Vuelta a Castilla y Leon

decrrrrrr

Bunch finish but main news will be that Armstrong crashed.

Early reports say he has suffered a broken collarbone.

Caroline_ie

decrrrrrr wrote: »

Bunch finish but main news will be that Armstrong crashed.

Early reports say he has suffered a broken collarbone.

I wonder did contador .... ? No ... Surely not ...


Sorry ....

scottreynolds

decrrrrrr wrote: »

Bunch finish but main news will be that Armstrong crashed.

Early reports say he has suffered a broken collarbone.

Dorsal 2 Lance Armstrong posible fractura de clavícula a falta de confirmación radiológica.

Se traslada al Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid.

Not that I understand it at all but my guess Armstring gone to hospital with a suspected fractured clavicle.

Contador rides on planning to win TDF, Giro, Veulta in same year. Contador comments on twitter, "Armstrong has much to learn"

TinyExplosions

Oh no! An injury to sir lance-a-lot? what next... the poor hero, suffering through cancer, and now a broken collarbone... I bet it's all that Paul Kimmage's fault, it must be..

RobFowl

Armstrong breaks collarbone at Castilla y Leon

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Monday 23rd March 2009 - By Stephen Farrand

Lance Armstrong has crashed out of the Castilla y Leon stage race.

The Texan was involved in a high-speed tumble 20km from the finish and landed heavily in a field. He was taken to hospital by ambulance but did not seem badly hurt. However his right shoulder seemed to cause him some pain.

Update: According to reports on the Gazzetta dello Sport website, who have a reporter on the race, Armstrong has been diagnosed with a broken right collarbone.

Armstrong was hoping to test his form in Spain and race alongside Alberto Contador for the first time. He is likely to now return to Texas early. He now has just six weeks to get fit for the Giro d'Italia.

The opening stage of the race was won by Spain's Joaquin Sobrino from the Burgos Monumental team. He beat David Vitoria (Rock Racing) and JJ Rojas (Caisse d'Epargne) in a bunch sprint.

Raam

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Oh no! An injury to sir lance-a-lot? what next... the poor hero, suffering through cancer, and now a broken collarbone... I bet it's all that Paul Kimmage's fault, it must be..

Tiny, why do you love broken collarbones so much?

Caroline_ie

Is that 8 weeks off or something?

TinyExplosions

Raam wrote: »

Tiny, why do you love broken collarbones so much?

I don't, I'm sympatetic to the man! Honest

scottreynolds

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Is that 8 weeks off or something?

With drugs its only 4 weeks off.

Chips Lovell

Meh.

smithslist

On Johan Bruyneel twitter page:

"Crash update on Lance from Castilla y Leon: Clean collarbone fracture without complications. Should be fast recovery. More to come."

Looks like it will be less than 4 weeks recovery....

Funkyzeit

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Is that 8 weeks off or something?

I'd hate him to miss Le Tour (wondering if the mankini is refundable...)

Hermy

Didn't Tyler sHamilton ride the Tour with a broken collar bone?
I'm sure Lance will be well able to continue his quest to heal the world with or without his collarbone.

Chips Lovell

Hermy wrote: »

Didn't Tyler sHamilton ride the Tour with a broken collar bone?

He rode the Giro with a broken shoulder in 2002. Ground his teeth down to the roots with the pain. Got the teeth rebuilt, then broke his collarbone in the 2003 Tour. Ground the teeth down again. Doping or not, the guy had guts.

Hermy

If Tyler can do it then so can Lance.;)

TinyExplosions

el tonto wrote: »

Doping or not, the guy had guts.

Didn't have any teeth though

kenmc

teehee!

Chips Lovell

RobFowl

el tonto wrote: »

Doping or not, the guy had guts.

If you believe his disapearing twin excuse he had 2 sets of guts :rolleyes:

Slideshowbob

There were serious doubts about the severity of Hamilton's ''broken collarbone'' - remember the wincing of Sean Kelly after his break in 87 tour - and Kelly was a tough man

Here is a video of Lance Arm(now not so)Strong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzpOWKRhj4M

Hermy

Slideshowbob wrote: »

There were serious doubts about the severity of Hamilton's ''broken collarbone''

+1

Gavin

Blow to the Tour of Ireland if he misses it

E@gle.

