Critérium du Dauphiné 2019 **Spoilers**

[dragon72]

Van Aert very impressive

 

[Slick]

I was waiting for the highlights as well but as someone posted in the doping git thread I knew about it anyway.

I didn't click the link though, but I do hope early suspicions prove to be over cautious.

 

[Adam4868]

Sounds like Froome is in a bad enough way,gutted for him.Apparantly took his hands of bars to blows nose at 60kmh !

View: https://twitter.com/madone2661/status/1138807490823352321?s=19

 

[DCLane]

Broken femur, broken elbow and ribs according to reports: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/48612884

That's bad.

 

[roadrash]

according to the highlights show on itv 4, he has had a high speed crash ,taking his hand of the bars at 60kmph to blow his nose , 2 minutes after trying to put a rain cape on and being told by someone in the team car , don't take any risks chris.

 

[Beebo]

Hindsight is everything but blowing your nose at 60kph!
What was he thinking. I grip the handlebars so hard at 40kph. I wouldn’t even take one hand off the bars.

 

[Adam4868]

Whatever it is it's shoot luck.That could quite easily be the end of his career.I doubt he thought of it as a risk when doing it,anymore that pedaling on your top tube or resting forearms on the bars.Heres wishing him a speedy recovery !

 

[roadrash]

hes never really shaken the nickname they gave him at barlow world.... crash froome.

it could prove to be a career ending crash, though I really hope not

 

[pawl]

Eurosport says broken leg.

BBC in addition ankle and wrist also broken.

 

[roadrash]

errr, yeah.... guess.... err yeah....whos …..err yeah …..just …..errr yeah been interviewed ….errr yeah.... on the .....errr yeah ….highlights show

 

[albal]

& to read the guy wants to win a 5th yellow jersey? I've been riding 45 years, don't think I'd be so reckless.

 

[Adam4868]

It's probably worse than first thought,I really hope he's ok and makes a good recovery.

View: https://twitter.com/jeremycwhittle/status/1138918045009817600?s=19

 

[Slick]

It's probably worse than first thought,I really hope he's ok and makes a good recovery.

View: https://twitter.com/jeremycwhittle/status/1138918045009817600?s=19

First I've heard the hip mentioned. Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery.

 

[ColinJ]

That sounds really bad. I wish him the best possible recovery, but at his age that could be a career-ending crash ...

 

[Slow But Determined]

This is on the day Ineos said Froome would be the GC rider at the tour, wonder how G feels now.

Ok Geraint you were going to be a domestique for Froome but now he's out perhaps you could go for the win after a few stages of being a domestique to our new hope Bernal.

Geraint must either be very subservient or paid a fortune!