Tour de France 2017 ***SPOILERS***

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Just watched ITV highlights...

The highlights clearly showed...

Perhaps "watched" was not actually what I was doing, more "almost paying attention to what was being said without watching the pictures too closely"

 

[Tin Pot]

Just caught the end of the +1 show - looks like the tour claimed a number of great riders today.

 

[themosquitoking]

Just watched ITV highlights and they mentioned Mavic service assistance and that he was on his own bike as his own car was not there. So it looks like he set off with new wheels from Mavic car and his own bike with broken front brake.

Brake blocks in not quite the right place possibly or no one tightened up the cam maybe.

 

[Adam4868]

Just watched,great stage.Full gas all day, Some horrendous crashes,get well soon ! Saw a pic of Dan Martin's helmet on social media,took some whack by the look of it.
Great racing though,knackered just watching.it. Chapeau to Froomey,rode a blinder.

 

[MikeG]

Broken collarbone and hip for Richie Porte

Damn. Collarbone by itself would only mean 2 or 3 weeks out. Hip.........that's a different story. He'll be a sore chap this evening.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Broken collarbone and hip for Richie Porte

Damn. Collarbone by itself would only mean 2 or 3 weeks out. Hip.........that's a different story. He'll be a sore chap this evening.

BMC state it's clavicle and pelvis, looking at (potentially) 4 weeks off
http://www.bmc-switzerland.com/au-e...de_france_with_fractured_clavicle_and_pelvis/

 

[Crackle]

Giving these kind of accidents a slightly positive spin, which is probably a poor way of expressing it but you catch my drift I hope, the Vuelta often benefits from big name abandons in the Tour.

 

[Adam4868]

BMC state it's clavicle and pelvis, looking at (potentially) 4 weeks off
http://www.bmc-switzerland.com/au-e...de_france_with_fractured_clavicle_and_pelvis/

Hope so,but.four weeks seems optimistic.

 

[Va Va Froome]

That was some stage. Looked like one to watch when the pre-race preview were being done, and it did live up to the hype.

So many stories and reasons to want different ones to win the stage. High drama right to the end.

I hate reading about collar bone breaks, always make me shiver.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Brake blocks in not quite the right place possibly or no one tightened up the cam maybe.

Just seen headcam footage from Mavic motorcycle which provided the wheels and it looks as if the person who put the wheel in did pull the brake levers on to check they were operating, but given the speed it was done at possibly didn't check the functioning of the blocks

 

[Strathlubnaig]

Class win by Uran Uran

One gear

two

 

[jarlrmai]

Just seen headcam footage from Mavic motorcycle which provided the wheels and it looks as if the person who put the wheel in did pull the brake levers on to check they were operating, but given the speed it was done at possibly didn't check the functioning of the blocks

I've heard possibly a narrower rim on the neutral wheel so the brakes didn't close with any stopping power.

 

[rich p]

Quote from Simon Yates...

" I almost got dropped from my group, but I’m happy with my ride. I gave everything that I had. I’m looking forward to the rest day because I’m absolutely farked. Sorry. I don’t know another word to describe it.”

 

[smutchin]

I've heard possibly a narrower rim on the neutral wheel so the brakes didn't close with any stopping power.

That sounds plausible.

I was wondering if he might have had carbon wheels swapped for alloys, and therefore had the wrong type of brake pads, but that's just a complete guess and I don't know how much difference it would make anyway.

 

[jarlrmai]

I wonder if Dan had been riding discs would he have been able to complete the stage without taking a massive time loss.