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07-09-2011, 07:26 AM #1
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07-09-2011, 07:44 PM #2
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So, Chris is doing better, two head scans have been clear, and he's already looking forward to next year's TdF. Me personally, I think he and Jani will light things up at the Vuelta this year.
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07-09-2011, 07:48 PM #3
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Is it just me or was Contador climbing with a limp of sorts? Didn't look smooth at all on the pedals. Maybe he was injured a bit more in that crash than he let on.
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07-10-2011, 08:10 AM #4
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The events on today's stage were nauseating. Unreal.
Two of those events:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKuJCGV8m-w
http://www.flickr.com/photos/francet...in/photostreamLast edited by pll; 07-10-2011 at 08:15 AM. Reason: Added links
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07-10-2011, 08:19 AM #5
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I'm stupid. I've watched that clip 4 or 5 times now and absolutely cannot see how Karpets had anything to do with it. Even in slo-mo, I just can't see how Karpets was close enough, it looks like he was a bike length ahead?
Ug, and WTF with the team car.... if I was driving and a tree was coming up, I'd make the choice to put the car in the ditch rather than wipe out a couple riders... sick.
ETA: ah, it was a TV car http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011...tage-nine-liveLast edited by KnottedYet; 07-10-2011 at 08:44 AM.
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07-10-2011, 08:49 AM #6
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It's hard to tell much from the video, so we'll have to wait maybe until tomorrow to find out... I just saw some Twitter comments and it appears Riis suggested that Contador's brake hood got caught in Karpets' saddle (Karpets is ~5.5 inches taller).
The car was apparently one with VIPs from France TV. Should have hit the brakes instead of veering into the riders. Almost took Voeckler out, too.
Update: VeloNews quotes both Karpets and Contador -- it was an accident.Last edited by pll; 07-10-2011 at 09:11 AM. Reason: Added update w/link.
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07-10-2011, 09:01 AM #7
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There was an interesting comment to the Guardian story, where someone (associated with the Tour, but I don't remember who) said there have been more crashes lately, and thinks it's due to the riders being less careful now that they all wear helmets.
Reminded me of a statistic I read on automobile-related fatalities in the US. It's been holding steady around 40,000+ per year for decades, regardless of all the amazingly effective new safety additions to modern cars. People drive more aggressively the safer they feel, and only modify behaviour as the fatality rate begins to exceed the "acceptable" level.
(meanwhile I think the bike-related fatality rate in the US is something like 700+ per year... but everyone thinks biking is far more dangerous)"If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
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