Anybody see the crash caused by the bike/mechanical failing during stage 20?

Briando

Anybody got some details of what exactly went wrong? Fork failed maybe?

It was close to the end and he took out another rider in the fall.

Raam

Touch of wheels I heard, maybe.

Raam

Says here that he slid on the stones
http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory
http://cyclingcafe.com.au/tour-de-france-bad-luck-follows-lampre-to-paris/

ednwireland

Raam wrote: »

Touch of wheels I heard, maybe.

nah he just fell off on his own then took the ag2r rider out

Briando

Did none of you see the video from overhead?

Front wheel looked like it collapsed off to the right of the bike, rider then fell to hit right into the cyclist behind him. They were on a straight so i cant see any reason for there to be a slip. Commentators commented that it appeared to be some mechanical also. Like failure of the a skewer.

Raam

Yup, saw it, but hard to tell.
http://tv.eurosport.nl/wielrennen/tour-de-france-1/2012/tv-videos_vid242056.shtml

Briando

Raam wrote: »

Yup, saw it, but hard to tell.
http://tv.eurosport.nl/wielrennen/tour-de-france-1/2012/tv-videos_vid242056.shtml

Wheel wobbles like crazy like a few spokes broke.

Moflojo

The wheel falls back and to the left.

Back, and to the left.

Back...and to the left.

Are there any grassy knolls around the Champs?

ednwireland

from nico's blog

Things went pretty much according to the script today apart from a nasty crash with 3.5km to go that claimed my team-mate Mikael Cherel.

He ended the stage needing stitches in his head and is being transferred to hospital with a suspected broken hip.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/nicolas-roche-a-slice-of-pizza-and-a-glass-of-wine-each-luxury-3175736.html

he got classified as a finisher though (would be a shame not to)

Raam

Someone here thinks that he might have clipped a Liquigas rider's wheel.

manwithaplan

Raam wrote: »

Someone here thinks that he might have clipped a Liquigas rider's wheel.

That's the Campagnolo defence team

monkeyslayer

reckon if it was the fork snapping /major mechanical that they'd keep it quiet to protect the manufacturer? being a sponsor and all...

Hungrycol

Unless you're Millar and upon breaking a chain feck the bike over the barrier.

doozerie

ednwireland wrote: »

he got classified as a finisher though (would be a shame not to)

Eurosport showed a post stage interview with, I think, Michael Rogers and during the interview two AG2R riders rolled past on their bikes in the background. One of them seemed to have a bandage wrapped around his head, so I assumed it was the guy in that crash. That would make sense given that he presumably had to cross the line on his bike in order to be classed as having finished, but the thought of someone getting back on their bike with a suspected broken hip isn't pleasant. I'm not sure what it takes to keep one of these pros from getting back on their bike after a crash, it doesn't really bear thinking about!

Briando

monkeyslayer wrote: »

reckon if it was the fork snapping /major mechanical that they'd keep it quiet to protect the manufacturer? being a sponsor and all...

Thats exactly what I think is going on. Was a rough surface they were cycling on, so if it was gonna happen anywhere it would be there.

doozerie

In that video clip, as Hondo rider starts to pick himself up, just before they cut to the slow-mo overhead shot, it looks like the front wheel of both bikes are still in place. The picture is a bit grainy so it's hard to tell, but it looks to me like neither bike (I can't tell which one is Hondo's bike) has a broken fork or a detached wheel.

Amongst the theories that the commentators speculated on at the time was that the chain might have snapped, and watching it again that might well explain it.

ThisRegard

I looked at it a couple of times, looks to me as if his foot slipped out of the pedal throwing him onto the cross bar. How hasn't had one of those crashes as a kid ?