Aviva Women's Tour Crash

symyjym

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Fortunately not life threatening for Lizzie Armitstead, but she might have a suspected broken leg and probably a badly bruised ego.

 

Stat Brother

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Bombadier Botty

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Took out a few others as well.

 

Hillian1

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Stat Brother said:

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What's the relevance of this?

 

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Bombadier Botty

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If you've ever been involved in a high speed bicycle crash there's that sickening split second moment before you lose complete control, you're still in the saddle, but you know you're going down, can do nothing to prevent it and the outcome is going to be fairly messy. Not pleasant.

 

jimhigham

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I've not seen a crash AFTER the end of a stage before. Admittedly I don't watch cycling that much. Does this sort of thing happen often?

 

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Hillian1 said:

What's the relevance of this?

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Its my default setting when I see proper sports people injured in the name of their sport.
Seeing pathetic cheating excuses for sportsmen (like Kaz) rolling around is embarrassing.

 

symyjym

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Bombadier Botty said:

If you've ever been involved in a high speed bicycle crash there's that sickening split second moment before you lose complete control, you're still in the saddle, but you know you're going down, can do nothing to prevent it and the outcome is going to be fairly messy. Not pleasant.

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Yep, I went over my handlebars going down the road at speed once. It's probably the only time I have had that slow motion effect as my brain overloaded with emergency and danger information.

 

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jimhigham said:

I've not seen a crash AFTER the end of a stage before. Admittedly I don't watch cycling that much. Does this sort of thing happen often?

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Man alive you've got some youtbing to do!!

It looks like there's a photographer the wrong side of the crash barrier and Lizzie clipped him.

Abdujaperov is a good (scary) place to start.

 

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jimhigham said:

I've not seen a crash AFTER the end of a stage before. Admittedly I don't watch cycling that much. Does this sort of thing happen often?

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Not normally after the finish line. The photographers should be ashamed of themselves. They've caused the incident more than anything. Disgraceful.

 

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Hillian1 said:

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I think [MENTION=435]Stat Brother[/MENTION] is suggesting that footballers are a bunch of cheating, lying weaklings who'll fall over and try and get opponents into trouble at any opportunity.

If he's not, then I am.

 

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Its best that I never find out where that sperm gargler lives because I'll be straight round to put his lights out.