Tour talk -- Spoiler alert

[redrhodie]

The aftermath interviews were great. All the commentators were so revved up, I was expecting the guys would be livid, but no. Julian Dean was completely calm and just shrugged it off to "that's sprinting". It was about as upset as I've ever seen Farrar, but he was still not throwing wheels.

ETA: Renshaw's been thrown out.

[XMcShiftersonX]

I'm so glad they kicked Renshaw out of the Tour... what a douche. It was obvious that both accounts were intentional. I don't like him and I don't like Cavendish. This was a similar situation to what Cavendish did to Thor last year. Then they try to play the "I didn't know I was doing anything wrong" BS. Please. They know the rules, they've been doing this long enough. I really like Farrar, he's a good sprinter and he plays fair.

[ny biker]

The aftermath interviews were great. All the commentators were so revved up, I was expecting the guys would be livid, but no. Julian Dean was completely calm and just shrugged it off to "that's sprinting". It was about as upset as I've ever seen Farrar, but he was still not throwing wheels.

ETA: Renshaw's been thrown out.

And yet the stories on velonews.com and cyclingnews.com say that Dean and Farrar were really mad. Hmmmm.

[redrhodie]

And yet the stories on velonews.com and cyclingnews.com say that Dean and Farrar were really mad. Hmmmm.

They apparently got madder after watching the video. Dean didn't know Renshaw had cut into Tyler's line, and Tyler didn't know about the headbutt.

[Skierchickie]

That's the very behavior that turned me against Robbie McEwen a couple of years ago. I used to really like him until I saw him doing that.

[tulip]

Wow, I just finished watching the stage on Tour Tracker (I can't watch live at work anymore--too obvious, even though I work from home!)

What a unpleasant couple of moves by Renshaw! I know nothing about the guy except that he's a great leadout guy. Now, however, he's totally lost any respect I had for him.

Other than that, I enjoyed the stage very much. Love that lavender.

[berkeley]

Yeah, in that post race interview with Tyler, it was clear he was pretty POed. Ironically, they replayed the Hincapie debacle from last year during the broadcast... more HTC Columbia/Garmin drama...

The pace into the finish was crazy. I'm excited when I hit 35 MPH going downhill. lol

[Possegal]

What a strange tour this has been this year. Who knows what the remaining days hold!

I agree about the Robbie McEwen thing - I liked him til I saw him do that same thing. I also liked Renshaw, but now not so much. And now, this pic, where he and Bernard Eisel are looking right at me, means a lot less to me.

[Zen]

Who knows what the remaining days hold!

Can't make any bets on the drama in between but I know one guy who's gonna be on the podium. i saw that in him last year.

Also, stage 17 sounds like a great one to watch in it's entirety.

[Eden]

Just finished watching....Renshaw's head butt was painfully obvious, but slowing it down, it does really look like Julian Dean "started it" by throwing an elbow at Renshaw ...., but Renshaw then nearly pushing Tyler into the barriers was pretty inexcusable.

[Dogmama]

It seems like Renshaw's actions should have more consequences. He could have seriously injured somebody - perhaps ended a cycling career. Obviously Cavendish won, in part, due to Renshaw's actions. I think Cavendish's win should be stripped - just as if he had been doping. After all, he did not win "fair & square."

[XMcShiftersonX]

Well, we'll see what taking away one of Cavendish's main lead out guys will do to him... it should be interesting.

[malkin]

What a strange tour this has been this year.

This makes me think of a highlights video with the Grateful Dead in the background...What a looonng, strange trip it's been....

Although some people might get tetchy about that livin' on reds, vitamin C and cocaine part.

[Zen]

Although some people might get tetchy about that livin' on reds, vitamin C and cocaine part.

I don't know...do they test for that?

[ny biker]

I don't know...do they test for that?

Ask Tom Boonen...