Tour De France 2018

Tinfoil hat: On

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSZ4CMs-A8s

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high hopes. as long as there are no BMC team cars in the way :-/ he now has to conquer the Alps with a (or 2) broken finger(s), ouch

https://twitter.com/aalzatev/status/1018621094465560578

Christ. Perhaps it was the ambulance that stopped?
Either way it’s also his fault a bit.

That’s really spinning!

racers have to look ahead of course, then again, best to not have team cars on the pavé

motors!

Or

Had it in a high gear for cobbles. Comes off, chain ditches, does the old FD shift down shift up whilst cranking the pedals trick to pull the chain back over the big ring.

This exactly (second paragraph that is)
Btw his cranks were also finishing a spin

Looks like he gives the pedal a kick with his left foot as he's lifting it up

Nah for sure it’s a motor, don’t be so sensible.

In that entire clip the cranks rotate less than a quarter turn and seemingly in the non drive direction.

What I can't see is if the wheel is in contact with the ground at any point in the clip, or even if the rear wheel is spinning at the beginning of the clip.

Watching the height of the saddle it becomes clear that the rear wheel is elevated off the ground for the entire duration of that clip. Ergo it could easily have been already spinning due to previous pedal action.

Nothing to see here. Move along.

I'd bet the uploader has edited out the preceding few seconds where Skujins is spinning the cranks to check brake/gear/whatever alignment.

All this envy from folk who can't afford ceramic bearings.

Interesting dynamic in Sky: Thomas seems to think leadership will be decided on the road, Knaven and Froome not so much.

Also did Porte break something? He seems to think so but the Guardian said he dislocated his shoulder and his team owner didn't think so either.

Porte says he did, so I’d believe him and accept he broke his collarbone.

Either way he was clearly in serious pain and no place to continue.

I knew it!

Firing up Twitter now - this is worth at least four new followers

Who needs evidence when you can use capitals.

IT WAS A MOTOR GUYZ

When u r stating FACTS u need CAPZ.

Wouldn't the bike start moving forward as soon as the rear wheel hit the ground, if it were powered by a motor?

I don't think it necessarily would because aren't they only supposed to add 10 Watts or something?

https://twitter.com/firsthippy/status/1018433125804904448

The "he didn't break anything" shit was all reported before he'd been to the hospital.

OMG! Those x-ray glasses were real!!!

It's 2018 critical thinking is DEAD. FACT.

I'm really enjoying this years tour. It's the first year the kids are getting interested in it too.