Tour de France *Spoilers*

[smutchin]

The way he was holding his arm, I wonder if it's a broken wrist.

 

[Basil.B]

Disaster for Sky!

 

[RWright]

Where is Wiggins?

 

[Roadrider48]

Froome gives in to pain after third crash today!
He did look pretty rattled though. Swiftly taken away in one of the team cars.

 

[Stephen C]

Very sad indeed, he really did look beaten up. It looks horrific conditions, and it looks like the anticipation of the cobbles was enough to un-nerve quite a few riders.

 

[Kiwiavenger]

looks bad!

looks like a proper war of attrition at this stage!

 

[montage]

Cav now Froome out the same year as a British start.... you could not have made it up

 

[JBGooner]

Bugger, had a bad feeling since his crash yesterday.

 

[Louch]

Wet cobbled stage, not sky conditions. Be good to see if sky go after stage wins/breakaways if Porte doesn't keep up with gc contenders

 

[montage]

he didn't even make it to the bloody cobbles

 

[Beebo]

I cant see any pictures until I get home tonight, but is this stage safe?
Will there be questions for the organisers to answer?

 

[Beebo]

I can't see Froome even getting to the mountains at this rate.

well I hope you're pleased with yourself!!!!

 

[LarryDuff]

Carnage. There must have been 30 riders down so far.

 

[smutchin]

Why are thy saying Froome may get a 10 or 20 second time penalty? Missed that bit of the commentary

It's a moot point now but after his earlier crash, he used the cars to get back to the peloton. Rules say no drafting - the commissaires turn a blind eye to it up to a point, but he was too blatant about it and carried it on too long (didn't see it myself so just going by what the commentators said).

 

[Louch]

As much of a Wiggins fan as I am, he would have been in that car already, he's a liability in wet and precarious stages. He wouldn't have been a plan B after this stage.