Tour de France 2017 ***SPOILERS***

[Tynan]

How many would you want crash and how many hurt before you considered the corner(s) problematic?

Although what on earth he thought he was doing bunging the front brake on going into that corner

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

How many would you want crash and how many hurt before you considered the corner(s) problematic?

Although what on earth he thought he was doing bunging the front brake on going into that corner

Riders need to ride to conditions; I heard that the Romans complained that the TT stages were very boring on their straight roads so invented corners.

 

[Tynan]

Is there such a thing as a dangerous stage/bend whatever then?

My first viewing of the German shampoo ad made me smile, nice smug delivery of the punchline

Even The Lady Wife sneered at Apple congratulating themselves on having Word on the new Ipad

 

[roadrash]

Any stage or bend can be ridden dangerously.....or not

 

[smutchin]

How many would you want crash and how many hurt before you considered the corner(s) problematic?

When I asked Chris Boardman about his 1997 crash, he was pretty clear that he considered it entirely his own fault. I'm sure Valverde would say the same about yesterday.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Is there such a thing as a dangerous stage/bend whatever then?

My first viewing of the German shampoo ad made me smile, nice smug delivery of the punchline

Even The Lady Wife sneered at Apple congratulating themselves on having Word on the new Ipad

There was a stage a few years ago where the newly laid tarmac and "something else" contributed to the then leader, Fabian Cancellara, deciding he was the "patron" of the peloton and getting everyone else to ease off - which was met with "how fecking dare he?!" comments from some fans and riders alike. Basically, you can't win one way or t'other, so I usually now just accept whatever happens is what happens. Doesn't stop me whining every now and then tho

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Happy Birthday to Jürgen Roelandts, 32 today.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

When I asked Chris Boardman about his 1997 crash, he was pretty clear that he considered it entirely his own fault. I'm sure Valverde would say the same about yesterday.

Gilbert said of yesterday's stage just after he had finished "You can win seconds on corners and you can lose everything; I choose to be safe..." or something like that.

 

[Tynan]

anyway, the original point was about the barrier, ie a crash was forseeable but was it ok for a rider to slide a few feet and then hit a metal barrier

and three riders lost on the first short stage?

and the riders spread out that much on the first day because people are being careful

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

anyway, the original point was about the barrier, ie a crash was forseeable but was it ok for a rider to slide a few feet and then hit a metal barrier

and three riders lost on the first short stage?

and the riders spread out that much on the first day because people are being careful

That's racing for you.

edit - who's the 3rd rider? Valverde, Izagirre and ?? Did someone pull out today?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

18 years apart:

 

[Viking]

These tight city courses are always tricky in the wet especially if they've been resurfaced recently and/or had normal traffic on them before the race. I don't see riders crashing as a problem; handling the bike in different conditions is part of the game but the penalty should be time/skin lost, not broken bones. IMHO, there should have been cushioning on that corner given that the conditions made it inevitable that someone would overcook it.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

18 years apart:
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I reckon Millar's eyes have grown closer together.

 

[Tin Pot]

Not a great weather day for the tour today.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Not a great weather day for the tour today.

Was just going to post the same.

Anyone want to see a pic of one of the breakaway rider's houses? It's impressive.