Fan Video Captures the Armstrong Crash
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 12, 2010 12:41 AM EDT
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It may take some time to understand why Lance Armstrong came apart today, but from this video, one guess is that his body didn't take too kindly to sliding across the pavement so fast. On his back. Not my specialty but doesn't that sort of thing have the potential to shut your body down? Or at least take the edge off? If he's fine by the Pyrenees, then I'd say you have to blame the crash.
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Lance didn't use this as an excuse I believe
which I respect because he wouldn’t be wrong to do so…nasty nasty fall.
I'm proud of you boys, get them in 2014 when you really hit your prime!
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yeah, that is awful
I'm feverished, or the way you want to spell it
by plinytheelder on Jul 12, 2010 12:54 AM EDT up reply actions
interesting window into the mind of that fan too…what is that yelling at the beginning? dude is seriously excited
I'm feverished, or the way you want to spell it
by plinytheelder on Jul 12, 2010 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Sounds like a badger just attacked him
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"armstrong a tombé
armstrong a tombé! Non! Si! Armstrong a tombé!"
Armstrong fell, armstrong fell. No! Yes! etc.
Later, “il a cassé le velo aussi” – broke the bike too.
Later: “Ah il est belle!” – not sure what he’s referring to since Lance is masculine and so is velo, so that wouldn’t be “belle” – so not sure. They were really excited. Hilarious.
Fun video.
Since it appears that the camera is mounted on a tripod...
I’m thinking that the eyes that share the same head as the voice we hear were focused on Armstrong as he fell, before he is seen in the video frame. We only catch the last half of the crash mind you. One thing is certain, his claim to Frankie A that he was jamming along at 65k/hr when he clipped a pedal makes sense, especially if he chose to pedal through the roundabout rather than freewheel with his left pedal up. That slide reminds me more of crashes I’ve watched roadracing motorcycles than bicycles – sans leathers!
Whenever you hear the word "honor"
be prepared to eat a big bullshit sandwich.
by Koppenberg34 on Jul 12, 2010 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm sure the adrenaline rush
got him and the team back to the field and him back to the front. But I read he landed on one hip/leg pretty hard and it just wouldn’t respond 100%. Sky and then Astana, made sure he was down for the count.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
Ouch
That did not look like fun
"Do you think we are a bunch a girls?...Go and ride some cobbles and you’ll definately know that we don’t discuss perfume and shaving cream." - Dom
Didn't you guys get the images
on the live transmission where they highlighted LA’s roundabout crash (same way as in the Cav crash video)?
I just assumed that was on the common international feed.
Yes
The feed is the same everywhere and they only had images from after the crash, not from the pavement body surf.
Ceci n'est pas une signature.
Danish TV (or ES) don't know which
had one of those “close ups” (a ring with magnified view) where you clearly saw him go down and slide out if picture. Looked pretty gruesome, about the same as Fröhlingers crash.
He was lucky too that the field was stretched out
and he didn’t have the usual 1-2 people running into him on the ground.
not certain but
looks to me like he made a mistake by taking the outside of a left turn round-about. Much, much trickier as requires 270 degree turn versus 90 turn.
You can see the closer faster riders leaning from the turn basically on the “wrong” sde of the road from a car perspective. Whereas Armstrong took it like a car.
moo
So this crash was not caused by a so called 'bleeding carrot'.
See Matty? Euskaltel haven’t caused EVERY crash! (grumble grumble)
Nice marmotte
There was a bleeding carrot crash AFTER this... this was not Armstrong's last bingle..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I know. I choose to ignore that one.
But Matty did say that EVERY crash was caused by Euskies, which is blatant exaggeration. The wrath of the legendary Aitor will not leave him untouched! ;)
Nice marmotte
I think he'll cope :)
You know what i kept thinking about Lloyd las night? I kept thinking he had a story to tell his grandchildren. ‘I was with Lance Armstrong on the day he lost the Tour in 2010.’
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
before or after the one about winning the mountains jersey in some race or other? ;-)
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
You know, that is a great question, and I'm not positive about the answer..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I think I am too... and when authors of cycling books go looking
for Lloyd, it is unlikely to be about ‘bleeding carrots’ or a Giro jesey…
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
There's a difference between what you might say
first to “authors of cycling books” should they come asking & unprompted to your own grandkids. I’ll never forget the look on Matty Lloyd’s face in some of those Giro podium pics that Tifosa took.
