Quote Originally Posted by ny biker View Post
Well this is terrible -- injuries suffered by one of Vaconsoleil's riders in stage six. I hope he's able to recover fully.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/poel...-hospital-soon
I read that. After the crash, as he was being put into the ambulance at the scene, he got off and remounted his bike, with all those injuries. He abandoned 10km down the road. I just could not believe he did that when I read it. Crazy.

Overall, I have mixed feelings about this tour. I must say, I missed Contador and that I do not miss the Schlecks -- they just complain too much. The sprints were fun to watch. The mountains, not as exciting, but it was fun to see Nibali attacking repeatedly, until a muscle strain in his right calf got the best of him. I was disappointed by Gesink (why did he drop out?) and Van Den Broeck. And it was nice to see the up and coming generation: Sagan, van Garderen, Pinot... Rolland I am not too fond of... stuck to Contador's and Samu Sánchez's wheels in the Alpe d'Huez stage last year, then attacking twice during the tack incident this year.

I am curious now about how the teams will reconfigure for next year. And looking forward to the Vuelta...