Mayo crashes before Pavé

David Off

Iban Mayo has been involved in a big pile-up just before the
cobbles. His shorts are ripped and he has a big gash on his
left thigh but seems to be regaining the bunch.

Jonathan V.D. S

"David Off" <david.off_dumpthisbit_@voila.fr> schreef in bericht
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> Iban Mayo has been involved in a big pile-up just before
> the cobbles. His shorts are ripped and he has a big gash
> on his left thigh but seems to be regaining the bunch.

Ofcourse, that's the moment that the bunch of US Postal
assholes decide to ride a tempo that prevents Mayo from
rejoining the group. Armstrong expects everyone else to wait
for him, but God forbid that he would extend that courtesy
to others.

Robert Chung

David Off wrote:
> Iban Mayo has been involved in a big pile-up just before
> the cobbles. His shorts are ripped and he has a big gash
> on his left thigh but seems to be regaining the bunch.

Marco Velo looks to be out -- blood all over his jersey.

Gary

I believe the wait is expected for the yellow jersey only,
although I may be mistaken about that.

Jonathan v.d. Sluis wrote:
> "David Off" <david.off_dumpthisbit_@voila.fr> schreef in
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>
>>Iban Mayo has been involved in a big pile-up just before
>>the cobbles. His shorts are ripped and he has a big gash
>>on his left thigh but seems to be regaining the bunch.
>
>
> Ofcourse, that's the moment that the bunch of US Postal
> assholes decide to ride a tempo that prevents Mayo from
> rejoining the group. Armstrong expects everyone else to
> wait for him, but God forbid that he would extend that
> courtesy to others.

Richard Adams

Jonathan v.d. Sluis wrote:
> "David Off" <david.off_dumpthisbit_@voila.fr> schreef in
> bericht news:40eaabf2$0$5549$79c14f64@nan-newsreader-
> 05.noos.net...
>
>>Iban Mayo has been involved in a big pile-up just before
>>the cobbles. His shorts are ripped and he has a big gash
>>on his left thigh but seems to be regaining the bunch.
>
>
> Ofcourse, that's the moment that the bunch of US Postal
> assholes decide to ride a tempo that prevents Mayo from
> rejoining the group. Armstrong expects everyone else to
> wait for him, but God forbid that he would extend that
> courtesy to others.
>
>

So you're blaming Armstrong and Postal for having the sense
to be leading the group when entering a difficult stretch?

David Off

Robert Chung wrote:
>
> Marco Velo looks to be out -- blood all over his jersey.
>
>
absolutely horrible crash for Velo, a fractured clavicule.
Very nasty.

Benjo Maso

"Gary" <specializedallez@yahoo.com> schreef in bericht
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> I believe the wait is expected for the yellow jersey only,
> although I may be mistaken about that.

You're mistaken. It has nothing to do with the yellow
jersey. If your rival has a fall, you're supposed not to
attack. It has been done several times in the Tour, but is
still - and rightly so - considered to be very
unsportsmanslike.

Benjo Maso

Jonathan V.D. S

"Gary" <specializedallez@yahoo.com> schreef in bericht
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> I believe the wait is expected for the yellow jersey only,
> although I may be mistaken about that.

There is no expected wait. Ullrich showed his class by
waiting, Armstrong does not.

Jonathan.

Gary

Then I stand corrected.

benjo maso wrote:
> "Gary" <specializedallez@yahoo.com> schreef in bericht
> news:10elbsmt3uu1s49@corp.supernews.com...
>
>>I believe the wait is expected for the yellow jersey only,
>>although I may be mistaken about that.
>
>
>
> You're mistaken. It has nothing to do with the yellow
> jersey. If your rival has a fall, you're supposed not to
> attack. It has been done several times in the Tour, but is
> still - and rightly so - considered to be very
> unsportsmanslike.
>
> Benjo Maso

Bird

On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 16:06:07 +0200, "benjo maso" <benjo.maso@chello.nl>
wrote:

>
>"Gary" <specializedallez@yahoo.com> schreef in bericht
>news:10elbsmt3uu1s49@corp.supernews.com...
>> I believe the wait is expected for the yellow jersey
>> only, although I may be mistaken about that.
>
>
>You're mistaken. It has nothing to do with the yellow
>jersey. If your rival has a fall, you're supposed not to
>attack. It has been done several times in the Tour, but is
>still - and rightly so - considered to be very
>unsportsmanslike.
>
>Benjo Maso

That's right.

But Mr. Armstrong considers himself a god, so he will
get away with
it. But he makes no friends amongst the Spanish riders. And
that will be a big tactical mistake. Spanish teams tend
to help each other.

Greets, Arne Vogel.

Top Sirloin

Jonathan v.d. Sluis wrote:
> "Gary" <specializedallez@yahoo.com> schreef in bericht
> news:10elbsmt3uu1s49@corp.supernews.com...
>
>>I believe the wait is expected for the yellow jersey only,
>>although I may be mistaken about that.
>
>
> There is no expected wait. Ullrich showed his class by
> waiting, Armstrong does not.

Ullrich is in the same group dipshit.

--
Scott Johnson / scottjohnson at kc dot rr dot com

Mikew

I think the decision to ride in front had more to do with
the upcoming cobbles than Mayo's misfortune? Just worked
out that way.

"Jonathan v.d. Sluis" <nospam@nospam.nl> wrote in message
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> "Gary" <specializedallez@yahoo.com> schreef in bericht
> news:10elbsmt3uu1s49@corp.supernews.com...
> > I believe the wait is expected for the yellow jersey
> > only, although I may be mistaken about that.
>
> There is no expected wait. Ullrich showed his class by
> waiting, Armstrong does not.
>
> Jonathan.

Dan Connelly

AMG wrote:
> Of course, Ullrich isn't waiting here either.
>
> Perhaps it is assumed that the second group will close the
> gap by the end of the stage? In that case, waiting or not
> makes no difference. We'll see in a short while how this
> ends up.

Don't be silly. They're riding to put time on Mayo and
everyone else in the second group. It's about winning the
Tour.

The justification, I suspect, is that this was a split
made on the pave. Splits on the pave are expected -- part
of the game. There's no gentleman's agreement to
neutralize the cobbles.

Dan

Bird

On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 09:46:22 -0400, Top Sirloin
<scottjohnson@tornadosaregood.planetkc.com> wrote:

>Ullrich is in the same group dipshit.

But the teams of Arrmstrong and Hamilton were doing the
job, specially in the begin, when the difference was
being build up.