Stage 2: SPOILER

[raindog]

Nice revenge for Chavanel after his horrendous injuries on these same roads earlier in the year. Well done lad.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Either there's a general agreement not to attack them this early on in the race after a crash like that.

Chavavel in yellow, it looks like. But... maybe not, it looks like the stage might be annulled! I really hope not, that would be crap. Or at least, Cancellara and co. were 'protesting' anyway, let's see...

 

[HonestMan1910]

Well done Chavanel today.

Who made Cancellara God ?

I hope the race organisers do not award any points to anyone other than the stage winner.

There are people who bet on this sport and it is a little bit of cheating to do what was done on the run in.

 

[accountantpete]

Can't see the result being amended - leaving Chavanal with a 3min lead.

 

[raindog]

Protesting about what for god's sake?

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Protesting about what for god's sake?

Apparently they are blaming the race-organisers for the route, and saying that caused the crashes. There's no way Chavanel's win or time should be discounted.

 

[raindog]

What bollox. Some of these guys should've ridden this year's Giro.

 

[HonestMan1910]

Protesting about what for god's sake?

They are saying the road conditions were poor i.e too small to get team cars in and out etc.

The main issue is that it was race favourite who was brought down, it is a race, they should have raced

 

[montage]

Not so impressed with Cancellara

 

[BigSteev]

If they wanted to protest about the route they should have done so when it was announced (i.e ages ago) or if they didn't like it, not entered. Are they going to whinge about tomorrows stage too?

 

[Crankarm]

Chapeau Chavanel .

 

[raindog]

No mention yet on France2 of a protest? Just a gentleman's agreement to regroup the peloton because of all the crashes, which I think is pretty cool really.

 

[HonestMan1910]

No mention yet on France2 of a protest? Just a gentleman's agreement to regroup the peloton because of all the crashes, which I think is pretty cool really.

Still not fair, what if you had a wee punt on places today ?

 

[Flying_Monkey]

No mention yet on France2 of a protest? Just a gentleman's agreement to regroup the peloton because of all the crashes, which I think is pretty cool really.

Well, no-one knows yet - regrouping the peloton is one thing (and something I fully support), preventing a sprint (i.e. refusing to race, after the peloton is regrouped) is another - that looks more like a point being made.

 

[Crankarm]

Well done Chavanel today.

Who made Cancellara God ?

I hope the race organisers do not award any points to anyone other than the stage winner.

There are people who bet on this sport and it is a little bit of cheating to do what was done on the run in.

You might well be right as Chavanel is errr .............. French .