Tour de France 2015 - may contain nuts and SPOILERS

[The Couch]

Geraint missed a crash - his standards are slipping!

So he is still slipping then?

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Geraint missed a crash - his standards are slipping!

No Sky riders involved at all. They seem to have come out of it better than anyone else. OGE are really screwed with Gerrans abandonning and Matthews not looking good.

 

[jarlrmai]

Ten Dam continued but is dropping off the back.

 

[Dayvo]

Er, that's three languages. ;)

Marmion has somehow possessed my post.

A bit of self-promotion, no doubt.

 

[rich p]

Gerrans has had an annus horibilis
I hope I spelt that correctly

 

[tug benson]

Astana going for it

 

[The Couch]

... since it's probably still going to be a full peloton...

Euhm... Never mind

 

[benb]

Despite the injuries and abandonments, I don't understand the neutralization. Are they going to begin stopping the race everytime there is a crash?

Indeed, what if there is a crash in a cobble stone section or a downhill section in the upcoming stages and there are +10 riders down and 1 of the favourites is in it, will they stop? What if there is an outside favourite in it? How can you judge if it's an outside favourite? Who would have thought in the Giro that Landa and Amador would make top 5?

How much is enough riders? 10? 20? 30?

Nothing to do with that, but as @Stephen C said:

I feel they are possibly missing the point that they are stopping it because all the medics are attending the 2 pile ups, and so can't cover the front of the race safely. Generally they don't stop a race for people just to catch up, no matter how many/"big" they are.

 

[jarlrmai]

So the message is if you are in a crash try and bring down as many riders as possible /s

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Another year, another dull uneventful first week...

 

[Stephen C]

So the message is if you are in a crash try and bring down as many riders as possible /s

You mean go big and/or go home?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Marmion has somehow possessed my post.

A bit of self-promotion, no doubt.

I'm everywhere laddie, everywhere...

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Inner Ring tweeting the races which have been neutralised due to crashes - a more frequent occurrence than I thought.

 

[Dayvo]

I'm everywhere laddie, everywhere...

Yeah, I can see/hear you.

 

[tug benson]

Froome dawg getting the elbows out