McEwen, Basso, and most of CSC go down. Everyone appears to be fine, and all are back on their bikes.
TDF - Stage 5
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It has started raining.
Boring stage. (unless you're a sprinter)
Rain at the end of a flat stage could be interesting. Team cars should be handing out body armor.McGRP01 said:
One rider hit a parked motorbike???
True...rain does make it more interesting.Westy said:
I wish I could hear the cheer of the crowd and the excitement in the commentary as the peloton reels in the escapees...
What makes it exciting is the fact that anything can happen to any rider at anytime...
you never know when someone will do a road gap over the tourN8 said:
Interesting reading and you can ask questions to the EuroSport commentators: http://forums.eurosport.com/forumdisplay.php?f=8
firetoole said:
Yes, like they did last year!!! I remember the pic.
Dave Watson baby!!firetoole said:
curious to see if he does it again
his :nuts: cant handle it.
The last kilometer of this stage is supposedly pretty tough. There is a sharp turn at 500m that won't go more that 4 or so riders across, coupled with wet roads......
McEwin juuuuuust beats out Boonen
is that what it ended up being? I heard 1/4 - 1/2 of a wheel on the audio feed.hooples3 said:
N8 said:
Where?
I thought it was a photo chop.