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Mark Cavendish’s future in this year’s Tour de France hangs in the balance after it was confirmed he dislocated his right shoulder in his crash at the end of stage one.

The 29-year-old Briton fell 250m from the finish line in Harrogate following a collision with Australian rider Simon Gerrans and was left slumped on the ground in agony for several minutes.

He was subsequently taken to hospital and although tests showed he avoided a fracture, his Omega Pharma - Quick-Step team revealed he had dislocated the joint connecting his collarbone and shoulder blade.

A decision will be made on whether he continues racing at the Tour on Sunday morning ahead of stage two.

In a team statement, Cavendish said: "I'm gutted about the crash today. It was my fault. I will personally apologise to Simon Gerrans as soon as I get the chance.

"In reality, I tried to find a gap that wasn't really there. I wanted to win today, I felt really strong and was in a great position to contest the sprint thanks to the unbelievable efforts of my team. Sorry to all the fans that came out to support. It was truly incredible.”

Omega Pharma - Quick-Step's statement continued: "Mark Cavendish underwent further examination on his right shoulder after today's crash. The imaging underlined ligament ruptures, with an AC-joint dislocation, which causes him a lot of pain. A final decision on his participation in tomorrow's stage will be taken tomorrow morning."
 
Jordinho said:
With visions of Mark Cavendish’s crash flashing through most British minds, the Harrogate stage winner, Marcel Kittel, had a warning for over-enthusiastic spectators on the second and third stages of the Tour’s Grand Départ. “There were moments when I was thinking now we will crash for sure, because the spectators were taking pictures and didn’t notice we were in the road.”

At one point the newly crowned race leader said: “There were a lot of spectators in the middle of the road, then suddenly they all moved back and left a man in a wheelchair. It’s an amazing crowd here but they need to stay off the road and look out for themselves and their children.”

Kittel had observed in the buildup to the start in Yorkshire that he would be intrigued to see how safe the roads were because, when he and his team reconnoitred the opening stages, he had become aware of how in places the dry-stone walls left little space for spectators. Kittel’s team-mate Roy Curvers took a different view of the beauties of Yorkshire, however, saying on Twitter: “Big thank you to Postman Pat! Because i watched him during my youth i knew everything about these roads with stone walls on the side.”

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/05/marcel-kittel-tour-de-france-crowd-need-stay-off-roads
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be a real shame if Cav can't go on, a big downer for the uk organisers as well bearing in mind his links to both areas
 
Mark Cavendish has withdrawn from the Tour de France due to the injury he sustained in Saturday's crash on stage one.

Cavendish fell heavily 250m from the finish line in Harrogate and subsequent medical examination revealed he had dislocated the joint connecting his collarbone and shoulder blade.

He gave himself the night to see if the pain abated, but he has opted not to take to the start line of a punishing 201km second stage from York to Sheffield today.

The news is a huge blow for the 25-time Tour stage winner and also a major disappointment for the millions of fans expected to line the routes of the race's remaining two days in Briton.

His withdrawal means there are now only three Britons in the Tour, with defending champion Chris Froome being joined by Geraint Thomas and Simon Yates
 
Modric THFC said:
Cav brought it all on himself though crossing Gerran path and leaning on him with his head.

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Usually you do your collarbone when you put your hand down to try and break the fall. Looking at it, it happened so quickly that he flew (not directly) over his bike and the full weight of impact was on that shoulder, seemingly the sheer force has knocked the joint apart. This is bad for Cav as the shoulder is one hell of a complicated joint and can take a long while to get feeling ok again.

Cav has said he was to blame by going for a gap that wasn't there. Looking at those stills he didn't need the gap if he had kept his own line and followed the cannondale rider thru it would have opened up for him as the canondale guy edges to the barriers.Granted easy to see in hindsight and maybe Cav was frothing too much for the victory.

More importantly have we put Chich on suicide watch?
 
Must add, one thing i love about the tour is the camera work and how beautiful it makes france look. Yesterday Yorkshire looked absolutely beautiful.
 
just cycled a large section of tomorrow's stage (70m in total, but did bits of it twice), should be interesting, some pretty crappy narrow roads in places, lots of nice new Tarmac in others
 
Modric THFC said:
Crowd ruined the race today. No space for riders to attack. Way too risky and not worth it.
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Cannot agree with that. There were many attacks and changes of the lead and the support was phenomenal.
There were some pinchpoints but ultimately all the Gc contenders got to the front and battled for the stage.
It was a great day and has set up the whole race. I doubt we will see a change in the yellow jersey until the time trial.
 
froome dogs a bit fighty, not sure if it's just because he's "home", he's staying out of trouble or if he's really really on it
 
johnola said:
Cannot agree with that. There were many attacks and changes of the lead and the support was phenomenal.
There were some pinchpoints but ultimately all the Gc contenders got to the front and battled for the stage.
It was a great day and has set up the whole race. I doubt we will see a change in the yellow jersey until the time trial.
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The GC guys bar Nibali had no interest in winning the stage. Froome or Contador could have chased him back at the end But Sagan would have outsprinted them all.

