Tour de Suisse, stage 4 summary

In article
,
TheCoz wrote:

On Jun 15, 6:59Â*pm, "Mike Jacoubowsky"
wrote:
"Brad Anders" wrote in message

...
On Jun 15, 1:51 pm, "marco" wrote: DA74 wrote:
For those interested here's the link to the crash video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRFh9GuLYbs

Haussler should have been paying attention.

As shown by the picture below, the crash was caused when Cav's front wheel
sunk into a patch of quicksand...

http://www.vg.no/uploaded/image/bild...76622662924_57...

==============

That's a really friggin' cool picture. You can see the rim section
lying utterly flat on the road, amazing.

Thank god his fork didn't explode.

I don't think TK hangs around here anymore.

It looks to me like Haussler caused the crash. When Haussler came
across, he went into Cav.

Overhead shows Cavendish moves laterally and causes the crash.
I like Cavendish, yet still am happy to see two guys ride over
his prostrate form; and see him get sanctioned 25 points,
30 seconds, and 200 Swiss Francs.

--
Michael Press

"Michael Press" wrote in message
...
In article
,
TheCoz wrote:

On Jun 15, 6:59 pm, "Mike Jacoubowsky"
wrote:
"Brad Anders" wrote in message

...
On Jun 15, 1:51 pm, "marco" wrote: DA74
wrote:
For those interested here's the link to the crash video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRFh9GuLYbs

Haussler should have been paying attention.

As shown by the picture below, the crash was caused when Cav's
front wheel
sunk into a patch of quicksand...

http://www.vg.no/uploaded/image/bild...76622662924_57...

==============

That's a really friggin' cool picture. You can see the rim section
lying utterly flat on the road, amazing.

Thank god his fork didn't explode.

I don't think TK hangs around here anymore.

It looks to me like Haussler caused the crash. When Haussler came
across, he went into Cav.

Overhead shows Cavendish moves laterally and causes the crash.
I like Cavendish, yet still am happy to see two guys ride over
his prostrate form; and see him get sanctioned 25 points,
30 seconds, and 200 Swiss Francs.

--
Michael Press

Haussler appeared to hold his line, Cavendish did not. What Cavendish
did was inexcusable; he was so amped up on winning the sprint that he
seemed to be in his own world. He evidently had no awareness of what was
to the side of him. Had it been Graeme Brown instead of Mark Cavendish,
we would assume otherwise; a deliberate attempt to intimidate another
rider. Maybe this is worse. Around Graeme you're free to play dirty if
need be; nobody is going to second-guess you. But around Mark, there's a
de-facto (earned) respect for his place in the sprint.

This has not exactly been a shining year for Mark has it? A re-make of
"The Natural" with a few changes would be uncomfortably close-hitting.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
"Michael Press" wrote in message
...
In article
,
TheCoz wrote:

On Jun 15, 6:59 pm, "Mike Jacoubowsky"
wrote:
"Brad Anders" wrote in message

...
On Jun 15, 1:51 pm, "marco" wrote: DA74
wrote:
For those interested here's the link to the crash video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRFh9GuLYbs
Haussler should have been paying attention.
As shown by the picture below, the crash was caused when Cav's
front wheel
sunk into a patch of quicksand...
http://www.vg.no/uploaded/image/bild...76622662924_57...
==============

That's a really friggin' cool picture. You can see the rim section
lying utterly flat on the road, amazing.

Thank god his fork didn't explode.

I don't think TK hangs around here anymore.
It looks to me like Haussler caused the crash. When Haussler came
across, he went into Cav.
Overhead shows Cavendish moves laterally and causes the crash.
I like Cavendish, yet still am happy to see two guys ride over
his prostrate form; and see him get sanctioned 25 points,
30 seconds, and 200 Swiss Francs.

