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Machado is my rider of the day: He fell, gave up, spend time in the ambulance, got out of the ambulance, stepped on his bike and got riding again. He finished the stage, but missed the time limit by 10 minutes.  ...but then the jury showed clemency and said "You will live and ride another day!"  I am gonna root for him the rest of the tour now that Ted King is gone.
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IndustrialApe posted:Machado is my rider of the day: That was insane to follow on Twitter. No one knew what was going on. Glad the jury decided to not be dumb for once.
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Jul 14, 2014 21:40
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Disgusting cover up by Specialized IMO.
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Jul 14, 2014 22:07
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Now they're saying it was his spare bike that hit another bike, also on top of a team car. I'm actually inclined to believe that, given how clean the tires seat/tube is. 
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Jul 14, 2014 22:41
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Xabi posted:What does that even mean? He's been paid off by Specialized. Can't trust him
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Jul 14, 2014 22:59
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Do spare bikes have rider number plates on them? Googling some team car pictures there's quite a lack of plates on the bikes. Hmm. Or did they change the plate over to show that it really was Bert's spare bike.
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^ The Venge was Roche's bike he was given. I think people fail to realise the team could not give a gently caress about giving the press details or clarifying about the bike during the stage, their priority was Contador's well being, not only in a professional but personal level. Now the fog of war has lifted, it's not a surprise some stories were contradictory. Now if you'll excuse me, I should have Specialized dropping off my new Tarmac in a few minutes.
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Pvt Dancer posted:Do spare bikes have rider number plates on them? Googling some team car pictures there's quite a lack of plates on the bikes. Hmm. Apparently Contador's mechanic likes to put the rider number on the spare bike as well. http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/07/tinkoff-saxo-tangle-with-belkin-bikes-identified-as-cause-of-snapped-contador-frame/ Seems plausible to me.
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Jul 15, 2014 01:52
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I think we're missing the most important part of the story, which is that the GC and KOM Jersey holders are riding Specialized bikes.
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Paddyb posted:I think we're missing the most important part of the story, which is that the GC and KOM Jersey holders are riding Specialized bikes. Yup I'll be watching for the fireball via eurosport 
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Jul 15, 2014 02:16
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Chenghiz posted:Apparently Contador's mechanic likes to put the rider number on the spare bike as well. Only took Specialized six hours to strongarm the right people and get their story straight, another successful coverup by big carbon They also photoshopped the picture to show the clean (or ... cleaned) bike in front of Contador who's just crashed.But really this is the most boring outcome, boo.
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Jul 15, 2014 02:29
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I'm still in the gently caress specialized camp, they are an rear end in a top hat of a company and can die in a fire. Tinkoff to pinarello/campy next year please. Sram is gone for sure. I'm really crushed for Bertie, this loving sucks. Vuelta is going to be nuts, Froome, Contador, Quintana.
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Jul 15, 2014 03:02
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They're saying no Contador for Vuelta. Recovery is going to take too long. That's okay because old man Horner is going to dig deep into his suitcase of courage and dominate.
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Jul 15, 2014 03:16
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To hell with Framegate or whatever. Keep in mind this is the company that sued for ownership of the word "Roubaix"... Also, I'm going to my barbershop and asking for The Peter Sagan straight away.
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Jul 15, 2014 03:45
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Do we talk women's pro cycling in here, because  at this bullshit right here (Mara Abbott, 4th in GC getting bounced around by the 1st, 2nd , and 3rd place GC riders, all on Rabo-Liv)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRskFaxzZiY&t=2310s
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Jul 15, 2014 03:51
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This is an event in which the actual team names are company names. I struggle to care about anything company X does, the whole thing is an entertaining commercial. Same with Formula One.
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BeeSeeBee posted:Do we talk women's pro cycling in here, because Hey I've ridden up that! Specialized has been lovely with their legal department on too many occasions to count. gently caress them and their boring rear end bikes. Buying a specialized is like buying a gray camry.
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gently caress Specialized and gently caress Contador, but on the replay you can clearly see Roche waiting for the team car with Contador's crashed bike (not Roche's McClaren) which pretty obviously does not have a broken frame.
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Jul 15, 2014 04:28
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http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/07/news/timeline-details-alberto-contadors-tour-ending-crash_336328quote:The timeline from the crash onwards:
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Jul 15, 2014 06:00
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I'm hoping that during the rest day someone from the top10 goes full-on mutant in the clinical department. It's now or never, the top2 riders abandoning race doesn't happen every year...
