La Vuelta a Espana 22/8 - 13/9 2015 (here be spoilers)

[deptfordmarmoset]

Sagan's had an off and, judging by his anger directed at the medical car, it looks like the docmobile took him out.

 

[smutchin]

Hansen! Yay! Go on, boy!

 

[smutchin]

Ooh, couldn't make it stick. Shame.

Good win for Stuyven but you can't help feeling Sagan would have taken that comfortably if he hadn't been taken out. Chiz!

That's some nice road rash he's showing off where his shorts should be.

 

[rich p]

Hilarious from Sagan. There seems to have been a lot of car/motorbike incidents this year

 

[rich p]

As Juan Antonio says. He's pretty mad about it

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Boeckmans out too - didn't see the crash but it sounds like a fairly nasty one. Lots of riders involved.

According to Lotto Soudal twitter feed he has "a severe facial trauma with several fractures and will probably need surgery"...as well as "a concussion, 3 broken ribs and had a bleeding in his lung. He is now kept in an induced coma for a few days."

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Tinkoff Saxo "considers legal actions" against those responsible for Sagan's accident (Shimano bike).

http://www.tinkoffsaxo.com/news/tin...sponsible-for-accident-involving-peter-sagan/

Meanwhile, Sagan has been fined 300 Swiss Francs for "insults and threats" and "undermining the image of cycling". The motorbike involved has been withdrawn from the race.

http://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/ci...-la-imagen-del-ciclismo.html#.Kku8SRg9Fa6xXP3

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Lots of crashes today, Sagan kicking his bike was quite comical. Hope the rider who they had to tube makes a full recovery.

 

[Buddfox]

According to Lotto Soudal twitter feed he has "a severe facial trauma with several fractures and will probably need surgery"...as well as "a concussion, 3 broken ribs and had a bleeding in his lung. He is now kept in an induced coma for a few days."

Just seen on the ITV highlights via another Lotto Soudal rider that he was drinking from his water bottle and hit a pot hole. All looked very nasty - hope he recovers soon

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Trek reporting that Stuyven won today with a broken scaphoid

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Trek reporting that Stuyven won today with a broken scaphoid

Considering the reportedly shítty road surface on the climb that's some going.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Considering the reportedly shítty road surface on the climb that's some going.

He might be feeling it a bit now!

 

[Mattonsea]

Sorry is this a World Tour Event, considering the resurfacing in Yorkshire that went on in 2014, is it acceptable in Spain.

 

[mjr]

Sorry is this a World Tour Event, considering the resurfacing in Yorkshire that went on in 2014, is it acceptable in Spain.

It seems to be a bit different when a race wants to go somewhere, rather than being bought by somewhere.

 

[Mattonsea]

generally road surfaces in Spain are not too bad, it has been a very hot summer which might have something to do with it....but going up some steep mountain roads you sometimes come across what looks like blocks of concrete but they are surprising good for climbing steep roads...

The recce should of pinpointed this problem, I understand the Vuelta isn't treated the same as the Tour but even so...