.

In this case though the finish was close enough that the adrenaline spike wouldn't have faded before the stage ended. So it would have looked like he was stronger than he really was while the adrenaline lasted. If the stage had another 2kms he might have lost several minutes.

The most famous case is Armstrong in 2003, but there have been a few other high profile ones

 

[rghysens]

Damn, one of the few who could spice up things in the second half of the Tour. Le's hope it's not that bad.

 

[Poursuivant]

These “fans” are getting way out of hand. You could see he was in pain when the camera showed him on the deck.

 

[Gigs_98]

F*ck this. F*ck everything. He was looking so freakin good and now his whole season might be over.

 

[Lequack]

Video of the crash again:
https://twitter.com/tourdegila/status/1019972031675289601

 

[roundabout]

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Didn't Dan Martin ride the entire Tour with a broken vertebrae last year?

Well, not quite entire Tour (he fractured them in the Porte crash), but yes. Though it's probably not the best idea to ride on.

 

[Rollthedice]

Video of him getting to the hospital from the race doctors.

https://www.facebook.com/tuttobiciweb.it/videos/1865867163480624/

 

[Lo squalo di messina]

So i m reading the jury refused to put him in the same time considering what happened as a race accident,.
This sport is rotten to the core.

 

[Red Rick]

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So i m reading the jury refused to put him in the same time considering what happened as a race accident,.
This sport is rotten to the core.

How can I love and hate this sport so much

 

[Forever The Best]

I hope he can recover fully before the WC. And please don't ride this shitshow next year. Focus on one last Giro and classics.

 

[markene2]

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So i m reading the jury refused to put him in the same time considering what happened as a race accident,.
This sport is rotten to the core.

Froome got the same time on Ventoux, this is ***

 

[Valv.Piti]

I cant get too worked up over the jury when he might just abandon. Ffs, thats so unlucky man.

 

[Lo squalo di messina]

Nah he needed the vuelta to prepare for the wc in an optimal way. Damn i need a drink.

 

[SafeBet]

Who cares about those 13 seconds really? Innsbruck much more important. I just hope it's not that bad.

 

[Salvarani]

I just saw he is hospital now

Anyone know if he is okay?

 

[Red Rick]

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I just saw he is hospital now

Anyone know if he is okay?

Suspected vertebral fracture

 

[Rollthedice]

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I just saw he is hospital now

Anyone know if he is okay?

He is not okay. We all pray WC is not another broken dream.

 

[Climbing]

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I just saw he is hospital now

Anyone know if he is okay?

Naw man. He's pretty fuckin' far from okay

 

[Salvarani]

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So unfair

Wishing for a speedy recovery