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Russian Bear posted:
Yep they literally claim exclusive use of the words roubaix and allez in relation to cycling, they can go gently caress themselves.
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Yep they literally claim exclusive use of the words roubaix and allez in relation to cycling, they can go gently caress themselves. Don't forget that they're only leasing "Roubaix" from Fuji, which was a pretty funny resolution to the story.
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Jul 15, 2014 09:18
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So, does anyone actually know what happened to Contador then? One story is he fell off while eating, which is hilarious as hes a top pro tour rider making an error sportive riders would laugh at, and the crash broke the frame. Another is he hit a pot hole, which explains the broken frame and that caused him to come off. And finally we have this first crash, then he was on a spare, which he crashed again and this got run over by a car. Either way its a shame for the tour, but ultimately massively funny as he should have been banned for life for the drug cheating.
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Jul 15, 2014 11:15
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Mr "Big" "Bert" Contador should not be banned for life because somewhere a ruthless farmer is injecting drugs into his team of oxen IMO.
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Jul 15, 2014 11:20
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Dude rode 20k with a broken leg. Pretty gnarly. I'd like to see a non-favourite random like scarponi get up but I reckon it's gonna be nibali all the way. He was a monster in that last climb.
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BeeSeeBee posted:Do we talk women's pro cycling in here, because Man that feels like poor sports..womanship? Intentionally swinging all over the road to block someone seems like a huge dick move and wasn't there just a discussion on here about how that's looked down upon in mens cycling?
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serious gaylord posted:So, does anyone actually know what happened to Contador then? Nicolas Roche : We were so confident in Alberto, we didn't have a Plan B. Then Plan A went out the window Nicolas Roche posted:We were riding close to the front of the peloton, doing about 70kph in the wet, on a really long straight bit of road, when Alberto reached into the pocket in the back of his jersey for some food and hit a hole in the road. Alberto's left and right shoes :  
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Levitate posted:Man that feels like poor sports..womanship? Intentionally swinging all over the road to block someone seems like a huge dick move and wasn't there just a discussion on here about how that's looked down upon in mens cycling? Mostly for a bunch sprint, but yes that would be looked down upon. If one of those riders had clipped her wheel and taken her out the commissars would have ruined them.
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I'd have been tempted if I was the chasing rider to try and clip one of THEIR wheels and see if I could knock em down and then blame it on them blocking 
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Mr.Nice posted:Nicolas Roche : We were so confident in Alberto, we didn't have a Plan B. Then Plan A went out the window God drat
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thehustler posted:I'd have been tempted if I was the chasing rider to try and clip one of THEIR wheels and see if I could knock em down and then blame it on them blocking If the cameras werent there you could have gotten away with a cheeky cleat scrape.
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WEREWAIF posted:God drat I've done worse on a cycling show when I rolled a tire at 50mph. If you think about it, it's way better to expend the friction needed to stop on a leather cycling shoe than lycra/skin. Also multiple other riders reported that Saxo was taking risks trying to move up to the front when Contador crashed, which sounds the most likely of any scenario.
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Levitate posted:Man that feels like poor sports..womanship? Intentionally swinging all over the road to block someone seems like a huge dick move and wasn't there just a discussion on here about how that's looked down upon in mens cycling? A guy would crash you out if you tried that on them.
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Withnail posted:I've done worse on a cycling show when I rolled a tire at 50mph. If you think about it, it's way better to expend the friction needed to stop on a leather cycling shoe than lycra/skin. Yeah. And there's no textile/leather to take the abrasion, normally you associate that brutality to motorcycle crashes. I've gone pretty fast on a dh bike, but doing it on a road bike in lycra is terrifying to me. My worst equipment thing was accidentally pulling a wheelie going downhill while trailriding, landing right on my back. My camelback popped like a balloon and probably saved my back.
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Cancellara drops out. Well he can do whatever he wants I guess.   Not homo
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Withnail posted:Cancellara drops out. Noooo my fantasy team
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African AIDS cum posted:Any rest day positive tests yet?   I have to say I love this pic from OP. I have a habit of checking the OP on a regular basis for stage profiles and stuff but I always make sure to get another look at this beauty  
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