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[Lucky Luke.]

TNT1, on 09 July 2011 - 08:42 , said:

Boonen's directeur sportif left the decision on whether to continue on the rider himself after other riders complained that the Belgian was a danger to the peloton. Horner was allowed to ride to the finish in the presence of the race doctor, but he had no recollection of the crash or how long he had been chasing.



http://www.cyclingne...y-head-injuries

Ye, saw a video of Horner crossing the line and he was asking everyone what happened, where did I crash, how long have we been chasing for etc. Shocking stuff, really felt for the guy. Must be end of the line for his tour career now.

[Lucky Luke.]

[danger dassie]

Scary stuff in that clip Luke.
Wonder if the sport will catch in regard to head injuries whereby the final call on a rider continuing is made by the race doctor!
I mean contact sports like Rugby, boxing, MMA etc have that in place, cycling should as well. Klapping solid ground at 40 odd km/h is just as lethal if not more so.
Hope Horner comes right!

[Puncheur]

Horner was back to normal today, says the team.
And he is going home.

Edited by AirBender, 10 July 2011 - 12:55 .

[Puncheur]

That was week 1:

Jurgen Van de Walle (Omega-Lotto) crashed on the first stage, but he stayed in the race until his injuries forced him to quit on stage 4

Christophe Kern (Europcar) had knee tendinitis and couldn’t be treated properly so he abandoned on stage 5

Jani Brajkovic (Team RadioShack) crashed and broke clavicle on stage 5

Ivan Velasco (Euskaltel-Euskadi) crashed near the end of stage 5 and did not start the next day

Vasil Kiryienka (Movistar) finished outside the time limit on stage 6 after crashing the previous day

Tom Boonen (Quick Step) abandoned on stage 7, suffering from the injuries he sustained in a stage 5 crash

Rémi Patrol (FDJ) abandoned after crashing on stage7

Bradley Wiggins (Sky) quit stage 7 after breaking his collarbone in a mass pileup

Chris Horner (RadioShack) crashed and broke his nose on stage 7 and did not start stage 8
Beñat Intxausti (Movistar) abandoned on stage 8 following previous days’ crash injuries.

[Squier]

That's a hectic list! This has been one messed up Tour so far with Radioshack and Sky being the biggest losers.

[splat]

We arent alone in thinking this Tour has been hectic. It seems much worse than previous years.
Perhaps the difference is that its so many more big names than ususal.

It seems that it's not as bad as we think.
Look at this article from Cyclocosm: Has the 2011 Tour really been more dangerous?

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[Zac.A]

Leopard trek seem to be the team that is still complete and strong, Saxobank haven't had too many crashes but bad luck, Cofidis have had the most punctures so far, following yesterdays stage, the list grows.

[GrumpyOldGuy]

Lucky Luke., on 10 July 2011 - 08:34 , said:

Ye, saw a video of Horner crossing the line and he was asking everyone what happened, where did I crash, how long have we been chasing for etc. Shocking stuff, really felt for the guy. Must be end of the line for his tour career now.

Likewise Vino, apparently he has a broken pelvis and a broken arm. An arm he could recover from but a pelvis is a career ending injury, and its possible he will have lifelong issues from that.

[Puncheur]

Squier, on 11 July 2011 - 07:23 , said:

That's a hectic list! This has been one messed up Tour so far with Radioshack and Sky being the biggest losers.

Add now to add a few more names to that, Squier..

And big names at that too - Zabriskie, Vinokourov, van der Broeck and a few other DNF and DNS.

[SwissVan]

Did u chaps see the "incident" with Contador and Karpets on Stg 9?
From the camera angle looks like Karpets got p’d off with Contador for crowding him so he shouldered him out of the peleton.
Reading on cyclingnews.com it does appear that it was intentional.

http://www.cyclingne...n-stage-9-crash

Contador was lucky, he could have got hurt.....LOL

[Tumbleweed]

SwissVan, on 11 July 2011 - 09:50 , said:

Did u chaps see the "incident" with Contador and Karpets on Stg 9?
From the camera angle looks like Karpets got p’d off with Contador for crowding him so he shouldered him out of the peleton.
Reading on cyclingnews.com it does appear that it was intentional.

http://www.cyclingne...n-stage-9-crash

Contador was lucky, he could have got hurt.....LOL

From AP:
Amidst all this mayhem, it almost went unnoticed that three-time defending champion Contador had crashed for the second time in five days, although he did not point the finger at blame further than his own bike.

Contador, who had hurt his right knee crashing on stage 5, fell early but recovered to finish the stage in 12th place.

"I had a problem with my handlebars, which knocked into another rider's saddle," Contador said. "The bike hit me on the right knee again. It was a bad day, I was in pain for the whole stage ... with a bit of ice and rest I can recover."

[Zac.A]

splat, on 11 July 2011 - 07:44 , said:

We arent alone in thinking this Tour has been hectic. It seems much worse than previous years.
Perhaps the difference is that its so many more big names than ususal.

It seems that it's not as bad as we think.
Look at this article from Cyclocosm: Has the 2011 Tour really been more dangerous?

Are those figures also of the 1st week or the whole tour? if it is the whole tour then our thoughts are vindicated, if its also the 1st week then i guess not.

[SwissVan]

Tumbleweed, on 11 July 2011 - 09:56 , said:

From AP:

"I had a problem with my bike control, I knocked into another rider's saddle," Contador said. "The other rider hit me, it was a bad day, I was in pain for the whole stage ... with a bit of ice and rest I can recover."

Fixed it

[Tumbleweed]

SwissVan, on 11 July 2011 - 10:05 , said:

Fixed it

The Reuters report said Karpets "tapped"his handlebar. But you can't trust jounalists…

[Zac.A]

contador said he hit karpets' saddle, perhaps "not as sharp as he could be"??