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
I loved every minute of the Giro... Lloyd was a wonderful surprise...
I hope he tells his grandchildren about his own exploits first..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I am told that they look handsome
Lying, sprawled on the ground, blood gushing from their hips and elbows, but handsome.
It must be some consolation.
No teammate of Frank should criticize others for crashing
I'm proud of you boys, get them in 2014 when you really hit your prime!
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It was an orange curb - put there by Basque Sepratists
now sock-less and carefree.
by JustJoshinYa on Jul 12, 2010 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions
ASKATASUNA!!!!!!!!
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worse a "bleeding carrot" with a musette...
Lance must have felt cursed.
Anyone who has every thought a working Photojournalist had a glam job needs to rethink...
by Christopher See on Jul 12, 2010 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Was it an illegal musette?
According to Bob Roll, it was. If so, would there have been any penalties against the Euskatel rider who did it?
Meh
Back in his prime Roboc….er Lance would have has no trouble recovering from a mishap like that. I seem to remember him taking a pretty nasty tumble on Luz Ardiden a few years ago, only to remount quickly and sprint up the climb like a madman. Lance had his day, time to ride off into the sunset…
While it is true
That the sun has set on Lance’s athletic supremacy, we should note that there is a HUGE difference in speed between climbing an hors category mountain and chasing on the flats.
There is no comparison. I don’t think he had much of a shot at the podium in any case, but that doesn’t alter the fact that he took a very nasty tumble. The fact that he Schlecked himself, with no outside help, also doesn’t alter the fact that a get-off at full speed frakking hurts.
Vlaanderens Mooiste
There's no disputing the fact
that this is the worse crash he’s ever suffered (in a race at least). Luz Ardiden’s contribution had far less energy (from a physics standpoint) than this high-speed edition. The thing about Luz Ardiden was that he stopped abruptly, compared to the gradual decelleration yesterday. Thank God for that, because stopping suddenly at 38mph will break bones (lots) and even prove fatal. Regardless, that amount of road rash alone definitlely takes the spark out of a rider’s motivation unless he’s truly in contention.
Whenever you hear the word "honor"
be prepared to eat a big bullshit sandwich.
by Koppenberg34 on Jul 12, 2010 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions
well, I don't have any insider info, but every crash is different
it’s one thing to soldier on when you’re in pain, it’s another to injure your hip and not be able to pedal with sufficient force (this is what happened if I understand right)
I'm feverished, or the way you want to spell it
by plinytheelder on Jul 12, 2010 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions
+1
to every crash is different
And he was traveling pretty fast. It takes courage to get up quickly from something like that
moo
here's what's different:
for whatever reason, Armstrong sat up at the top of leas gets instead of getting pissed off and riding harder. the gap was still manageable, but he gave up.
Pretty much the first time that;’s happened since the comeback.
Even for a non-Armstrong fan, it’s sad.
source?
from what I’ve heard his hip was really affecting his pedaling…do you have different info? I don’t think the eyes are the best judge here.
I'm feverished, or the way you want to spell it
by plinytheelder on Jul 12, 2010 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Gave Up?
Not for a long time. If this happened just before Ramaz started …. at the top of Ramaz he was still only maybe two minutes back of the GC leaders.
Maybe the dangerous descent, his third crash at Les Gets, the pain from the falls, the heat on Avoriaz (any or all) finally made him sit-up
moo
Just catching up to the back end of the field took it all out.
I think he did a great job considering the circumstances.
by DriftNasty on Jul 12, 2010 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
that's kinda what I meant
He kept at it—at least as hard as he could—for the whole Ramaz climb.
Then kept the pressure up through the descent and most of that climb: then, when Martinez fell over, Armstrong said F it.
by R Mc on Jul 12, 2010 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I would have said F it
After sliding on my back at 30 mph.
by DriftNasty on Jul 12, 2010 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The soundtrack for Lance's slide is weird beyond belief.
ah ah aagh eggs
perhaps a prehistoric crash hex..
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