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Tour de France 2016
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so close to the finish they should just take times at the flamme rouge1
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Surely they have to do something about the crowds? That was madness.1
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They surely will else Adam Yates is in Yellow tonight.rina said:so close to the finish they should just take times at the flamme rouge
I didnt think that teams could attack the Yellow Jersey like that, surely they should have waited for Froome?0 -
What can they do though... Hate to say it but the crowds are partly the reason the TdF is so goodred_murph said:Surely they have to do something about the crowds? That was madness.
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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.2
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Provisional Classification... Got a feeling this could stand
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I've no idea FA, watching that last 30 mins it was just looking like an accident waiting to happen.ForeverAddickted said:
What can they do though... Hate to say it but the crowds are partly the reason the TdF is so goodred_murph said:Surely they have to do something about the crowds? That was madness.
Apparently the 3km rule doesnt apply on Mountain Stages either
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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 downred_murph said:
I've no idea FA, watching that last 30 mins it was just looking like an accident waiting to happen.ForeverAddickted said:
What can they do though... Hate to say it but the crowds are partly the reason the TdF is so goodred_murph said:Surely they have to do something about the crowds? That was madness.
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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 nothing0
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Again just provisional standings...
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Added to the fact it's Bastille day on a key stage probably didn't help either?ForeverAddickted said:
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 downred_murph said:
I've no idea FA, watching that last 30 mins it was just looking like an accident waiting to happen.ForeverAddickted said:
What can they do though... Hate to say it but the crowds are partly the reason the TdF is so goodred_murph said:Surely they have to do something about the crowds? That was madness.
Apparently the 3km rule doesnt apply on Mountain Stages either
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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."1 -
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!
Highlights on at 7 on itv41 -
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 classification0
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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 decision0
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Is there a possibility Froome can be disqualified as he completed part of the course without a bike?0
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Least Froome's Olympic spot is assured
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Was just thinking this myself... You'd HOPE notJohnBoyUK said:Is there a possibility Froome can be disqualified as he completed part of the course without a bike?
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This is dragging on now....come on organizers get on with it1
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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 own0
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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.'2 -
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.1
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If that happens then the riders need to protest tomorrow and just stop half-way along the route.Leroy Ambrose said: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.
They're doing a Sport that is extremely dangerous and cant have organisers just ignoring situations like this0 -
interesting to hear Boardman's opinion that the top riders would strike if the result standsLeroy Ambrose said: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.
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You would hope that Froome would make up some time back on the Time Trial if the result did stand0
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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 didrina said:
interesting to hear Boardman's opinion that the top riders would strike if the result standsLeroy Ambrose said: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.
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Chris Froome @chrisfroome 3m3 minutes ago
Still in the #YellowJersey #TDF0 -
From Sky
16:50: Looks like the GC times were taken before the crash. Confirmation as soon as we have it...0 -
Froome just tweeted...'Still in Yellow'0
