Tour de France 2018 **SPOILERS**

[mjr]

Barking rule - cannot ride another teams bike but can run uphill bikeless aka Froome last year

The only reason that was allowed is that the commissaires declared the race neutralised from the motorbike crash onwards. Covering any of the course without a bike is not allowed. Strictly speaking, Froome should have picked up the largest part of his snapped bike and run with it until a neutral service or team car could swap it.

 

[andrew_s]

Yesterday Edvald Boasson Hagen was stranded with a broken bike and no team car. Team Sky gave him a bike to finish the stage, for which he and Servais Knaven were fined.

I gather the EBH only made the time cut by 4 minutes, so I expect he considered the fine and time penalty good value.

 

[andrew_s]

I believe he is the first ever rider in yellow to win on the Alp.

I believe L. A*******g won in yellow too, but that it was a TT stage.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I suppose one "good" thing from a doping perspective is the number of autobus members who have retired, required a loosening of time limits or who have been eliminated, given that in years past they would have breezed the limits.

 

[Mike_P]

Probably the most unnoticed ride of the day is the injured Lawson Craddock managing to get into the top 50 at 42nd 23 mins 39 secs down albeit still lanterne rouge 6 mins 14secs adrift, but a big improvement on 13mins 28secs adrift as he was after yesterday.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

INRNG have recently shared a video clip of Nibali's tumble which seems to indicate it was not a moto but a fan/fans who brought him down (not deliberately), despite Nibali saying it was a moto - looks like moto may have clipped him when he was on the way down/already down as it looks as if there is a moto which was level with him with a decent enough gap:

 

[Bollo]

Probably the most unnoticed ride of the day is the injured Lawson Craddock managing to get into the top 50 at 42nd 23 mins 39 secs down albeit still lanterne rouge 6 mins 14secs adrift, but a big improvement on 13mins 28secs adrift as he was after yesterday.

There was a brief bit of footage during the live coverage where he was handed something from the team car. He then absolutely lost his sheet and threw whatever it was to the ground. I wagging finger then appeared out of the car window. Wonder what that was about?

 

[Adam4868]

INRNG have recently shared a video clip of Nibali's tumble which seems to indicate it was not a moto but a fan/fans who brought him down (not deliberately), despite Nibali saying it was a moto - looks like moto may have clipped him when he was on the way down/already down as it looks as if there is a moto which was level with him with a decent enough gap:

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View: https://twitter.com/diegoalvarez12/status/1020035493734559749?s=19

 

[Crackle]

I've gone through that frame by frame but the crucial bit is not on camera, however it looks very much like his handlebars caught a spectator or something they were holding. It's a pretty innocuous fall, I can't believe he's fractured a vertebrae doing that

 

[Jimidh]

View: https://twitter.com/diegoalvarez12/status/1020035493734559749?s=19

That’s a nightmare especially if the rumours are true and he has done himself serious damage.

 

[Crackle]

The other view from the Inner ring post is better but still not good enough, however you can see his bars twist. Here's a still

You can see the direction of the front wheel and if you run through the frames before this, you see the bars twisting. He's down almost immediately after this frame.

 

[Jimidh]

The other view from the Inner ring post is better but still not good enough, however you can see his bars twist. Here's a still

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You can see the direction of the front wheel and if you run through the frames before this, you see the bars twisting. He's down almost immediately after this frame.

Certainly doesn’t look like there’s a moto in the way.

 

[Adam4868]

I've gone through that frame by frame but the crucial bit is not on camera, however it looks very much like his handlebars caught a spectator or something they were holding. It's a pretty innocuous fall, I can't believe he's fractured a vertebrae doing that

I kmow what you mean but the slow speed falls can often do more injury than the high speed ones

 

[Crankarm]

I believe L. A*******g won in yellow too, but that it was a TT stage.

You misunderstand the significance of GT's stage win today. I don't think there has ever been a TT stage up the Alp d'Huez do you, but I may be wrong? The Alp has until today with GT, been a yellow jersey killer. No yellow jersey rider had ever taken the stage win on it. Geraint!

 

[mjr]

You misunderstand the significance of GT's stage win today. I don't think there has ever been a TT stage up the Alp d'Huez do you, but I may be wrong? The Alp has until today with GT, been a yellow jersey killer. No yellow jersey rider had ever taken the stage win on it. Geraint!

2004 was a TT up it, but that now has no winner. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/tour04/?id=results/stage16