--
Michael Press

Haussler appeared to hold his line, Cavendish did not. What Cavendish
did was inexcusable; he was so amped up on winning the sprint that he
seemed to be in his own world. He evidently had no awareness of what was
to the side of him. Had it been Graeme Brown instead of Mark Cavendish,
we would assume otherwise; a deliberate attempt to intimidate another
rider. Maybe this is worse. Around Graeme you're free to play dirty if
need be; nobody is going to second-guess you. But around Mark, there's a
de-facto (earned) respect for his place in the sprint.

This has not exactly been a shining year for Mark has it? A re-make of
"The Natural" with a few changes would be uncomfortably close-hitting.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com


Garmin had a movie made about them? snort

On Jun 15, 8:07*pm, TheCoz wrote:

And how the heck did Cav's wheel bend like that and not break!?!?! Are
those Lightweight wheels?

My guess- the wheel did break but the tire stayed glued and snapped
back to what looks an intact wheel but is not.
DR

Michael Press wrote:

I like Cavendish, yet still am happy to see two guys ride over
his prostrate form; and see him get sanctioned 25 points,
30 seconds, and 200 Swiss Francs.


I'm damn glad we don't get along.

In article , Mike
Jacoubowsky wrote:

"Michael Press" wrote in message
...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRFh9GuLYbs

Overhead shows Cavendish moves laterally and causes the crash.
I like Cavendish, yet still am happy to see two guys ride over
his prostrate form; and see him get sanctioned 25 points,
30 seconds, and 200 Swiss Francs.

Haussler appeared to hold his line, Cavendish did not. What Cavendish
did was inexcusable; he was so amped up on winning the sprint that he
seemed to be in his own world. He evidently had no awareness of what was
to the side of him.

I'd like to know who it was that rode his way through the middle of
their little mix-up just after they went down and were spinning like
tops, but before the whole thing began to clot up. He dodges the guy in
front of him who is in an instinctive two-wheel lock-up skid, then
snakes through there. Front view about 1:21; overhead around 1:57.

He had awareness, instincts, and good fortune.

Dan

Dan Becker wrote:
In article , Mike
Jacoubowsky wrote:

"Michael Press" wrote in message
...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRFh9GuLYbs

Overhead shows Cavendish moves laterally and causes the crash.
I like Cavendish, yet still am happy to see two guys ride over
his prostrate form; and see him get sanctioned 25 points,
30 seconds, and 200 Swiss Francs.
Haussler appeared to hold his line, Cavendish did not. What Cavendish
did was inexcusable; he was so amped up on winning the sprint that he
seemed to be in his own world. He evidently had no awareness of what was
to the side of him.

I'd like to know who it was that rode his way through the middle of
their little mix-up just after they went down and were spinning like
tops, but before the whole thing began to clot up. He dodges the guy in
front of him who is in an instinctive two-wheel lock-up skid, then
snakes through there. Front view about 1:21; overhead around 1:57.

He had awareness, instincts, and good fortune.

Dan

Flecha

On Jun 15, 1:51*pm, "marco" wrote:
DA74 wrote:
For those interested here's the link to the crash video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRFh9GuLYbs

Haussler should have been paying attention.

As shown by the picture below, the crash was caused when Cav's front wheel
sunk into a patch of quicksand...

http://www.vg.no/uploaded/image/bild...76622662924_57...

I am so getting one of those new folding wheels
to go on my folding bike.

Fredcommuter Ben

z, fred wrote:
Dan Becker wrote:
I'd like to know who it was that rode his way through the middle of
their little mix-up just after they went down and were spinning like
tops, but before the whole thing began to clot up. He dodges the guy in
front of him who is in an instinctive two-wheel lock-up skid, then
snakes through there. Front view about 1:21; overhead around 1:57.

He had awareness, instincts, and good fortune.

Flecha

Yes: http://www.steephill.tv/2010/tour-de...otos/stage-04/
Oscar Freire also escaped:
http://www.marca.com/albumes/2010/06...a/index_4.html

Fred Flintstein wrote:
Ale-Jet said a prayer to Sprinter Jesus.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-a...96_7130100.jpg

Save it till the morning after.