Peter Salt
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I don't think she was involved in any of the crashes today? Infection?
Tour de France Femmes (avec Zwift) (et avec spoilers)
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Not sure. The article I saw on the mobile was not in English but I presume it's to do with the later stages and skipping the hills/mountain
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Ah.
That makes a bit of sense. And explains why I couldn't find any mention of her pulling out of the race elsewhere.
Peter Salt
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Cathryn
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She's going to be paid loads apparently.
I can't figure out SD Worx. They have the best roster of riders and yet they can't make it work. Too many chiefs, I guess.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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They used to make it work, but other teams seem to have overtaken them. Bit like happens in the men's worldtour. No team lasts forever. Except maybe Movistar.
Peter Salt
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Cathryn
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They used to have Anna van der Breggen. It makes sense that that they’re having to readjust somewhat. I just find it intriguing that, like the Dutch women’s national team, they have this embarrassment of riches and don’t seem able to capitalise on it. I wish Wiebes wasn’t going to them, it feels like they’re frantically buying up the best riders and building this castle in the sky.
Domus
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Strong winds and crashes caused lots of splits and time losses.
Some teams will have to re think this morning.
Some teams will have to re think this morning.
GuyBoden
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T4tomo
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Wasn't it just awful. Whoever was in white and came powering into the back of it clearly wasn't looking ahead. You would have thought people would also be shouting slow down / crash etc etc
matticus
Guru
If this is the crash where Marta got hit, the rider behind ( Aussie Nicole Frain?) has been in a bit of a Twitter storm for - allegedly - not slowing down and just trying to fly through a tiny gap in the bunch, and her post-race interview didn't help her case. Twitter as a whole was after her head, but I thought Adam Blythe's comments in their studio were fair; basically poor judgement, but understandable when you're chasing back on after a different crash, head down, and her view was obscured due to wheelsucking (a teammate I think?).
Peter Salt
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Don't use Twitter or other social media but personally think it was quite unprofessional. I can understand head down and whatnot but as a pro you should have enough awareness to avoid something like that - literally ploughing full speed into stationary/downed riders. I was stunned that there weren't any broken bones and/or serious concussions, initial thought was Marta was seriously hurt and stage will be cancelled.
