They should take the time gaps at the time of the crash. They have the telemetry to be able to do this without any issue, absolutely no way will it be allowed to stand. This is largely as a result of knocking the end of the stage - all the fans that were already on Ventoux will have moved further down the mountain and compressed into a much smaller space. Farcical.
Surely they have to do something about the crowds? That was madness.
What can they do though... Hate to say it but the crowds are partly the reason the TdF is so good
Apparently the 3km rule doesnt apply on Mountain Stages either
I've no idea FA, watching that last 30 mins it was just looking like an accident waiting to happen.
I think Leroy is right... Ultimately its nothing to do with the crowds, its the fact that they've had to move the Stage Finish so its created a larger amount of people further down the mountain as everyone has moved down
They need to take the times from when the crash happened though because to do it from 3km means that Quintana wont be so far behind Froome which means all the energy he's wasted will be for nothing
Surely they have to do something about the crowds? That was madness.
What can they do though... Hate to say it but the crowds are partly the reason the TdF is so good
Apparently the 3km rule doesnt apply on Mountain Stages either
I've no idea FA, watching that last 30 mins it was just looking like an accident waiting to happen.
I think Leroy is right... Ultimately its nothing to do with the crowds, its the fact that they've had to move the Stage Finish so its created a larger amount of people further down the mountain as everyone has moved down
Added to the fact it's Bastille day on a key stage probably didn't help either?
Richie Porte: The crowd was just all on the road and the motorbike just stopped right in front of me and I had nowhere to go. Next minute I was straight over the top of the motorbike. It was just a mess."
"Chris was on my wheel and went straight into me. I don;t know what they are going to do, but they have got to do something about it, because it's not fair. One minute we were 23 seconds in front and the next thing, for something so silly, everybody is back on us."
"That can't stand. It can't happen like that. Surely the jury has to look at it and use some sort of discretion. If you can't control the crowds, what can you control?"
"It's not really the motorbikes. It's the crowd. They are in your face the whole time, pushing riders, and at the top there, that was crazy."
A mixture of the stage being shortened, the crowds packed cause of it, leads to the carnage seen. Froome running up the road without a bike was surreal. Watched the tour since the mid 80's and that was a first watching the man in yellow running!
Hopefully those words from Porte were from a man who felt that the Yellow Jersey has been hard done by today and not just his own time which would have seen Richie fly up the overall classification
Just to note... Warren Bardet from France is now only 28secs behind the Yellow Jersey and France havent had someone win the Tour de France in over 30-years... Hope that doesnt influence the organisers decision
On another note if it does go against Chris Froome then huge congratulations to Adam Yates who managed to stay with the big names today AND make a brief attack of his own
I can't believe this is how it's being reported on the official tdf website. astonishing
'Thomas De Gendt and Serge Pauwels made another 1-2 for Belgium at Mont Ventoux after Greg Van Avermaet and De Gendt did it at Le Lioran on stage 5. They fought for stage victory from a breakaway group but Chris Froome was victim of a mechanical in the finale after he and Richie Porte had dropped Nairo Quintana before the finish at Chalet-Reynard. Adam Yates moved into the overall lead ahead of Bauke Mollema.'
Rumour that the result will stand as is. Bound to be recriminations either way, but I can't see how that's fair. On top of that, what should have been the best stage of the race (certainly the one I and everyone else I know was most looking forward to) has been utterly ruined.
Rumour that the result will stand as is. Bound to be recriminations either way, but I can't see how that's fair. On top of that, what should have been the best stage of the race (certainly the one I and everyone else I know was most looking forward to) has been utterly ruined.
If that happens then the riders need to protest tomorrow and just stop half-way along the route.
They're doing a Sport that is extremely dangerous and cant have organisers just ignoring situations like this
Rumour that the result will stand as is. Bound to be recriminations either way, but I can't see how that's fair. On top of that, what should have been the best stage of the race (certainly the one I and everyone else I know was most looking forward to) has been utterly ruined.
interesting to hear Boardman's opinion that the top riders would strike if the result stands
Rumour that the result will stand as is. Bound to be recriminations either way, but I can't see how that's fair. On top of that, what should have been the best stage of the race (certainly the one I and everyone else I know was most looking forward to) has been utterly ruined.
interesting to hear Boardman's opinion that the top riders would strike if the result stands
Good they should do... I'd like to know why the others didnt stop themselves, I know its only a Gentlemens Agreement but surely with the Yellow Jersey down there should have been no attacks yet its exactly what Moellema did
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I didnt think that teams could attack the Yellow Jersey like that, surely they should have waited for Froome?
Apparently the 3km rule doesnt apply on Mountain Stages either
The crowd was just all on the road and the motorbike just stopped right in front of me and I had nowhere to go. Next minute I was straight over the top of the motorbike. It was just a mess."
"Chris was on my wheel and went straight into me. I don;t know what they are going to do, but they have got to do something about it, because it's not fair. One minute we were 23 seconds in front and the next thing, for something so silly, everybody is back on us."
"That can't stand. It can't happen like that. Surely the jury has to look at it and use some sort of discretion. If you can't control the crowds, what can you control?"
"It's not really the motorbikes. It's the crowd. They are in your face the whole time, pushing riders, and at the top there, that was crazy."
Highlights on at 7 on itv4
Awaiting jury decision… @LeTour #TDF
'Thomas De Gendt and Serge Pauwels made another 1-2 for Belgium at Mont Ventoux after Greg Van Avermaet and De Gendt did it at Le Lioran on stage 5. They fought for stage victory from a breakaway group but Chris Froome was victim of a mechanical in the finale after he and Richie Porte had dropped Nairo Quintana before the finish at Chalet-Reynard. Adam Yates moved into the overall lead ahead of Bauke Mollema.'
They're doing a Sport that is extremely dangerous and cant have organisers just ignoring situations like this
Still in the #YellowJersey #TDF
16:50: Looks like the GC times were taken before the crash. Confirmation as soon as we have it...