Dan talking smack with his groupies while Chris Lieto is busy warming up:
Chris Lieto was busy warming up for about an hour before he started:
Chrissie was all smiles:
Macca was all business:
I think 10 seconds after Chrissie left the starting chute, Dan was chicked:
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So, what was the final update/results? Did Lieto flat?
From Echofonchrislieto: FLATTED @ mile 17. Feeling good 1/2 way was @21:35. Very rough road. #fb
He got a flat on his rear tire. When I saw him afterward, at the time I did not know he had a flat, and I noticed he had a different rear wheel (this was taken about 9:30AM):
great pics. Dan went down at about mile 8 he said, and it took quite awhile for Chrissie to go by. He felt he was going good at the time, so it sounds like he was at least going to make it to the 2nd lap without getting chicked. So officially he did not get chicked, he has already dropped out before she got there. Broken clavicle, two broken ribs, and possibly a few more little breaks, kind of a big price to pay to not get chicked I would say! (-;
Why is Chrissie in a Liquigas suit?
I did see an ambulance with its lights on about that time, maybe it was for Dan. Hope he gets well soon.
Why is Chrissie in a Liquigas suit?
Because Liquigas rides Cannondale as well, and she did it for her sponsor?
We ran into her later in the afternoon and chatted briefly, and she still had the Liquigas suit on.
Yeah, she was signing autographs and taking pictures. She is ripped! everybody was saying, “look at her calves!” although she did have a chain stay on her leg.
she was very nice and very friendly!
great pics. Dan went down at about mile 8 he said, and it took quite awhile for Chrissie to go by. He felt he was going good at the time, so it sounds like he was at least going to make it to the 2nd lap without getting chicked. So officially he did not get chicked, he has already dropped out before she got there. Broken clavicle, two broken ribs, and possibly a few more little breaks, kind of a big price to pay to not get chicked I would say! (-;
Dan took the honorable way out. Better to crash than get chicked for sure. But I digress…
A flat and a crash? This seems like an utter disaster. Hope Dan displayed an amazing fit on his bike prior to the crash!
Closeup of Macca’s riding position:
no ambulance. i walked back to the finish line, gave the bike to jordan to take for me, walked to the marriott to the cab stand, caught a cab to my hotel, checked out, and PT drove me to huntington hospital in pasadena for xrays.
get well soon!
Ya Dan get well soon . You sure must have a high threshhold for pain. Broken ribs hurt like hell. I would’ve been squirming around on the ground like a grown soccer player yelling for a whambulance.
And no trainers to run out onto the field and hit you with the “magic” spray or sponge and your miraculous recovery, and abillity to get off the ground and play again…
Obviously Landis and Armstrong are well behind soccer in the doping program
the older you get the less writhing you do. no point in it. i’ve been through this three times now, once on the bke about a decade ago, once getting thrown from a horse last year, and, this. (well, once skiing too). the only thing about broken ribs: it’s hard to get in and out of bed, you sort of want one of those hospital beds that rotate you into the forward position 
then, you want to avoid sneezing if you can.
no ambulance. i walked back to the finish line, gave the bike to jordan to take for me, walked to the marriott to the cab stand, caught a cab to my hotel, checked out, and PT drove me to huntington hospital in pasadena for xrays.
BAMF status confirmed.
Hope you get well and recover soon.
Hope you have a fast recovery. Get well soon.
It still must have been an awesome experience doing the TT.
no ambulance. i walked back to the finish line, gave the bike to jordan to take for me, walked to the marriott to the cab stand, caught a cab to my hotel, checked out, and PT drove me to huntington hospital in pasadena for xrays.
Quick recovery wishes. In the mean time, maybe we can start a joke thread, I think laughter is good for healing ribs…
no ambulance. i walked back to the finish line, gave the bike to jordan to take for me, walked to the marriott to the cab stand, caught a cab to my hotel, checked out, and PT drove me to huntington hospital in pasadena for xrays.
Quick recovery wishes. In the mean time, maybe we can start a joke thread, I think laughter is good for healing ribs…
When did Mr. Burns grow a goatee? Excellent.
Does that make Monty = Smithers?
