TDF

[fundy]

Anyone watching?

Cavendish just been smashed into the barriers by Sagan on the sprint to the finish this afternoon - pretty horrible crash

Been so many crashes in the first week already

 

[Dasit]

Horrible crash

Mark back in the day I feel would have been pushing back against Sagan there, he kind of just took the hit and was ready to crash.



Need to see the aerial shot to see why everything veered so much to the right

 

[fundy]

Sounds like nothings broken for Cavendish at least

Sagan rumoured to have been fined, penalised 30 seconds and 80 green jersey points it seems. Lucky to still be in the race for me

 

[Imurg]

I feel sorry for the guy behind Cav....went straight over Cav's front wheel as if a broom was shoved between his spokes...

 

[Imurg]

Sagan DQd

 

[fundy]

Sagan DQd

good, deserved to be for me, albeit i expect theres an appeal to get through before tomorrow

 

[Hacker Khan]

I am watching the highlights at 7pm so am desperately not trying to find out what happened today. You bas&^&%s..

Shame as Sagan was my favourite up to yesterday.

 

[fundy]

I am watching the highlights at 7pm so am desperately not trying to find out what happened today. You bas&^&%s..

Shame as Sagan was my favourite up to yesterday.

cant have been trying that hard if you opened a thread labelled TDF!!!! (sorry for spoiling )

 

[pokerjoke]

Cav was in a fantastic position to win and I feel he will retire from the race and not start tomorrow.

As Cav said its racing but wanted clarification on the elbow, but imo its racing.

 

[SaintHacker]

The cynic in me thinks this might be an 'easy out' for the organisers. I like Sagan a lot, a real character, but the way he just rode away from everybody yesterday reminded me a bit too much of Armstrong in his 'clean' days.

 

[pokerjoke]

The cynic in me thinks this might be an 'easy out' for the organisers. I like Sagan a lot, a real character, but the way he just rode away from everybody yesterday reminded me a bit too much of Armstrong in his 'clean' days.

Sagan is just an amazing rider so so talented.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Sagan DQ'd and reports that Cavendish feels he won't be able to continue. Very sad that Sagan felt he had to do that.

 

[SaintHacker]

Just seen it from all the different angles, it was a racing incident. The elbow comes out after they've touched. Cavendish has done far worse in the past.

 

[fundy]

Cavendish has a broken shoulder and is out of the tour

 

[MegaSteve]

Cavs a bit marmite...

 

[Crazyface]

What are you all on about????

 

[Duckster]

I think Boardman got it right on the highlights show last night, the TdF have put Sagan's ban in for the after effects not the incident itself. It was a bad incident but the time and points penalties would have been enough.

Pity about Cav though, hoped he might have edged towards the Eddie Merckx record this year.

 

[MegaSteve]

Brits doing well here also :thup:...

 

[larmen]

Just seen it from all the different angles, it was a racing incident. The elbow comes out after they've touched. Cavendish has done far worse in the past.

I have seen a fairly convincing slow motion video of the Sagan incident where it looks like Cav's brake hood coming from underneath is actually leavening against Sagan's arm, and therefore pulling the elbow out.

Brits doing well here also :thup:...

With just enough asthma to level the playing field?

 

[fundy]

been a brutal day today, Geraint Thomas out of the tour having broken his collarbone and now Richie Porte has a horrid crash (and taken Martin down too), hope Portes ok as didnt look good at all