peasy23 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Reports that Nibali ran into the back of one of the official motorbikes which had stopped because of the smoke from the flares. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Reports that Nibali ran into the back of one of the official motorbikes which had stopped because of the smoke from the flares.Weird - Thomas seemed to suggest he was (at least partly) to blame in the post stage interview. It did seem a bit chaotic though. I know they go on about the spectacle and everything but there's no need for those flares. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Weird - Thomas seemed to suggest he was (at least partly) to blame in the post stage interview. It did seem a bit chaotic though. I know they go on about the spectacle and everything but there's no need for those flares.The flares are mental. I would imagine the last thing you need at that point is to cycle through a cloud of smoke. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Getting pissed off with the ITV4/Eurosport GT love in. Continually questioning "who's the TL at sky?", nuggets.It's as if they learned nothing from the Giro! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 11 hours ago, Salvo Montalbano said: 14 hours ago, peasy23 said: Reports that Nibali ran into the back of one of the official motorbikes which had stopped because of the smoke from the flares. Weird - Thomas seemed to suggest he was (at least partly) to blame in the post stage interview. It did seem a bit chaotic though. I know they go on about the spectacle and everything but there's no need for those flares. Did GT not say he ran over his wheel after he hit the deck? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Did GT not say he ran over his wheel after he hit the deck? Yep, that was how I picked it up too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnash Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 On 18/07/2018 at 22:57, jaggyness said: On 18/07/2018 at 22:53, Gnash said: I would have thought Froome would want to go for all 3 grand tours in the same year. I think any cyclist would want to go for all the GTs in a single year but there's a very good reason why nobody has been able to win all 3. The timing and maintaining your form for that length of time is verging on the impossible with the other contenders. Nibali for example looks undercooked just now but may ride himself into peak form for the vuelta. Of course, but what else is there for Froome to achieve? And 'verging on the impossible' should not be a problem for him, given what he's already done. If he wins the Tour I'd be amazed if he doesn't go all out for the Vuelta. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Ah, maybe. I thought he said he'd touched his back wheel (as in, that's what caused him to go down). Either way, the Shark has had to abandon with a back injury because of it. A shame, as he was one of the few who looked like he could challenge. Looks like it's Dumoulin and Landa left of those who can stop a Sky 1-2. Have actually just watched a video (How the stage was won on the Eurosport website) and it appears Nibali was taken out by a camera strap catching between his wheels on one of the poorly policed pinch points on the course. [emoji852] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unleash The Nade Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 17 hours ago, F_T_Y said: Froome attacked right after nibali hit the deck. Like Nibali did to him a couple of years ago Karma 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Froome attacked right after nibali hit the deck.Reports that Nibali ran into the back of one of the official motorbikes which had stopped because of the smoke from the flares.Weird - Thomas seemed to suggest he was (at least partly) to blame in the post stage interview. It did seem a bit chaotic though. I know they go on about the spectacle and everything but there's no need for those flares.The flares are mental. I would imagine the last thing you need at that point is to cycle through a cloud of smoke. Did GT not say he ran over his wheel after he hit the deck? Yep, that was how I picked it up too.Ah, maybe. I thought he said he'd touched his back wheel (as in, that's what caused him to go down). Either way, the Shark has had to abandon with a back injury because of it. A shame, as he was one of the few who looked like he could challenge. Looks like it's Dumoulin and Landa left of those who can stop a Sky 1-2. Have actually just watched a video (How the stage was won on the Eurosport website) and it appears Nibali was taken out by a camera strap catching between his wheels on one of the poorly policed pinch points on the course. [emoji852] Like Nibali did to him a couple of years ago Karma Nibbles was reacting to a Froome attack. Think it was the Kenyan who was impeded by the motorbike/start of barriers/smoke from flares? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Nibbles was reacting to a Froome attack. Think it was the Kenyan who was impeded by the motorbike/start of barriers/smoke from flares? That's the strap that the video seemed to show either tangling in his wheels or catching his handlebars. It was a shaky phone camera so it wasn't clear but that photo seems to show it about to happen. Only a few metres from the barriers too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 I hope the fud's camera was uninsured and completely destroyed in the crash. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Was akin to the time the musette caught in Armstrong's bars. Disappointing that, with hindsight, he wasn't injured.That Nibali completed the stage was astonishing, given the pictures of him in distress on the floor. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I have a sneaking feeling froome might attack on the descent of the pic de nore today. Bardet is a brilliant descender and has to attack if he wants to do anything and demoulin is the weakest descender of the top 5. G doesn't have to attack so can just follow in the wheels 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Gianni Moscon disqualified from the Tour for hitting another rider with about 800m of yesterday's stage to go. Didn't see it on the coverage at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Gianni Moscon disqualified from the Tour for hitting another rider with about 800m of yesterday's stage to go. Didn't see it on the coverage at all.Fairly minor, but he has previous. There's a long story of behavioural problems involving Reza & Reichenbach. He's sitting on a final warning with Sky & some think he may get the bullet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Fairly minor, but he has previous. There's a long story of behavioural problems involving Reza & Reichenbach. He's sitting on a final warning with Sky & some think he may get the bullet.I remember him being DQ'ed somewhere last year. I don't know know much it would affect Sky's train going into the mountains mind you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Salvo Montalbano said: 2 hours ago, kiddy said: Fairly minor, but he has previous. There's a long story of behavioural problems involving Reza & Reichenbach. He's sitting on a final warning with Sky & some think he may get the bullet. I remember him being DQ'ed somewhere last year. I don't know know much it would affect Sky's train going into the mountains mind you. Report on the BBC says he had a 6 week ban for racially abusing a rival, then he was DQ'd in the World Championship road race for hanging on to his team car. Edited July 23, 2018 by peasy23 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Todays stage stopped by some mad striking french farmers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Missed this so went over to ITV4 +1 to catch it! Seems like a protest with hay bales blocking the road first, then more protesters trying to do the same which were stopped by the police who inadvertently seemed to spray pepper spray towards the protesters which then caught in the wind and got into the eyes of several cyclists. Carnage and a 15 minute delay while the medical team administer eye drops. Crazy stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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