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Starts Saturday. Just a reminder. NBC Universal is carrying it on TV. You can watch online here but it commentating is in Italian. The whistle wetter is upon us.
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wouter weylandt in a bad way at the giro. Blood all around his head and receiving CPR. Reminded of the scene with Casartelli. Not good. -
Awful, that sounds like a fatality. I have Dish now, anyone know where this channel is?Originally posted by Coach McGuirk View PostComment
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He's been air lifted to hospital, but rumor is he was not responding to resuscitation efforts.Comment
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Just heard from my friend that speaks Italian and watching the Italian broadcast, that his heart is beating, so there is hope.Comment
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what happened? was it just him, or did more of the peloton go down?Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.Comment
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Now they're saying he didn't make it."Nobody listens to Turtle."-TurtlesigpicComment
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Originally posted by camleish View Post
yeah, he is dead. they were flying down a technical decent and from eye witness accounts he clipped his pedal on something and flew about 20 meters face first into a stone wall. The cameras did not catch the crash itself, but the aftermath. Not pretty, caution advised.
http://video.corriere.it/giro-caduta...9-91021abd11c5
it is taking a while to load, so be patient.Comment
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His wife is pregnant. Damn.Comment
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just saw the video on huffingtonpost. i'm surprised that he had a heart beat after that...Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.Comment
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nice write up by Bruyneel.
http://johanbruyneel.com/blog/wouter_weylandt.html
just an excerpt,
Our sport is beautiful. We travel through countries - from the big metropolitan cities to the peaceful countrysides surrounded by mountains. All we really need is a road. There's nothing that showcases the beauty of the world quite like cycling. But many forget just how dangerous our sport is. Riders descend mountains faster than cars and motorcycles. Right, left, right, left - barely tapping on the break. Guests that have been in my car always remark about how fast we are going down hill - like a race car driver. And I always tell them that we (the cars) are just trying to keep up with the riders.
It's a time like this that I think about my own crash off the mountainside in the Tour de France. Unlike Wouter, I was lucky that my crash was softened by the vegetation on the side of the cliff. As crazy as we were those days without a helmet, I can't imagine what could have been. For some reason that I will never know - I was given another chance and was able to climb up from the steep drop. Adrenaline pumping more than ever, I even managed to get back on the bike. It wasn't until later in the stage that I truly realized what had happened and how lucky I was to still be alive. I only wish that I could have passed on that same luck to Wouter.Comment
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Tyler Farrar pulling out of Giro after today's neutral stage to honor Weylandt.
Apparently they were best friends and training partners.
A real tragedy all-around.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/...eylandt_172249Comment
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I found UniversalHD but don't see any Giro programming. When I do a search, the only coverage I see is for some channel called RIA which I don't have. Bummer.Comment
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Originally posted by bluegoose View Post
really surprised that Leopard Trek Team decided to continue.Comment
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