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| Deadpool |
Posted on 02-09-2009 01:29
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Ste117 wrote:
Wow the crash in today's stage has nearly forced half of the peloton out with a serious injury, i have never seen a crash like that ever in the history I have been watching cycling. It was like a war zone.
In this race I did earlier this year a similar crash happened. It wasn't at a roundabout, but it was wet and the group went too tight into a corner. I avoided it but around 4 guys went down, and one of them really tore up his arms. I've seen plenty of crashes but that one, with the wet conditions and the tight turn, was the fastest and hardest I've seen.
With the speeds these guys were doing, I'm not surprised it was carnage. |
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 02-09-2009 02:03
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Im surprised that the riders who hit the curb are not paralyised from the legs downwards at the speed they hit the curb, I noticed that some riders hit the curb with their back. |
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| trueatfirstlight |
Posted on 02-09-2009 02:37
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issoisso wrote:
Gustavo DomÃnguez has a dead leg (he's the Xacobeo guy we all saw on TV not being able to pedal)
unnamed wrote:
Also, was that Mosquera wich was being pulled by his teammates to the finnshing line?
https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/deportes...940760.htm
I thought that looked like Mosquera from Xacobeo who was escorted across the line flanked by his two dutiful domestiques. That was definitely an impressive sight to see. Dominguez was the one with the bloody tibia that apparently caused the whole ordeal (at least according to Roger Hammond's comments). |
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Posted on 03-09-2009 13:53
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Another brilliant diary entry on cyclingnews for David Millar, this one on the crash in stage 4: https://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/davi...to-crashes |
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| jacknic |
Posted on 03-09-2009 14:25
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That is a truly well written desricption of the horrors of a mass crash! As you said: Brilliant. |
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| jack888 |
Posted on 03-09-2009 14:42
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i loved this comment by Cadel Evans on his twitter: "I would like to give a special thanks to my Continental tyres for getting me safely through today's 'filthy' stage....." |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 03-09-2009 14:54
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Great reading..
"This is what happened in Liege, I heard the crash ahead, then I saw a guy about five or six riders in front of me hit the ground independently of what ever the noise had been and then it began. Every single racer in front of me hit the ground. You see it coming; I knew I was going down, as soon as I saw the domino effect commenced I simply waited." |
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 03-09-2009 15:19
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I enjoyed the Dutch sojourn, but it's good to see the race back in Spain. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 03-09-2009 16:18
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Is it saturday yet?
No? *ducks back into cave and awaits bunch sprint*
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Posted on 25-11-2024 10:55
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| niconico |
Posted on 03-09-2009 16:25
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*realizes neither Breschel nor Fuglsang will win today and ducks back into cave*
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 03-09-2009 16:26
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I'm missing both the Saturday stage and the football qualification match ... my girlfriend can blame her sister if I hate weddings from Sunday and on. |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 03-09-2009 16:26
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£2 against Freire to top 3, and £2 for Farrar and Boonen to top 3, makes this race a little more exciting. Not much. But a little.
It loses more interest with every bet I lose. |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 03-09-2009 16:28
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I'm watching Universal's online coverage of the stage, and the british commentator just used the word impetus while referring to the break slowing down.
My question for all the brits is, What the fuck is up with british cycling commentators and the word impetus? Its like a fetish or something...
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 03-09-2009 16:30
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CrueTrue wrote:
I'm missing both the Saturday stage and the football qualification match ... my girlfriend can blame her sister if I hate weddings from Sunday and on.
Wait, you spend a lot of time on the internet *pause* and you have a girlfriend? I think the universe just broke down... |
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| Juan |
Posted on 03-09-2009 16:48
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great diary
(and Millar's comparison confirms that Thor Hushovd is one of the best at bike handling)
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| niconico |
Posted on 03-09-2009 16:50
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It's incredible that one can, with 100% certainty, say everytime that Gilbert will attack in a finale like this
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 03-09-2009 16:52
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Wynants looks to have a broken rib...or two. |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 03-09-2009 16:53
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Gilbert 
If he can hold this, I think I'll have to bust out the dancing banana
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| niconico |
Posted on 03-09-2009 16:54
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Don't bother. He looks beat.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 03-09-2009 16:58
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Ciolek crashed again 
Greipel clearly faster. Well done 
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