There wasnt a single attack between when Voeckler and Martin went and the end when the roads where wider. Between then there was no space. You easily could have rode 5 riders across but it end up being 3 riders max. The mid point of the stage was effectively neutralised. Gerraint Thomas even went to the front at one stage after the Garmin guys had had a go and slowed down the whole allowing everyone to get back on to the peloton. Multliple riders (including Degenkolb on Eurosport) have said in interviews that it was impossible to attack.
 
Modric THFC said:
The GC guys bar Nibali had no interest in winning the stage. Froome or Contador could have chased him back at the end But Sagan would have outsprinted them all.

There wasnt a single attack between when Voeckler and Martin went and the end when the roads where wider. Between then there was no space. You easily could have rode 5 riders across but it end up being 3 riders max. The mid point of the stage was effectively neutralised. Gerraint Thomas even went to the front at one stage after the Garmin guys had had a go and slowed down the whole allowing everyone to get back on to the peloton. Multliple riders (including Degenkolb on Eurosport) have said in interviews that it was impossible to attack.
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Oh okay that's fair enough but my view is that strong teams controlled the peloton and the strongest riders fought it out at the climax. That implies to me the stage was well designed.
 
http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/07/news/peloton-fans-selfies_334784

Peloton to fans: ‘No more selfies!’

CAMBRIDGE, England (VN) — In the calm before the start of Monday’s stage 3, Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) pointed to his right knee. Just a small scratch, but it could have been disastrous for the American podium favorite.

Van Garderen was knocked off his bike early in stage 2 on Sunday in a crash caused by fans edging onto the roadway to take “selfies.”

“There was somebody in the road that had his back to us, taking a ‘selfie.’ It caused a bit of a pileup,” van Garderen told VeloNews. “I didn’t hit that fan, I hit some riders who hit that fan. It didn’t end up causing too much damage. I fell off the bike. I had to get a bike change. You need to keep your eye out for fans.”

Van Garderen’s close call replayed itself over and over during the opening stages across Yorkshire. With record numbers of fans turning out to welcome the Tour, the narrow, twisting roads turned into a funnel of fans reaching in with cameras and smartphones, trying to capture the moment.

A Giant-Shimano rider clipped the arm of a fan taking a photo during a run-up to an intermediate sprint on Sunday. Other incidents also happened throughout the pandemonium of the stages.

Twitter was alight with messages from riders begging fans to stay off the roadways, and to not take “selfies.”

The self-portrait craze hit its nadir during the Giro d’Italia in Belfast when an over-zealous fan snapped a “selfie” with Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano) after the German won the stage and collapsed on the ground in exhaustion from the effort.

With tens of thousands of fans lining the English roads 10-deep, things turned from party atmosphere to dangerous. Riders were relieved that no one, fans or racers, were seriously injured.

“It’s actually pretty dangerous,” Nicolas Roche (Tinkoff-Saxo) told VeloNews. “They have the reflex to turn around to take the pictures, and they’re not realizing there are 196 riders coming behind them.

“It seems to be the new fashion, and everyone wants to get that cool shot,” Roche continued. “I don’t think people realize how much it would hurt to get hit by a cyclist. People taking ‘selfies’ are actually causing a lot of crashes. The riders throw themselves into the bunch to avoid hitting the public.”

The problem of the “selfie” phenomenon was compounded by a record number of fans who are relatively inexperienced with the sport.

Cycling has boomed in Great Britain over the past decade, as Team Sky, led by Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome, has won back-to-back Tours.

That’s brought millions of new fans to the sport, and with the Tour spinning over British soil for just the fourth time, it seems all of them wanted to see the race in person.

Many are hopeful that things will calm down once the Tour returns to France for Tuesday’s stage 4.

“It will be different in France,” said Tinkoff-Saxo manager Bjarne Riis. “The French fans know cycling. Here, they are new to the sport, and don’t know how dangerous it is for the riders, and them.”

For GC riders like van Garderen, fans taking self-portraits with their iPhones are just another hazard to avoid in the long and treacherous road to Paris.

“That’s always the first week’s goal of the Tour, stay upright and stay out of trouble,” he said. “We’re staying out of trouble, working well together, staying focused, having some fun. We’ve just got to keep it rolling. We hope we can keep it like this all the way to Paris.”

After Sunday’s close call, don’t expect too many “selfies” from van Garderen.

“I’ve never been a fan of ‘selfies.’ It seems kind of vain,” van Garderen said with a laugh. “”Man, I am looking so good right now, I need to document this moment – click!’ Come on.”


Navardauskas angrily grabbing phones out of peoples hands and chunking them away
http://video.eurosport.fr/cyclisme/...rre-lors-de-la-2e-etape_vid334350/video.shtml
 
The BBC report said he injured hip, shoulder, knee and wrist yesterday. Two more crashes today can't have helped, especially with the cobbles to come. It's like a technical knockout.
 
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