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Contador has abandoned TdF 2014

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  • July 14, 2014 at 2:08 pm #21902
    farrell

    I’ve not seen the incident yet but apparently his crash was caused by his frame braking.

    Hopefully what has happened will become clearer very shortly, but we now have no former Tour winners racing in the tour.

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  • July 14, 2014 at 7:32 pm #803887
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    Gordy748

    ajmarshal1 wrote:Apparently.

    ajmarshal1 wrote:
    Apparently. (And I re-iterate apparently) They didn’t swap, Roche gave his to Contador whilst they waited for the team car. I’m simply going on tweets by riders and spectators. Unless the UCI have allowed bike teleportation that crashed bike did well to make it back to being right next to Contador straight after Tinkoff and Saxobank reported it being 100ft away following a 50kph crash.

    Ahh. I’ve been wondering what was going on with the crashed bike. Likely Roche’s machine was the one they pulled out to get ready for Contador.

    July 14, 2014 at 7:13 pm #803885
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    ajmarshal1

    Gkam84 wrote:How could Roche

    Gkam84 wrote:
    How could Roche drop off his bike to get him going, but Roche didn’t even wait for him………

    So if Roche swapped bikes, then Contador’s wasn’t broken…..

    He was on Roche’s bike after a mechanical earlier in the stage

    Apparently. (And I re-iterate apparently) They didn’t swap, Roche gave his to Contador whilst they waited for the team car. I’m simply going on tweets by riders and spectators. Unless the UCI have allowed bike teleportation that crashed bike did well to make it back to being right next to Contador straight after Tinkoff and Saxobank reported it being 100ft away following a 50kph crash.

    July 14, 2014 at 7:05 pm #803883
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    Gkam84

    How could Roche drop off his
    How could Roche drop off his bike to get him going, but Roche didn’t even wait for him………

    So if Roche swapped bikes, then Contador’s wasn’t broken…..

    He was on Roche’s bike after a mechanical earlier in the stage

    July 14, 2014 at 6:55 pm #803881
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    ajmarshal1

    Gkam84 wrote:Everyone is

    Gkam84 wrote:
    Everyone is screaming that his bike broke. Problem is, when he crashed he wasn’t on his numbered 31 bike. Which is the broken one.

    Apparently he was. The intact bike seen as he was being treated by the doctors was dropped off by Roche for Contador to get going again quickly. Contador was reportedly separated from his number 31 bike by 100 feet following the crash.

    Whether the broken bike was the one he crashed or the one which, in an incredible sequence of coincidence, was broken in a fall from the roof rack at almost exactly the same time, remains to be seen.

    July 14, 2014 at 6:35 pm #803879
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    Gkam84

    Everyone is screaming that
    Everyone is screaming that his bike broke. Problem is, when he crashed he wasn’t on his numbered 31 bike. Which is the broken one.

    July 14, 2014 at 2:19 pm #803877
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    Super Domestique

    The Vuelta will be good this
    The Vuelta will be good this year 😉

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