Tour de France 2017

@hoke knows all about his pain

But I guess if the battery is going to die, in a descent to flat might as well be the place to do it.

Froome to be DQ? For shoving aru into spectators.

https://twitter.com/lionelbirnie/status/884058385246801923

Yup, 5 minute lag and a lot of spoilers on here :)

Soap opera stuff, amazing !

He should be.

Imagine Aru did that to Froome (or any English speaking rider?). Oof. The internet would be on fire.

Give him a minute penalty or something, will open the GC right up

Should be DQ indeed but will be let off. Reasonable punishment for breaking the unwritten rules, innit?

We'll see if Aru says anything. Maybe they just got tangled.

I doubt Aru will. Enough animosity towards him in the peloton as it is.

Its made the post race TV coverage. Watching on RAI (Italian TV)

If it was accidental, it conveniently happened about 1.5 km after Aru's attack.

Shows how different the coverage on itv4 is. They mentioned it at the time and then swept it under the carpet saying it was an accident and Froome had apologised.

Aru didn't look bothered. As was pointed out a lot in the wake of #Sagengate, physical contact is not unusual in the peloton. But given the timing it's hard to believe it wasn't intentional on Froome's behalf.

That was no accident! Ha

News about Porte? I'm a bit worried

Problem is aso/uci comms have backed themselves into a corner, with one DQ for possible dangerous behavior. What do they now do with definitive dangerous behavior.

Blimey. Only caught last 40km. More in that than rest of week so far. Hope Porte isn't too badly hurt & WB canget his stage another day. Froome DQ unlikely surely? He could well argue his chain slipped or he saw a mouse and he swerved for that.

First news on Porte from TDF doctor, she just told TV he was conscious, remembered it all, was speaking. Verdict: "Plus de peur que de mal,"

He was conscious when he got to the ambulance.

Nibali taught Aru well.

My thoughts exactly when i saw that.

NBC reporter on the scene at Porte's crash says Porte was telling doctor he's OK

https://twitter.com/sporino/status/884064464882081793

As was pointed out a lot in the wake of #Sagengate, physical contact is not unusual in the peloton.

That is not usual contact in the peloton.

I had £3 on Barguil at 66-1. For a brief moment my account showed a balance of £201, only to disappear moments later.

Not disappointing in the slightest.

ffffffff.....

Anyway, it's quite possibly nothing. One Twitter comment says he unclipped and lost balance. If so, lucky Aru was there!