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28. I'm amazed more crazy stuff doesn't happen - those mountaintops are wild

Sun Jul 15, 2012, 02:58 PM

Jul 2012

Tour de France leader Bradley Wiggins burned with flare

ANNONAY, France (AP) – Tour de France racers are used to dodging flags, people and the odd stray dog along the race route. But flares?

"It was some nutter running up the hill, and it shows you freak things like that can happen in the Tour. I'm fine though." - Wiggins

http://www.3news.co.nz/Wiggins-burnt-by-flare-waving-Tour-fan/tabid/415/articleID/261288/Default.aspx

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Le Tour de Crash: Big names come tumbling down on another day of carnage [View all] Baclava Jul 2012 OP

Thanks for the update. I cannot watch the Tour as often as I used to. Paper Roses Jul 2012 #1

Glad to help, 1st day in the mountains, La Planche des Belles Filles, was a nutcracker Baclava Jul 2012 #2

ABW! HuckleB Jul 2012 #3

Stage 9... Brits finish 1, 2. Wiggins wins time trial Baclava Jul 2012 #7

Leave Ralphy Alone! AngryAmish Jul 2012 #9

add Sammy Sanchez to the list...out on day 8 with shoulder pain opihimoimoi Jul 2012 #4

You never know what will happen, a lone breakaway made it home. Baclava Jul 2012 #5

Luckily he didn't break his collarbone, according to reports, just a few fingers Baclava Jul 2012 #6

Stage 11 - Team Sky takes control - Cadel Evans cracked in the Alps Baclava Jul 2012 #8

Wednesday's stage 16, Pau / Bagn�res-de-Luchon, will be where alfredo Jul 2012 #17

The French now rule the tour opihimoimoi Jul 2012 #10

? Highest Frenchman in overall classification is 9th muriel_volestrangler Jul 2012 #11

if by the French you mean the Brits, then yeah Baclava Jul 2012 #12

Hooligans trash the tour - throw tacks on the road - 30 punctures to leaders Baclava Jul 2012 #13

I think one crash caused by the tacks ended the race for one rider. alfredo Jul 2012 #14

Wiggins: Waiting seemed the honourable thing to do Baclava Jul 2012 #16

Armstrong and Ullrich showed the same respect when one fell or had a flat. alfredo Jul 2012 #19

I'm amazed more crazy stuff doesn't happen - those mountaintops are wild Baclava Jul 2012 #28

I guess I should be grateful that America isn't the only country with idiots. alfredo Jul 2012 #32

Why don't they disqualify that portion of the race? n/t FourScore Jul 2012 #15

It had no real consequences for the top riders. They would not have caught the escape, and alfredo Jul 2012 #18

Stage 16 on Wednesday will be the big one, classic day in the Pyr�n�es Baclava Jul 2012 #20

Tuesday is a rest day in Pau. Wednesday is when the soul breaking climbs take place. alfredo Jul 2012 #21

I know, I forgot for a sec - you sure are fast - this thread has been here for 2 weeks Baclava Jul 2012 #22

Well somebody has to do it. ;) alfredo Jul 2012 #24

I bet nobody cares because no american is leading - am I right? Baclava Jul 2012 #27

If Evans falters, I hope Tejay gets free rein. alfredo Jul 2012 #30

Is that a pic of edhopper Jul 2012 #23

that it is Baclava Jul 2012 #25

Looks ideal edhopper Jul 2012 #26

There were times when racers had to get off their bikes and carry them through the snow. alfredo Jul 2012 #31

to bad they have`t figured out how to stage a race... madrchsod Jul 2012 #29

Frank Schleck fails drugs tests, out of Tour muriel_volestrangler Jul 2012 #33

It's a masking agent, not a drug. Still it puts him under suspicion. Quitting alfredo Jul 2012 #34

All hail the British Isles - Wiggins wins Stage 19... first-ever Brit overall winner in Le Tour Baclava Jul 2012 #35