Gavin wrote: »

Blow to the Tour of Ireland if he misses it

Thats a while away yet.

Running Bing

Just seen on sky news that he is a doubt for the Tour de France and the Giro.


Hmmmmmm....

scottreynolds

Babybing wrote: »

Just seen on sky news that he is a doubt for the Tour de France and the Giro.


Hmmmmmm....

Its the fitness he needs for the races more than not being mended. I think he'll do what ever he can to do the races.

kenmc

Time for the worms.....
Hope he's not just looking to stock up the medicine cabinet and excuses for later in the year. "Ah that's just residual morphine from way back in March"

decrrrrrr

Philip Deignan finished in the group yesterday.

Time trial today - Bertie to repeat his Paris-Nice result?

Caroline_ie

LA's Twitter wrote:

I'm alive! Broken clavicle (right). Hurts like hell for now. Surgery in a couple of days.

I thought it was clean cut break. Do they solder it up or something?

I really hope he's back for the TdF and TOI ... ( yes I just said that )

Hermy

From cyclingnews.com

Armstrong back on the bike soon?
Lance Armstrong could be back on his bike sooner than expected after he broke his collarbone in the Vuelta a Castilla y León yesterday. While the American travelled back to the United States for possible surgery, specialists in Europe have theorised the consequences of such a pause in training and racing.
Doctor Gérard Nicolet, who has been working for the French cycling federation as well as the Tour de France in the past, gave some answers to L'Equipe on Tuesday, which featured Armstrong's misfortune on its opening page. Nicolet explained the procedures taken in case of a collarbone fracture, and added that Armstrong's loss of training and racing could only involve a few weeks.
"For a high level athlete, we generally practice an osteosynthesis, which means that we fix the collarbone with some material [metal plates, screws, wires, etc.]. Ten days or two weeks afterwards, he can train on the rollers again," said Nicolet, who believes that Armstrong could be back riding his bike on the road in three weeks.
While the accident will have a certain effect on the comeback of the seven-time Tour de France winner, the timing of the mishap may not compromise Armstrong's participation in the Giro d'Italia after all.
"It's still only March, even if the Giro [which starts May 9 - ed.] seems rather close. In my opinion, this will not compromise his comeback, but it will make it more difficult. This being said, some champions have peculiar reactions, doubling their motivation to get over a setback. On that level, there are often surprises."
Such as the one of Frédéric Guesdon, who at the same age as Armstrong (37) broke his collarbone on February 22 in the Volta ao Algarve in Portugal and came back to racing last Sunday at the GP Cholet in France. The accident cost the Française des Jeux rider only four weeks of his preparation for Paris-Roubaix on April 12.
"I didn't want to have surgery, as the fracture was clean," Guesdon explained. "Ten days after the accident, I was back on the rollers, and went on the road soon after. Sure, it was hard, as I could never come out of the saddle. But if I hadn't done it this way, the Classics wouldn't have been possible."
The Frenchman, who won Paris-Roubaix in 1997, will race over cobblestones tomorrow at the Dwars door Vlaanderen. "I've seen riders recover very fast, others suffering a setback. But I think he [Armstrong - ed.] can come back in time."
However, an osteosynthesis apparently also includes a risk, as explained doctor Christian Dalouède, a contributor to French magazine Sport et Vie. "The danger lies in a second crash on the same collarbone: the plate may twist. You need to change it and the screws are very hard to pull out in that case," Dalouède said.

lukester

Anyone know if there is TV coverage for this race? Eurosport don't seem to be on it.

Raam

lukester wrote: »

Anyone know if there is TV coverage for this race? Eurosport don't seem to be on it.

have a check on www.cyclingfans.com

lukester

Tweeted TT results

Castilla y Leon TT 1. Leipheimer 2. Contador @16" 3. Zabriske @22" 4. Clement @49" 5. Menchov @55"

E@gle.

not a bad time from Philip Deignan ain 18th place at 1.53 back

deeno1975

Wow another Astana 1,2
Get ready for Le Tour with the Astana team at the front everyday 25 mph controlling everything and not breaking a sweat, "No chain" as I once read... Ah well 2008 Tour was a false dawn.

