[Baynative]

Bike Ping

WHOA - I've been tied up with work scheduling this week and boy have I missed some fireworks!

I just turned on the last replay at the last 4k and was only paying partial attention when the crash happened.

This ruling is going to be a curious happening. The accident was just that - an accident. But Froome was wrong in taking off running with no bike. Wrecked or in pieces, I believe he could have carried his bike as riders have done when they encountered ice or snow.

Will this be a "Hillary" decision where the UCI or Tour officials simply rule that Froome is too big to suffer DQ?

[Yogafist]

Not TDF related, but they just opened a Ballast Point Brewery at the end of one of my regular rides, the San Gabriel River Trail. I got a feeling the rides home are going to be much more difficult than before.

[fireman15]

I disagree completely with your assessment. The judges made the right decision. This was not an accident; this was the predictable result of no barriers barely more than 1/2 mile from the finish at the top of Mont Ventoux on Bastille day with huge crowds. This was a travesty especially considering the security measures that should have been in place this year of all years.

[PeteB570]

Giving Porte & Froome the same time as Mollima seems fair to me. And Froome did carry his bike a bit before leaning it against a motorbike.

Don’t see any riders bad talking the decision. Right after pulling on the White Yates was like it would be bad to get the Yellow that way.