A curse over Rasmussen

mareblu

Whatever he had it must have felt like a curse!!!!!

Poor thing..........

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dasnootz

In retrospect he came into the Tour with the goal to be KOM. He accomplished that, and I imagine he'll be pretty proud tomorrow.

He's not a good TT rider, and lost a combined 13 minutes between the individual and team TTs.

TrekDedicated

But 4 bikes and 2 crashes later, he's going to wonder what the heck happened!

I felt so bad for him.

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nonameboy

ras very unlucky today,ive never seen soething like that in cycling at one point i tought he would quit.

musette

Ras' problems cannot be attributed necessarily to bad luck. For example, the first crash had at least something to do with his line near the French roundabout.

JensCph

I agree that the first crash was definately his own fault. He underestimated the curve. But after the problems with his bike, I think his nerves and concentration just took a dive. He is a perfectionist in terms of both preparation and gear requirements, so I bet he had alot of frustrations in him after the almost comic bike changing scene. Usually, he is describes as one of the most technical riders in the peleton, so I'm guessing that the pressure after the fall got to him.

The thing is, since the crash happened so early in the stage, we'll never really know how well he really would have done. Dispite a double fall, 4 bike changes, and a huge psycic plunge, he still finished ahead of the majority of riders. I still think he'd have lost to JU, but thats about it.

MJtje

Spot on........it was all due to an enormous pressure to stay on the podium. Which, if youre realistic, was never ever going to happen. However 4th was and soooo he lost more to all those stupid crashes and bike changes.......

wolfix

But he survived the day. You have to learn to survive the TDF before you win it. He was never a realistic competitor for the podium. You have to be able to beat the clock. But he was a revelation of the tour. He won the KOM jersey and he held off all of the attacks of the others. There should be a jersey for "Classy rider status."
We , the fans were denied today by his bad luck to see what he could have pulled off with a proper ride under pressure. We are left wondering if he could ride a decent TT and with some work on the TT would he ever be a real Contender ???? Maybe his age will make that impossible. Quality TDF for him!!!!

azdroptop

The guy looked scared to death in the starting house. What a nightmare for him.

steve26

I gained a lot of respect for him today. Extremly tough day, and he did not quit.

Good for him, and a great tour for him as well.

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yes, emphasise the FRENCH why don't you, you freedom fries-advocating fool! ARRARG I HATE ALCOHOL!

limerickman

French roundabout again - non ?
Quelle surprise !

segamartinez

Rasmussen's performance today was reminiscent of Jason Priestley's (Brandon Walsh) performance in the opening skit when he hosted Saturday Night Live. Anyone remember this?

It's an Olympic figure skating competition as he does his first jump and smahes into the boards - he gets right back up as the announcers are saying "ooohhhh, that's not going to help his chances on getting to the podium." He goes into his second jump and ends up sliding halfway across the ice into the boards again. The announcers are saying "he's got to just try and keep his composure here and finish this thing" as he's skating across the ice trying to smile as blood is streaming down the side of his face.

I feel bad for Rasmussen - just a disaster.

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