Vuelta a España - Stage 4: September 1 - Venlo - Liège, 224km

[craig1985]

Vuelta a España - Stage 4: September 1 - Venlo - Liège, 224km

Takes in the Amstel Gold and L-B-L. Brilliant. Why can't ASO do the same thing?

 

[ak-zaaf]

nice, broadcast begins at 13.30 \o/

weather also looks promising
RAIN?

 

[AdK1991]

Liveticker until 13.30 CET when the broadcast start.
Live flashes from the Vuelta

 

[ak-zaaf]

boom in the break again.
rabo prolly going for gesink and martens today.

 

[ggusta]

Liveticker until 13.30 CET when the broadcast start.
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[krebs303]

WTF looks like destruction derby. 4 crashes in 5 mins. roads are slick

 

[issoisso]

David López, Dan Martin and Charlie Wegelius all out with crashes.

EDIT: In case that's not clear, I mean they retired

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Dan martin too? pity.

 

[krebs303]

From Velonews:
"We're hearing word over race radio that it was Frank Schleck who decided he wanted to kiss the back of that parked truck. He's back in the field, though."

 

[issoisso]

Race radio apologises for their mistake. Dan Martin and David López are NOT out as they originally reported. They did crash badly, though.

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

NOt Fränk. Now we are hearing it was Fuglsang.

Susan

 

[ak-zaaf]

NOt Fränk. Now we are hearing it was Fuglsang.

Susan

really?
i can't believe fränk didn't fall yet ;p


would be a shame if fuglsang is injured =/

 

[krebs303]

From Velonews:
"We're hearing word over race radio that it was Frank Schleck who decided he wanted to kiss the back of that parked truck. He's back in the field, though."

oops
Word has it that it was rising Danish star Jakob Fuglsang who plowed into the back of that semi-tractor-trailer on the side of the road a while back ... seems like he's stil in the race. He wins the Toughman award of the day.

 

[issoisso]

really?
i can't believe fränk didn't fall yet ;p


would be a shame if fuglsang is injured =/

Apparently he was putting his rain jacket on when he lost control of his bike, swerved wildly and ran into the back of a parked truck

 

[ak-zaaf]

wow, why the hell did that guy suddenly went left?

 

[luckyboy]

****, crash

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

wow freakin big crash. very lucky to be in the 3km

 

[issoisso]

Was that Henderson willingly finishing in 4th? He only needed 3rd to get the jersey.

If it was him, major fail.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

mosquera could be hurt. his season gets better.... hopefully he is fine

 

[ak-zaaf]

vino went down pretty bad too. if he's hurt and suddenly wins a tt, we know what to expect

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

Was that Henderson willingly finishing in 4th? He only needed 3rd to get the jersey.

If it was him, major fail.

That was Sieberg.

Susan

 

[search]

vino went down pretty bad too. if he's hurt and suddenly wins a tt, we know what to expect

I think it was Horner. Or were both involved?

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

I saw HOrner down and it looked like he was pretty bad off. I didn't see whether Vino was involved.

Mosquera looked bad, too.

Susan

 

[Mellow Velo]

Horner, Mosquera and Kessiakoff seem to have got by far the worst of it.
Most of Saxobank came in together, so it's difficult to tell, but Matti B looked rough...

 

[Mellow Velo]

GC Riders definitely OK: Sanchez (although he had trouble earlier) and Basso and thats' about it GC wise, unless you count Kirchen and Cunego.