The Cycling Thread - Page 60

**footstep** · July 3rd, 2017, 05:36 PM

Sagan today, powerful!

**rupertramjet** · July 3rd, 2017, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by footstep

Sagan today, powerful!

BUT OH GOD THAT HAIR!!!

**vinceprince** · July 4th, 2017, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by rupertramjet

BUT OH GOD THAT HAIR!!!

Must get really uncomfortable, hot and sweaty under that helmet for six hours a day. Definitely not a marginal gain on the bike.

Experts reckon Fignon wouldn't have lost the 1989 Tour if he had cut off his pony tail.

**pierrelm** · July 4th, 2017, 03:28 PM

Cavendish looking good in the final sprint approach then BANG! into the side fence...maybe, if that's his collarbone, that's down and out...

**countjimmoriarty** · July 4th, 2017, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by pierrelm

Cavendish looking good in the final sprint approach then BANG! into the side fence...maybe, if that's his collarbone, that's down and out...

Finger, not collarbone it seems. Cav wasn't too optimistic in his post race interview. Off to hospital for scans.

**philll_77** · July 4th, 2017, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by vinceprince

Must get really uncomfortable, hot and sweaty under that helmet for six hours a day. Definitely not a marginal gain on the bike.

It requires real dedication to cycle with a sweaty helmet.

**Athanatophobos** · July 4th, 2017, 05:15 PM

Peter quits the Tour.

My feeling is mixed because I think it's fair because he did a big mistake during the sprint. In the other hand, I feel sad because he is a great name and this Tour will feel boring without him.

**footstep** · July 4th, 2017, 05:36 PM

Very rare ! Sagan out by decision of le tour directors...
He said : I didn't see him.
Judge by yourself.

**rupertramjet** · July 4th, 2017, 06:27 PM

I watched it 'live' on French TV, and as soon as it happened I thought 'Bastard that was deliberate'. I sis not know at the time it was Sagan. BUT the French TV fok thought it was deliberate too. IF he has been kicked out, it is about time that they took discipline seriously, but equally it is sad that such an exciting rider id out. Teach him to get ahead of Frome on GC!

**pierrelm** · July 4th, 2017, 07:17 PM

Such a shame; I think throwing Sagan out is an over-reaction (and Cavendish is my favourite rider). Sagan's elbow was deliberate, stupid and unecessary but I think Chris Boardman got the summary right on ITV4. Sagan wasn't the only one veering dangerously, but he did throw that elbow. Cavendish behaved with commendable restraint, spoke very well but looked like a man who wants to ride tomorrow but knows that the odds are heavily against that happening. I think that's his tour finished, which, with Sagan leaving, will be a tremendous loss to the entertainment value this year.

Quickstep went MIA which was odd, Greipel looks woefully short of confidence, so we might see a mix of sprint winners. But it's a sad day, knowing that two of the brightest lights are almost certainly going to be missing.

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July 3rd, 2017, 05:36 PM	#591
footstep Lost luggages? Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: France Posts: 7,268 Thanks: 92,097 Thanked 86,765 Times in 7,170 Posts	Sagan today, powerful!

July 4th, 2017, 03:28 PM	#594
pierrelm Vintage Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Midst the fen mists Posts: 5,450 Thanks: 55,798 Thanked 72,919 Times in 5,422 Posts	Cavendish looking good in the final sprint approach then BANG! into the side fence...maybe, if that's his collarbone, that's down and out...

July 4th, 2017, 05:15 PM	#597
Athanatophobos Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: France Posts: 6,877 Thanks: 42,835 Thanked 130,218 Times in 6,985 Posts	Peter quits the Tour. My feeling is mixed because I think it's fair because he did a big mistake during the sprint. In the other hand, I feel sad because he is a great name and this Tour will feel boring without him.

July 4th, 2017, 05:36 PM	#598
footstep Lost luggages? Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: France Posts: 7,268 Thanks: 92,097 Thanked 86,765 Times in 7,170 Posts	Very rare ! Sagan out by decision of le tour directors... He said : I didn't see him. Judge by yourself.

July 4th, 2017, 06:27 PM	#599
rupertramjet R.I.P. Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Cloud cuckoo land Posts: 4,300 Thanks: 26,852 Thanked 54,117 Times in 4,288 Posts	I watched it 'live' on French TV, and as soon as it happened I thought 'Bastard that was deliberate'. I sis not know at the time it was Sagan. BUT the French TV fok thought it was deliberate too. IF he has been kicked out, it is about time that they took discipline seriously, but equally it is sad that such an exciting rider id out. Teach him to get ahead of Frome on GC!

July 4th, 2017, 07:17 PM	#600
pierrelm Vintage Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Midst the fen mists Posts: 5,450 Thanks: 55,798 Thanked 72,919 Times in 5,422 Posts	Such a shame; I think throwing Sagan out is an over-reaction (and Cavendish is my favourite rider). Sagan's elbow was deliberate, stupid and unecessary but I think Chris Boardman got the summary right on ITV4. Sagan wasn't the only one veering dangerously, but he did throw that elbow. Cavendish behaved with commendable restraint, spoke very well but looked like a man who wants to ride tomorrow but knows that the odds are heavily against that happening. I think that's his tour finished, which, with Sagan leaving, will be a tremendous loss to the entertainment value this year. Quickstep went MIA which was odd, Greipel looks woefully short of confidence, so we might see a mix of sprint winners. But it's a sad day, knowing that two of the brightest lights are almost certainly going to be missing.