squid wrote:
threefire wrote:
The crash was caused by:
Veelers drifting right slightly -- 10%
Veelers being spent and not alert enough to handle any body contact-- 20%;
Cav having to steer left to chase Greipel's wheel and over confident he could pass Veelers in one swing -- 30%
Sh*t just happens in a sprint -- 40%
Cav leaning into Veelers with his shoulder- 100%
Veelers was leading out and had just completed his work. He was exactly on the center white line of the road. He then choses to look behind him, over his right shoulder and that causes him to veer to the left. He sees that his team mate, behind Cavendish, is going to pass him on the left, so he veers back, overcorrects and goes a bicycle width to the right of the white line. Just as Cav was passing him and was moving left in order to stay on Greipel's wheel.
Cavendish was in the sprint and was entitled to go for the free space. Veelers was a lead out man and had completed his work. His error was weaving left and then right. He is required to hold completely straight line to let the sprinters come past him.
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