Tour de France 2014
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absolute bobbins
Am Yisrael Chai
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The crowds going up Buttertubs remind me of Dutch Corner on Alpe d'Huez
nightgoat
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Hopefully Cav's ok, but that looks like his collarbone gone. Last year it was Greipel wiping him out on the Grand Depart, now Gerrans cut him up. There's only so long Prudhomme can start with sprint stages to try and get Cav a yellow jersey.
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So annoyed for Cav again. Doesn't help he lost his main lead out guy and then gets trapped in a no win situation which results in him crashing out again.
Hope it's not a collarbone but it looked to me that all the impact from the crash was on his shoulder and how he cycled over the line suggested a collarbone injury.
Hope it's not a collarbone but it looked to me that all the impact from the crash was on his shoulder and how he cycled over the line suggested a collarbone injury.
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Lucky boy as that looked a very heavy fall.
spurs_girl_tasha
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I'm going to see it tomorrow morning. Not really into cycling but it's not like it happens very often. Hopefully we'll have some good weather
Marty
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Gerrans "cut him up" because Cav was pushing him across the road and into the Europcar rider who when Gerrans went down did brilliantly to avoid the crash and create an absolutely massive pile-up. Cav brought this on himself.
I'll be amazed if he starts tomorrow but then again I was also wrong about Neymar's injury.
nightgoat
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Cav was leaning his head into Gerrans because Gerrans just completely cut across into his line.
Apparently OPQS said he'd continue as long as he hadn't broken anything, but I'd be surprised if he did continue. But then Gerraint Thomas rode almost the entirety of last year's Tour with a fractured pelvis.
Marty
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Bollocks. If that was the case then Cav wouldn't have issued this apology. He brought this 100% on himself.
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I suggest you watch it again. Gerrans moves out to pass one of the Canondale riders, and in moving back runs right into Cav's line. Cav leans his head into Gerrans at the same time Coquard is coming round Gerrans, who gets squeezed between the two of them. Neither Cav nor Gerrans are blameless, but if Gerrans doesn't cut him up Cav doesn't have to try and nudge him back out of his line.
But Cav gets blamed for every crash he's involved in. Take the one with Veelers last year for example. Similar situation, yet Cav got all the blame. At least if Cav does ride tomorrow he shouldn't get piss thrown at him.
Marty
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I have seen it again and I honestly don't see what Gerrans possibly does wrong there. He is behind Sagan and moves out to try to pass him, yes, but Cav then moves in behind Sagan and I don't see any attempt from Gerrans to move back in there. I suggest you watch it again or we just agree to disagree.
And Cav gets blamed because of the way he leans in to the man next to him, which he should be punished even harder for IMO.
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I don't disagree but maybe it's because we went from Wiggins being the team leader at Sky to Froome and the difference in personality in front of the camera couldn't be further apart that makes me feel a bit meh towards Froome.
My problem is Contador is probably his closest challenger and I'd rather have my eyes gouged out with a rusty spoon than she him win it.
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Am Yisrael Chai
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It would be a terrible thing, I just ordered a Dossard Un t-shirt from Rapha.
