Giro d'Italia 2015 *spoilers*

[Hont]

...the fact he ridiculously over-exaggerates it

Well I'm not sure he does over-exaggerate. We're just used to commentators pronouncing foreign words with their normal English accent, which would probably sound terrible if you were a native speaker of that language (bear in mind he's not just broadcasting to the UK). I know I always have a good chuckle when I hear a French commentator say Ondee Moo-ray.

 

[HF2300]

We are, true, it just seems to my ears - and knowing something of how some of these names might normally be pronounced - that it's a little ... overblown? And if his pronunciation is natural, why is it often different each time?

(edit) ...or maybe I'm just a moany old git.

 

[HF2300]

Cycling Weekly are guessing fractured collar bone for Contador...

All a bit speculative: http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/raci...roken-collarbone-in-giro-ditalia-crash-171473

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Tinkoff-Saxo press officer is saying "dislocated left shoulder" but there are hopes he will ride on. Blimey.

http://ciclismo.as.com/ciclismo/2015/05/14/giro_italia/1431618374_479413.html

 

[Dogtrousers]

Cripes, poor old Bertie. He looked fine to my super-expert eye as I saw him for about 3 seconds on telly after the crash.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Cripes, poor old Bertie. He looked fine to my super-expert eye as I saw him for about 3 seconds on telly after the crash.

He was holding his arm on the podium though. Looked like he couldn't move it independently which would suggest either collar-bone fracture or dislocation.

 

[HF2300]

Tinkoff-Saxo press officer is saying "dislocated left shoulder" but there are hopes he will ride on. Blimey.

http://ciclismo.as.com/ciclismo/2015/05/14/giro_italia/1431618374_479413.html

Blimey indeed. Have to say it didn't look dislocated on the podium, but maybe he was 'lucky' (relatively) and it popped back in again. Apparently it's now been X-rayed and the race medical people have said he has instability in that shoulder compared to the other. Mind you, they also said "the rider was experiencing very slight pain" so they may be understating things...

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Love him or loathe him this Giro would be worse off without him, I think. Unless he wins. Then he'll be a tw*t.

 

[mooseracer]

Confirmed as dislocated but attemptng the start tomorrow

http://www.tinkoffsaxo.com/news/alb...lder-giro-crash-assessments-continue-stage-7/

 

[smutchin]

Meh. He won the Vuelta with a broken leg. This is nothing.

 

[Bollo]

Feck me! Just watched that finish. I'm not generally squeamish, but that arm proper turned my stomach. Hope this doesn't trash Colli's career.
<mounts high horse>What the fudge was that two hats with the camera thinking?! If the riders are that close, you've missed the shot so just enjoy the race. If you've got what looks like a 70-300mm canon lens, you missed the shot about half a minute ago. If there ever was a shot - you're more likely to get 24M pixels of out-of-focus arm, head and inflatable clapper from that position. Cameras, barriers and sprint finishes don't mix. Amateur. In the insulting sense.</>

 

[mooseracer]

a google translate of his twitter update:

I'm fine , thank you all for the affection , tomorrow I'll come work for displaced fracture of the humerus and the radial , I shall arise as always ..

https://twitter.com/DanieleColli

There's a great (funny) picture on there too ;-)

 

[HF2300]

Meh. He won the Vuelta with a broken leg. This is nothing.

A mere flesh wound...

 

[MikeW-71]

There's a great (funny) picture on there too ;-)

That's the spirit Daniele

It really was very, very nasty to see though

 

[HF2300]

...but maybe he was 'lucky' (relatively) and it popped back in again. Apparently it's now been X-rayed and the race medical people have said he has instability in that shoulder compared to the other...

Contador quoted as saying it did dislocate and pop back in, then came out again at the foot of the podium and popped back in. No wonder he looked a bit ginger on the podium.

Good luck and all best wishes to Colli, not a nice thing at all & makes Contador's injury seem trivial