Tour de France 2019 **SPOILERS**
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rualexander
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Similar to what got Moscon kicked out of the Tour last year I suppose, so maybe to be expected.
Dogtrousers
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Yeah that's the one I saw. About 16-19sec Rowe seems to make contact with Martin's head.
I'd say they're both guilty of naughtiness. As to whether it warrants the boot, I don't know but it's not altogether surprising. Think Moscon, Renshaw even Sagan (although that was more controversial IMO)
smutchin
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The riders aren't stupid - they know what's in store for them over the next three stages.
I think the organisers knew what they were doing when they designed the course too.
roadrash
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joint statement from ineos and jumbo visma..
..https://www.teamineos.com/article/j...disqualification-of-luke-rowe-and-tony-martin
..https://www.teamineos.com/article/j...disqualification-of-luke-rowe-and-tony-martin
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24 Jul 2019
Joint statement on the disqualification of Luke Rowe and Tony Martin from the Tour de France
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Team INEOS and Team Jumbo-Visma have tonight released a joint statement, following the disqualification of Luke Rowe and Tony Martin:
We believe this is a very harsh decision by the race commissaries and against the spirit of what has been such a fantastic race to date. It was the sort of incident that merits a fine and a warning but certainly not expulsion from the race - a ‘yellow card’ but not a ‘red’. Luke and Tony recognised it for what it was - a minor spat on the road at the end of a sweltering day in the saddle. It didn’t affect any other rider and it didn’t disadvantage any other team. They rode to the end of the stage together where they both shook hands. There was no ill will and they clearly still have a lot of respect for one another. We believe it is unjust that their Tour could come to an end over something like this at this point in the race
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nickyboy
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I guess it will come down to whether race management (whoever that is) is willing to undermine the authority of the race jury or not. For info the race jury has only one frenchman on it so this conspiracy theory that the decision was made to benefit Pinot/Alaphillipe doesn't seem to have legs
mjr
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Ah but the tweeters have it all worked out: the race jury is full of people willing to spend three weeks in France and appointed by the UCI organisation led by a Frenchman. Clearly biased.
themosquitoking
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I didn't see the race live or see the incident on the highlights but heard about the dqs so looked up the footage on youtube. My immediate thought was that even though both were fairly minor both riders nearly ran into spectators and it was probably that factor that influenced the decision. I have nothing to back this up, it was only in my head.
Starchivore
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From the footage- Rowe gave Martin a wack in the face/head after the incident we initially sore. Not a forceful blow but a dangerous thing to do at these speeds with the peleton right behind them.
He played the ignorant yesterday, turns out he had been naughty after all. Not sure what Martin did to be DQd though, apart from the little block off that we saw.
He played the ignorant yesterday, turns out he had been naughty after all. Not sure what Martin did to be DQd though, apart from the little block off that we saw.
smutchin
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- The Red Enclave
Anyway, enough of that nonsense... what about today's stage. Can Alaphilippe survive the Galibier? Can Pinot survive the descent off the Galibier?