TinyExplosions

So he can beat Wiggins on an idea course for him by 7 seconds, yet ends up 16 down on Leipheimer..... maybe someone told him that he was taking the piss at Paris-Nice?

scottreynolds

deeno1975 wrote: »

Wow another Astana 1,2
Get ready for Le Tour with the Astana team at the front everyday 25 mph controlling everything and not breaking a sweat, "No chain" as I once read... Ah well 2008 Tour was a false dawn.

I'm sure Astana has this written somewhere.

Grand Tour Finishing Positions
Giro - Levi, Alberto, Unknown now -- no lance
Tour - Alberto, Lance, Levi
Vuelta- Lance, Alberto, Levi

biker_joe

yea the coverage on Eurosport just gets worse each year !!
I wonder would getting a Dish from Lidel be worth it ... what the racing on one of the French or German TV .....

Chips Lovell

biker_joe wrote: »

yea the coverage on Eurosport just gets worse each year !!

In fairness, it's a 2.1 race that's used as a warm-up by most of the big stage race riders. Even in Spain it's only being carried on regional television

Slideshowbob

el tonto wrote: »

In fairness, it's a 2.1 race that's used as a warm-up by most of the big stage riders. Even in Spain it's only being carried on regional television

ya - i never heard of race until contador started winning it

dont think it was on Eurosport before

Thank god 4 Eurosport - we'd all be lost if NTL hadn't brought it back

Hermy

Slideshowbob wrote: »

Thank god 4 Eurosport - we'd all be lost if NTL hadn't brought it back

You don't need to rely on NTL for Eurosport. I've been using a dish and receiver I bought in Lidl a number of years ago for €75 and it's great.

zzzzzzzz

Hermy wrote: »

You don't need to rely on NTL for Eurosport. I've been using a dish and receiver I bought in Lidl a number of years ago for €75 and it's great.

Going a bit off topic, but what stations can you pick up?

scottreynolds

Hermy wrote: »

You don't need to rely on NTL for Eurosport. I've been using a dish and receiver I bought in Lidl a number of years ago for €75 and it's great.

I pay €4 per month to be able to watch eurosport on my PC via broadband. Works well and doesn't tie up the telly.....

Esroh

P Deignan 5th
www.en.justin.tv/feria.tv if anyone want to watch 2mro.

decrrrrrr

Esroh - You might want to edit your post and hide that spoiler... some people watch the race in the evening and don't want to know the result

Slideshowbob

decrrrrrr wrote: »

Esroh - You might want to edit your post and hide that spoiler... some people watch the race in the evening and don't want to know the result

why hide the spoiler

Im glad i know and Irish rider has got an excellent result and like to know these things asap

Its history now and the results wont change

anyway - i dont think its on TV or anything later

where would people be watching it later?

TinyExplosions

Slideshowbob wrote: »

why hide the spoiler

Im glad i know and Irish rider has got an excellent result and like to know these things asap

Its history now and the results wont change

anyway - i dont think its on TV or anything later

where would people be watching it later?

Because some people have coverage from websites etc and record the stages to watch later. If you hide it with a spoiler tag, anyone who wants to see it can see it, and those who don't don't have the end spoiled. It may be history, but some people may not know that!

Slideshowbob

Do you know where highlights are on web?

TinyExplosions

Slideshowbob wrote: »

Do you know where highlights are on web?

Not off the top of my head, but if it's on justin.tv there is a live feed which could be recorded if someone wanted to go to the trouble, or it could be on cycling.tv

The point is that it *might* be there, and it's not a huge thing to use the spoiler tag -it's right up in the toolbar and everything

decrrrrrr

http://www.steephill.tv/vuelta-castilla-y-leon/

Esroh

Sorry for being the Spoiler:oI would be one for knowing asap.Have worked out how the spoiler button works now so it wont happen again.:)