Tour de France 2013 *spoilers*

[beastie]

What a shambles.

 

[Noodley]

Bouhanni was involved in the later pile-up, hence his absence from the sprint.

 

[smutchin]

Whoever set up the finishing banner may well be to blame.
Either way...morons.

It's really stupid that vehicles not directly involved in the race go through the finish line. But given that they do, you'd have thought this possibility would have been predicted.

 

[smutchin]

I missed what happened to Goss, only saw him wobbling around the last bend.

No idea, tbh. First they said mechanical, then they said crash. Don't care. Just glad the Aussie nitwit was taken out of the race.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

It's really stupid that vehicles not directly involved in the race go through the finish line. But given that they do, you'd have thought this possibility would have been predicted.

And you'd have thought the bus driver wouldn't have driven into a space that was small for the vehicle.

 

[TVC]

I'm sure Cav will be very understanding and sanguin about the whole thing.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

No idea, tbh. First they said mechanical, then they said crash. Don't care. Just glad the Aussie nitwit was taken out of the race.

When he comes round the corner it looked like the front wheel was already juddering and looked like he was unclipping because he didn't have control of the front end.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Which OPQS rider was it that went down and caused the spill?

Kwiatowski i think.

EDIT: Griepel caused it according to Magnus.

 

[Crackle]

Looks like whoever went down for OPQS, had his handlebars caught and taken away.

 

[kedab]

total carnage - loved it - noodley, i haven't looked yet but i'm fairly sure that one of the 5 live xtra type radio stations cover the grand tours although i'm not sure who with...aside from all that, get a load of D Millar 'avin it large in the sprint finish

 

[smutchin]

They just showed a replay and it's Greipel squeezing through the gap that takes the OPQS rider out.

Reports on twitter say everyone gets the same time.

 

[Crackle]

Kwiatowski i think.

EDIT: Griepel caused it according to Magnus.

Looks like Greipel on the replay, caught the bars as he squeezed through.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Looks like Greipel on the replay, caught the bars as he squeezed through.

Yeh squeezed through a gap that no one else could see.

 

[kedab]

Looks like Greipel on the replay, caught the bars as he squeezed through.

the big fatty

 

[smutchin]

19yo Danny Van Poppel 3rd!