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  1. GerryHatrick

    GerryHatrick Well-Known Member

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  2. Quill

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    Broke his femur? ****, that's a really bad one. It's the strongest bone in the body, so it's the hardest to break.
     
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    TIGERSCAVE Well-Known Member

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    Thats a long road back....
     
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  4. Ron Burguvdy

    Ron Burguvdy Well-Known Member

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    34 years old and probably just at the end of the peak of his career ...
     
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  5. Edelman

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    Us Cavendish racing this year ??
     
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  7. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    I'm sure the drugs will help him
     
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  8. Ron Burguvdy

    Ron Burguvdy Well-Known Member

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  9. John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.

    John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. Well-Known Member

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    It sounds a pretty bad accident, these time trial bikes are much more susceptible to crosswinds than road bikes. Could well be out for a while.

    t least that gives "G" a clear run at the Tour, ("G" is no reference to that twat on RH before anyone mentions it)
     
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  10. GLP

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    That could be a career ending set of injuries.
     
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  11. GerryHatrick

    GerryHatrick Well-Known Member

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    Brailsford has said he was travelling at 60kmh / approx 37mph, when he hit the wall.
     
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  12. Edelman

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    A couple if guys I know have got these really light road bikes !
    They often do 60 miles plus and say when you hit a bit of crosswind it's often hard to stay on the bike !
     
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    It’s to do with the aero wheels. They are either fully enclosed or have high side walls that can really catch the wind.
     
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  14. John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.

    John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. Well-Known Member

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    The filled in back wheel is like a windbreak, and very hard to control when you hit crosswinds. Apparently, he was riding with no hands on the bars whilst he blew his nose.
     
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    Cavendish had a long illness and has never really got back to his best level
    he might ride the Tour de France this year but I can't see him winning any stages.

    As for Froome it sounds pretty serious, hope he is OK
     
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    I think Cavendish as been unlucky otherwise he'd have broken tour stage wins
     
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    Actually he was travelling at 60kph and blowing his nose apparently.!!
     
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    All sounds a bit grim...

    “He signalled to (team-mate) Wout (Poels) that he was going to clear his nose, he took his hand off the bar to do that and a gust of wind took his front wheel, he lost control and went straight into the wall of a house.

    “We have had a look at his data, he went from 54kmh to a dead stop.”

    He's now in intensive care, after undergoing eight hours of surgery.
     
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    Brailsford looked a bit shaken in his interview.
     
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