Tour de Suisse

[Adam4868]

Degenkolb had the perfect lead out but couldn't match Sagan for strength there,Vivianni came past him too.

 

[roadrash]

not good for ineos….Geraint Thomas down in a crash with shoulder injury, don't know how bad it is yet

 

[yello]

He's being taken to hospital for xray BUT he took his shirt of himself so I very much doubt it's a clavicule fracture. Hopefully just cautionary rather than a suspected problem.

 

[grellboy]

Fantastic aerial shot of finish. They should do this more often, much clearer than frontal shot.

 

[roadrash]

From ineos website..
..
Geraint Thomas has escaped relatively unscathed following today’s crash at the Tour de Suisse.

Thomas was taken straight to hospital having suffered abrasions on his shoulder and a cut above his right eye in the wake of the crash, but thankfully the 33 year old has not sustained any further injuries.

Speaking to TeamINEOS.com, the reigning Tour de France champion explained how the incident occurred, commenting: “There was a lip in the road that came out of nowhere. An Astana rider hit the lip and crashed and I had nowhere to go. I landed on my shoulder and my face and there was quite a bit of blood. You’ve always got to be cautious with a head injury, and whilst I was keen to carry on, the doctors made the right decision to pull me out of the race.”

Thomas’ involvement in the Tour de France isn’t likely to be affected by today’s crash and he is already looking forward to being on the start line in Brussels on July 6th, adding: “Clearly it’s frustrating and a small setback for my Tour de France preparations, but there’s still plenty of time before we start in Brussels in a few weeks’ time. We will recalibrate and I’m sure my coach Tim (Kerrison) will have a plan in place to ensure I’m ready for July 6th.”

 

[roadrash]

zeits wasn't so lucky in the same crash
..Due to a crash with around 35 km to go into stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse, the Astana rider Andrey Zeits suffered a complex fracture of the left collarbone as well as a superficial fracture of the 5th rib.

 

[themosquitoking]

Great sprint by iViviani today, sold Sagan a dummy and it won him the stage.

 

[rich p]

Great sprint by iViviani today, sold Sagan a dummy and it won him the stage.

Why on earth would Sagan buy Bouhanni?

 

[Paulus]

How can I watch it on TV?

Eurosport think it's on about 2 ish

It's on Eurosport Player today 2.25pm, neither of the two main channels, so won't have any commentary.

Eurosport 2 has the highlights on at 7.00pm

 

[ColinJ]

Eurosport 2 has the highlights on at 7.00pm

Or on demand for weeks after that!

I don't know why some streaming services insist on keeping to a silly broadcast model when really they should work like Netflix and just let us watch what we want, when we want to. (Some races don't make it to their On Demand service.)

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Or on demand for weeks after that!

I don't know why some streaming services insist on keeping to a silly broadcast model when really they should work like Netflix and just let us watch what we want, when we want to. (Some races don't make it to their On Demand service.)

Do Eurosport hold the rights to long term streaming of most races? I'd imagine that rights come at a price.

 

[ColinJ]

Do Eurosport hold the rights to long term streaming of most races? I'd imagine that rights come at a price.

I see what you mean, but a lot of races ARE available for several weeks on demand anyway.

I have seen people complaining that they missed the highlights 'broadcast' when the same coverage was available on demand.

 

[roadrash]

Another win for Vivianni, Sagan in second

 

[Adam4868]

Where's Degenkolb in these sprints ? It's been a Vivianni v Sagan love fest !

 

[Adam4868]

Mountains tommorow ! Ineos aren't taking any risks with Bernal.