Gonzo Cyclist
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| 07/14/2016 11:03 AM |
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total BS, does anybody think Sky would have any simpathy for anyone else? I don't think so......
What a schitt show for sure, ASO needs to get a handle on things, what a sight, Froome running to the finish line
Agreed OC, Quintana is looking more and more like a whiney bitch to me......Too dangerous? Froome did not seem to have a problem on stage 11
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Dale
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| 07/14/2016 11:15 AM |
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..um... isn't a bike race supposed to include a bike?
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stronz
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| 07/14/2016 11:24 AM |
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| And...they neutralized it. Seems wrong to me. I know it was fan interference, but this happens historically, the musette with LA, Guerini's fan knock down..... those guys got up and kept going and won. So Froome didnt get back up and win. Tough titty I say. - I suspect Froome could have overcome the 53 second deficit on GC that he would have had by the way he is riding. |
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79pmooney
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| 07/14/2016 11:24 AM |
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Looks to me like yet another case where keeping the motos further from the riders might have prevented this. No, it wouldn't have prevented the moto from being stopped. But Porte would probably have been able to get around it or at least stop without crashing into it.
As it happened, there was no outcome possible where ASO gets to come off looking good.
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Cosmic Kid
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| 07/14/2016 11:42 AM |
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The problem with keeping the motos further ahead is that the crowd then just spills back into the road and potentially block the riders.
I can't begin to describe how packed ventoux is on race day....it is just insane. And everyone wants to see so they keep leaning into the road. Hell, I almost got clipped by a team car's mirror when I was there in 2009.
I don't know the answer...more barriers? OK, but you just move the problem down the hill. RUn barriers all the wya to 3K and you still have the potential issue 4K down the road. More gendarmes? That is a lot of manpower.
I don't know.... |
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Orange Crush
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| 07/14/2016 11:48 AM |
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The problem was not the moto, the problem was all the spectators that had been camping up top of Ventoux for a week coming down the hill to the new finish and nothing in place to keep them back. So this is what cycling's premier event looks like?!?
Just when they were putting the final nails in the coffin that is Quintana. Dude should perhaps actually ride some races as Tour prep.
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Gonzo Cyclist
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| 07/14/2016 11:57 AM |
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OK, I take back what I said, it was a good decision, Froome should not lose the yellow jersey in that manner. TT tommorrow!!
You know Froome is gonna bring it, big time, the Quintana tears will be falling......
"Just when they were putting the final nails in the coffin that is Quintana. Dude should perhaps actually ride some races as Tour prep."
ha ha ha OC, I got a feeling the "Program" in Columbia is a good one, plus no laws, controls, etc.... |
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ChinookPass
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| 07/14/2016 12:13 PM |
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They may have to patrol the access to the final climb and limit the number of people on the climb. More is not always better.
In Quintana's defense, it was 4 against 1 (or 2 if you count Valverde). I don't fault Quintana's tactics today. He just didn't have it. He will probably question Route du Sud vs Dauphine. He did win Romandie, no? |
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Orange Crush
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| 07/14/2016 12:15 PM |
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Posted By Cosmic Kid on 07/12/2016 09:17 PM
Sagan will keep green and Cav drops out after tomorrow. No way he climbs Ventoux.
OK, you can argue he didn't actually climb Ventoux all the way :-) |
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Yo Mike
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| 07/14/2016 12:22 PM |
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This is nucking futts.
Spectators are WAY out of hand.
Pro cycling may be the only sport where one can get that close to the action, but in our pathologically self-absorbed society, cretins are not content to merely spectate.
Make 'examples' out of the most obnoxious: visibly, and forcefully, if necessary, and the others may then behave. |
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ChinookPass
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| 07/14/2016 12:34 PM |
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| Maybe in some way this can all be blamed on pokemon. I was almost taken out by a wobbly oncoming millennial cyclist on the bike path staring at phone this am. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 07/14/2016 01:03 PM |
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CP is channeling his inner Taylor Phinney....
Taylor Phinney @taylorphinney 3h3 hours ago
Someone found a Pokemon up on Ventoux #TDF2016 |
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SideBySide
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| 07/14/2016 02:10 PM |
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They just don't seem to care about rider safety.
We had a pack of about 10 Pokemon zombies walk onto the path without even looking at ~10:00 PM. |
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Gonzo Cyclist
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| 07/14/2016 02:18 PM |
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| ha ha ha, watched three young folks just walk right out into traffic the other day, this thing is so crazy |
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ChinookPass
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| 07/14/2016 03:37 PM |
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Good explanation by inrng. Could have been a stalled motorbike and not necessarily the crowds. Also Froome can run without his bike, he just has to finish with a bike.
http://inrng.com/2016/07/the-running-man/ |
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