• Tour de France - 1st stage drama as bus gets stuck on the finish line.
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[IMG]http://vertical.snd.no/incoming/article379459.ece/ALTERNATES/w980c43/IMG_0843.jpg[/IMG] Ooops. [t]http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lYZ7pAzzeKNydYTEX3Twcw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD0xMDI0O3E9Nzk7dz0xNDk5/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/09303655bdb12a15360f6a706700a4dd.jpg[/t] [quote][B]A team at the Tour De France has been fined 2,000 Swiss Francs (£1,400) after their bus blocked the finish line to the opening stage, leading to a chaotic finale.[/B] Cyclists had been left battered and bruised after a huge crash which followed the Orica-GreenEdge vehicle getting wedged under the finish line banner. Panicked officials had tried to free the bus after it got stuck just minutes before riders were to cross the line. Organisers decided to move the finish line forward 3km so that riders would have a clear end to the stage, from Porto-Vecchio to Bastia on Corsica. But then they told riders they had restored the original route because the bus, which had apparently taken a wrong turn, had finally moved on. Moments after the announcement was relayed to cyclists, a huge crash happened in the suburbs in the town of Bastia, a few kilometres from the finish line. The smash brought down dozens of riders including pre-race favourite Alberto Contador. British cyclist Mark Cavendish saw his hopes of wearing the yellow jersey dashed as he was held up behind the crash, describing the situation as "carnage". He said: "What caused the problems was the change to the finish. "We were hearing in the radios with 5km to go the finish was in 2km. Then a kilometre later, it's at the finish. "It's just carnage. I'm lucky I didn't come down. I was behind it. My team-mates were a lot worse. Tony Martin's in a bit of a state. I can count myself lucky."[/quote] Because of the chaos, it was decided by the jury that everyone would get the same finish time. Yellow jersey will be worn by the winner of the stage. [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2668640/jerseys.PNG[/IMG] [URL]http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/stage-1/news/flm/kittel-delivers-yellow-jersey-from-a-stage-win.html[/URL] [URL]http://news.sky.com/story/1109638/tour-de-france-team-fined-as-bus-blocks-finish[/URL]
Contador is a dick.
So that was the reason.
how did the bus even get there
[QUOTE=Laserbeams;41248923]how did the bus even get there[/QUOTE] It took a wrong turn, read the OP.
[QUOTE=Laserbeams;41248923]how did the bus even get there[/QUOTE] He wanted to be the winner for once
Well, hopefully Froome can pull it back.
[QUOTE=Memobot;41249125]Well, hopefully Froome can pull it back.[/QUOTE] Everyone has the same time for the yellow jersey, but the stage winner will get to wear it for today's stage. There's nothing to pull back as they're all basically starting from scratch (except for the point and climbing jerseys) [editline]30th June 2013[/editline] 2nd stage is on right now btw, I'll post here with updates on anything interesting when I can. [editline]30th June 2013[/editline] The bunch is very split right now, coming up on a new hill sprint. Cavendish, Kittel and some others are in a group that lies some distance behind the bunch. [editline]30th June 2013[/editline] Biel Kadri was about 30 seconds ahead of the bunch going up this climb, had some bike trouble and is about 15 seconds in front now, trying to hold off until the top of the climb. There are a lot of bikers, Kittel amongst them who are really struggling far behind the bunch.
Jan Bakelants wins todays stage and takes the yellow jersey. [editline]30th June 2013[/editline] Updated jersey wearers: [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2668640/jerseys.PNG[/img]
Come on France, get your shit together.
Where is Armstrong? :(
[QUOTE=pentium;41254886]Where is Armstrong? :([/QUOTE] driving the bus
[QUOTE=pentium;41254886]Where is Armstrong? :([/QUOTE] banned for life
The bus driver was interviewed on TV, he felt so miserable about it. Wasn't even his fault, he was led to the wrong way.
[QUOTE=bubbagamer;41255583]The bus driver was interviewed on TV, he felt so miserable about it. Wasn't even his fault, he was led to the wrong way.[/QUOTE] It was apple maps wasnt it
[QUOTE=Nanamil;41254438]Come on France, get your shit together.[/QUOTE] It's too hard I surrender
[QUOTE=bubbagamer;41255583]The bus driver was interviewed on TV, he felt so miserable about it. Wasn't even his fault, he was led to the wrong way.[/QUOTE] First day on the job too, that's gotta suck.
[QUOTE=Laserbeams;41248923]how did the bus even get there[/QUOTE] It was on drugs. That's the only reason it won.
Winner of stage 3 and current standings: [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2668640/jerseys.PNG[/img]
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