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Try telling that to Pierre Rolland.
That was really unfortunate.
Not one of the commentators seemed to get that it wasn't an error on his part at all. Sean Kelly wittered on about "riders mustn't touch their brakes on a corner", etc. But it wasn't that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ3FoKu8rkU
If you look at the video of him coming off, on the corner there was a line of mud on the road. The leftover trace of a tractor having come from a field, using the road and leaving.
He was just incredibly unlucky in that he lent, on a turn, which had a thin surface of clay and mud about the width of a tractor wheel, and his leaning and turning intersected perfectly with that line of mud.
Sucks to be him that day.
Velocio
Likewise Froome.
Never thought I'd like him. But he made the tour really exciting and interesting. No hissyfits, just this incredible drive to win at all odds and some really incredible moments along the way.
That descent early on was just wonderful. As much as everyone said "It's an easy descent though"... none of the others kept pace, or worked together, so aside from just the skills it was the strategy. It may have all been opportunity or it may have been planned, but he read it perfectly and it was so pleasing to watch.