Sunday, April 09, 2006

Hincapie: No Lucky for you

I guess the new Trek didn't work out so well. From CyclingNews Live

16:00 CEST 214km/45km to go
Hincapie does an amazing move. His handlebars or stem or forks broke and he ended up in a ditch. He's out, for sure.


Belgian television reports that it was Hincapie's fork steerer that broke before, forcing him to ride no hands on a cobbled sector...with the obvious result. It's bad luck for the American, who was looking great today.



Update: Stopped by a train?????

16:53 CEST
Hoste's group is 32 seconds behind the leader, as Boonen's group is stopped by a train!! Oh dear. That's the end of their race.

16:53 CEST
Boonen's trio is back again, with a 30 second penalty. It's over for them. Hoste's group only just got through...

16:54 CEST 250km/9km to go
You could hear the disappointment in the velodrome when Boonen's group was stopped by the train. Well, that's bike racing.


That's bike racing????????

Updated:
17:26 CEST
There has been a sensational change to the results! Leif Hoste, Vladimir Gussev and Peter van Petegem have *all* been disqualified for going through that level crossing in the last 10 km. That means Tom Boonen is actually second today, with Ballan third. Remarkable!


I say what??????

Updated: Well, on the plus side Discovery & PVP should get lots of publicity for this BS DQ. Kinda like GWG last year... a year of review. And no one will remember Boonen got 2nd but will talk about how Hoste and PVP got screwed.

Updated Again: Hey, no fair. Over at Velonews there's a picture of Boonen's group goign around the gate to race as the train passes... why didn't they get DQ'd???

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