Rest Day

Posted on July 11, 2011 by .
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Happy Monday, all.

It’s been a brutal weekend for riders racing in the Tour de France. I had a hard time watching. I will not post photos or video of Johnny Hoogerland’s bare backside here, but below video of his inspiring podium presentation after he crawled to the finish after he was HIT BY A CAR and TANGLED IN BARBED WIRE.



The current list of DNFs (with reasons).

Dan Wuori: Stage 9 Diary.

Cyclosm: Is the 2011 Tour de France really more dangerous? A look at the stats.

Tweet from Jonathan Vaughters this morning: “Everyone: thanks for the concern, but DZ is fine. No head injury. His personality made the Frech docs think he wasn’t ‘right’ but he’s fine.”



See also:

  1. TdF Stage 12: Magnificent Seven
  2. Tour de France 2009 on Twitter
  3. Tour de France 2008 updates
  4. Stefan Schumacher


  • http://twitter.com/Wuss912 Wuss912

    he looks sore

  • Anonymous

    And then to have the dignitaries pat you on your raw, torn up back….

  • Anonymous

    When I saw his wreck, I thought, man I hope that wasn’t a barbed-wire fence he just hit.  Hours later, the photo showed up online and I saw the damage it’d done.  I feel really bad for the guy, and hope somehow compensation from the driver is in his future.

  • Anonymous

    When I saw his wreck, I thought, man I hope that wasn’t a barbed-wire fence he just hit.  Hours later, the photo showed up online and I saw the damage it’d done.  I feel really bad for the guy, and hope somehow compensation from the driver is in his future.