Tour de France 2017

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Howard in reply to @hippy

Or a RD that's been damaged by contact in the Porte crash.

It's possible - he gets a glancing blow from DM's feet on the drive side. That said the problem he has is quite a few KM's down the road, and as the NS mechanic fiddles with it it limply slides down in to the smallest cog. What luck - damage to the mech that only kicks in six km down the road, and then the mech is still aligned, but just 'dead'.

Really think mechanics are forgetting to charge Di2 in the biggest race in the world?

I'm not suggesting that. Could be a duff battery caused by some production issue. Froome had a similar issue it seemed, he had time for a bike change.

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skinny in reply to @Howard

When a rear di2 deraillur gets it it can go onto some limp mode, where it does shift down to the smallest cog.

http://blog.artscyclery.com/road/ask-a-mechanic-shimano-di2-crash-recovery-mode/

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Howard in reply to @skinny

Yea, some chap on Twitter saying the hanger was bent too. Either way, it makes it even more amazing for Uran to have bought that home and won in a sprint.

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