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Tour de France, July 2, Stage 1: Mont-Saint-Michel/Sainte-Marie-du-Mont *SPOILERS*

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    #32
    at1withmyself
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    Cav in yellow, great finish


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    #33
    REBELSAFC
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    Is that Sam down


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    #34
    wirelessdude01
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    Sammy B taken down in that crash.


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    #35
    NeedMoreGears
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    Steady on Carlton!


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    #36
    dastardly00
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    REBELSAFC wrote: »
    Is that Sam down

    It looked like Sam didn't it? :(


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    #37
    ednwireland
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    cav just earnt his wages. took him out of my velogames team damn.

    in yellow as well

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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    #38
    Daroxtar
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    Good win from Cav. Nasty looking crash!!


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    #39
    Pudsy33
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    Definitely Sam who crashed. The Katusha rider hit the boards and dragged a few down. So so disappointed for the man.


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    #40
    Bambaata
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    Sam clutching arm like collarbone issue there as crossed the line. Fingers crossed all ok!


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    #41
    yosemitesam1
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    Daroxtar wrote: »
    Good win from Cav. Nasty looking crash!!

    Was bennet caught in the crash?


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    #42
    G1032
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    What a finish. Fair play to Cavendish.


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    #43
    dastardly00
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    CmXm2FVXEAAnnNY.jpg:small


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    #44
    dastardly00
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    https://twitter.com/CyclingHubTV/status/749258152290447360


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    #45
    Darkglasses
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    Sickened for Sam, looked in a lot of pain.

    Think Carlton was pleased with the winner.


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    #46
    DominoDub
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    So Cav now Joins "The Badger" at 28 TDF Stage Wins



    Rank Name Country Wins
    1 Eddy Merckx Belgium 34
    2 Bernard Hinault France 28
    2 Mark Cavendish United Kingdom 28

    ** Maybe got ahead of myself (27 for Cav ) as Wiki may have been updated seconds after the win !


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    #47
    dastardly00
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    Darkglasses wrote: »
    Think Carlton was pleased with the winner.

    I hope Kelly wasn't sitting too close by :pac:

    2555702.jpg?437


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    #48
    Pantanifan84
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    Has cav held gc jerseys in giro and vuelta too? I know he's one sprinters jerseys in all three grand tours


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    #49
    isitraining
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    Pantanifan84 wrote: »
    Has cav held gc jerseys in giro and vuelta too? I know he's one sprinters jerseys in all three grand tours

    Yep. The yellow was the only jersey he was missing.


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    #50
    cunavalos
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    Bora Argon twitter confirm Sam sent to hospital after cradh
    .@Sammmy_Be is on the way to hospital for further examination. we'll keep you updated. #FingersCrossed #TDF2016 #BoraArgon18


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    #51
    Brian?
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    cunavalos wrote: »
    Bora Argon twitter confirm Sam sent to hospital after cradh
    .@Sammmy_Be is on the way to hospital for further examination. we'll keep you updated. #FingersCrossed #TDF2016 #BoraArgon18

    He looked in bad shape at the finish, possible collar bone.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #52
    gordongekko
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    Brian? wrote: »
    He looked in bad shape at the finish, possible collar bone.

    Fffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuucccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkk yyyyyyyyooooooooooouuuuuuuuu sssssstttttaaaaaggggeeeeee oooooooonnnneeeeeee


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    #53
    ThisRegard
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    Contador's crash
    https://twitter.com/cyclingnieuws1/status/749285418013691904?s=09


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    #54
    Bambaata
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    That looked nasty


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    #55
    Inquitus
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    Bambaata wrote: »
    That looked nasty

    Also looked entirely his own fault.


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    #56
    pelevin
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    Inquitus wrote: »
    Also looked entirely his own fault.

    Mr Compassion.


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    #57
    Inquitus
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    pelevin wrote: »
    Mr Compassion.

    I have a lot of compassion for him, but his DS and others were blaming Bookwalter, and unfairly so.

    Personally I never like to see a GT decided by misfortune to any of the GC riders, and tbh I am not a huge fan of these early stages where yellow hasn't been firmly decided for the first week by a prologue, which tends to keep a lid on the peloton and associated GC crash drama.


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    #58
    pelevin
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    Inquitus wrote: »
    I have a lot of compassion for him, but his DS and others were blaming Bookwalter, and unfairly so.

    Fair enough comment in that context! DS's rushing to blame, name & shame riders for such incidents isn't too cool. Interesting point about taking some of the edge off the tension with a prologue start.


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    #59
    gordongekko
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    Inquitus wrote: »
    I have a lot of compassion for him, but his DS and others were blaming Bookwalter, and unfairly so.

    Personally I never like to see a GT decided by misfortune to any of the GC riders, and tbh I am not a huge fan of these early stages where yellow hasn't been firmly decided for the first week by a prologue, which tends to keep a lid on the peloton and associated GC crash drama.

    Surely the gt lads weren't pushed today and just trying to keep out of trouble.


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    #60
    Inquitus
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    gordongekko wrote: »
    Surely the gt lads weren't pushed today and just trying to keep out of trouble.

    Aye but when you have the yellow jersey up for grabs, GC riders and sprint trains trying to stay at the front, there's too many trains and not enough road and it lends itself to the sort of carnage we saw today. Traditionally when the Prologue has put the yellow firmly on someones shoulders in stage 1 the racing has a bit more calm and fewer crashes. Its only a recent thing for the the tour, last 4 years or so not to have a prologue and to have a first stage where everything is up for grabs, and there's a direct correlation to more crashes and bigger crashes as a result.


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    #61
    gordongekko
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    Inquitus wrote: »
    Aye but when you have the yellow jersey up for grabs, GC riders and sprint trains trying to stay at the front, there's too many trains and not enough road and it lends itself to the sort of carnage we saw today. Traditionally when the Prologue has put the yellow firmly on someones shoulders in stage 1 the racing has a bit more calm and fewer crashes. Its only a recent thing for the the tour, last 4 years or so not to have a prologue and to have a first stage where everything is up for grabs, and there's a direct correlation to more crashes and bigger crashes as a result.

    Last year cav crashed in the last few 100 yrds do you believe he tried less hard today but somehow managed to win easily??


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