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Tour De France '13 Stage 1: June 29, Porto-Vecchio - Bastia
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 29-06-2013 17:02
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
Of the GC contenders, I believe these avoided the crash as they finished in the front group:
Peraud
Evans
Vandenbroeck
Cunego
Valverde
Porte
Froome
Fuglsang
Purito
Quintana
As long as riders who crashe dare not hurt, it shouldn't matter.
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| SweatyViking |
Posted on 29-06-2013 17:02
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9-Ball wrote:
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Why the fuck did everyone get the same time?
Did you not watch the stage? Or read the 'commentary' here? Madness at the finish line which was moved twice as a result. It would be very uneven/unfair to give literal times in such a scenario.
They would have lost time anyway... |
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 29-06-2013 17:02
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Don't see why everyone says this was the "worst TdF stage ever". It's hardly the bus drivers fault that the crash happend (the road was wide enough) and there've been plenty of stages affected by crashes before.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 29-06-2013 17:05
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SweatyViking wrote:
9-Ball wrote:
SweatyViking wrote:
Why the fuck did everyone get the same time?
Did you not watch the stage? Or read the 'commentary' here? Madness at the finish line which was moved twice as a result. It would be very uneven/unfair to give literal times in such a scenario.
They would have lost time anyway...
Don't be ridiculous. They've just adapted the 3 km-rule to the place where the times were taken (3 km from the finish) rather than at the actual line. By far the most sensible thing to do, if you ask me.
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 29-06-2013 17:05
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SweatyViking wrote:
9-Ball wrote:
SweatyViking wrote:
Why the fuck did everyone get the same time?
Did you not watch the stage? Or read the 'commentary' here? Madness at the finish line which was moved twice as a result. It would be very uneven/unfair to give literal times in such a scenario.
They would have lost time anyway...
Yep they would drop Contador easily if it wasnt for crash. |
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 29-06-2013 17:07
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Danny van Poppel in the white jersey tomorrow. Nice! 
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| ikaros33 |
Posted on 29-06-2013 17:08
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SweatyViking wrote:
9-Ball wrote:
SweatyViking wrote:
Why the fuck did everyone get the same time?
Did you not watch the stage? Or read the 'commentary' here? Madness at the finish line which was moved twice as a result. It would be very uneven/unfair to give literal times in such a scenario.
They would have lost time anyway...
Not necessarly, at the time of the crash the finish was still said to be at the 3km mark (or even if it that was communicated to the teams a bit earlier there was still confusion), so they were acting as if it was 1.5km to go, so there was more action then there would have been normally, also some riders might have been confused about the place of the finish or there might have been communication with the team cars about that topic that second which could have all led to the crash, which might not have happened otherwise.
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 29-06-2013 17:19
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Just watched it, chaos... |
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| wogsrus |
Posted on 29-06-2013 17:19
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Just cant take a beat |
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| juszta |
Posted on 29-06-2013 17:27
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It does not look good for Tony Martin  . He is being taken to ambulance. |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 29-06-2013 17:28
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Congratulations to 2013 ITT world champion Taylor Phinney 
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| bendzsi98 |
Posted on 29-06-2013 17:38
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juszta wrote:
It does not look good for Tony Martin . He is being taken to ambulance.
Where did you "get" the picture? |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 29-06-2013 17:41
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cio93 wrote:
Congratulations to 2013 ITT world champion Taylor Phinney
2 weeks off the bike, then one month or so to reach a decent level again, and he's fine by mid-August.
Still largely on time to be 2013 ITT WC. |
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| wogsrus |
Posted on 29-06-2013 17:41
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Matt White, DS of OGE said that bus driver was told to move forward and followed all the instructions given to him. |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 29-06-2013 17:45
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Aquarius wrote:
cio93 wrote:
Congratulations to 2013 ITT world champion Taylor Phinney
2 weeks off the bike, then one month or so to reach a decent level again, and he's fine by mid-August.
Still largely on time to be 2013 ITT WC.
Yeah, I'm not familiar with healing times, let's hope so.
So we traded one German stage win for another one today.
At least Cav's train takes a hit.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 29-06-2013 17:50
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Crazy stage! The bus made the day even more hectic, and from the way Hesjedal basically bounced off the ground from his crash he should be okay.
Only hope Martin is okay. Congrats to Smowz who predicted a Kittel win.
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| ShortsNL |
Posted on 29-06-2013 18:07
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Hectic stage.
Orica Green Wedge, I love that name  No fault to the bus driver obviously.
Arguably the ASO could have neutralized it, but as far as I know, they made the call to finish at 3k as soon as they heard about the crash, which is sensible enough. Once the real finish was clear again, I see why they moved it back again.
Yes this did cause some confusion, and one could argue that it increased the chances of a mass crash happening. Still, I think it's way too indirect to make link these things together. The crash happened, and the ASO acted appropriately. Giving everyone the same time because of all the confusion was a good decision.
About the winner, definitely deserved. Kittel is a top sprinter no matter how you look at it, and the fact that his main rivals weren't there anymore doesn't change that.
Finally, grats to Van Poppel to getting third. Hopefully he'll surprise us one or two more times this week. |
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 29-06-2013 18:13
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there is no way the could sprint at that 3km mark imo
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 29-06-2013 18:16
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Apparently someone has the brilliant idea to get some air out of the tires from the bus, and after that it got free. That guy just saved the Tour.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 29-06-2013 18:18
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Ollfardh wrote:
Apparently someone has the brilliant idea to get some air out of the tires from the bus, and after that it got free. That guy just saved the Tour.
Phil Liggett mentioned that on air, atleast 5mins before it was moved 
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