Gerrans denies causing Talansky crash
Orica-GreenEdge rider feelin🧔g better since stage 1 crash
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Simon Gerrans (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Orica-GreenEdge) denied causing the crash in which Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) took a tumble during the sprint for victory in Nancy at the end of another hectic stage at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France on Friday.
Talansky openly blamed the Australian national champion for the crash, but Gerrans insisted that he did not maliciously cause the spill and suggested Tala𒊎nsky should watch the replay to see exactly what happened.
"I'm sorry that he crashed, but I think as everyone 🅰saw, there wasn't any malice about it, and I don’t think I did anything wrong," Gerrans told journalists outside the Orica-G🦩reenEdge bus.
"As I think evꦉeryone saw, we were in a pretty select group going for the win. I s๊aw in the footage afterwards that Talansky went down. I think when he sees what happens, too, he'll be able to see that I'm moving from the left to the right and he's moving from the right to the left and he fell on my back wheel."
Recovering from his crash injuries
Gerrans was a victim of a crash on stage 1 when he tangled with Mark Cavendish. The British sprinter was l🐼eft with ruptured liga🔯ments and a dislocated shoulder and was unable to continue in the Tour. Gerrans landed on his back and has struggled to perform at his best due to his injuries.
He finished fifth in the sprint in Nancy after moving across the road to try to find a way throug▨h, behind winner Matteoꦺ Trentin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), Peter Sagan (Cannondale), Tony Gallopin (Lotto Belisol) and Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Shimano).
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"Today was a good indication that I'm recovering. Unfortunately, I didn’t get up for ꦿa place there but that's th🐼e best I felt since stage 1. That's all looking good moving forward," he said optimistically.
"I had an unlucky first few days⛄, but I seem to be coming round now. I'm recovering from the crashes and feeling a lot better."
Gerran refused to be drawn on his chances for Saturday's stage to Gerardmer, perhaps wary of the three climbs in the final 20 kilometres and𝔍 sensing the overall contenders in this hectic, crash-riddled Tour de France will dominate the racing.
The 161km sta💦ge is the first of three tou𒅌gh days in the Vosges mountains in the east of France.
Born in Ireland to a cycling family and later moved to the Isle of Man, so there was no surprise when I got into the sport. Studied sports journalism at university before going on to do a Masters in sports broadcast. After university I spent three months interning at Eurosport, where I covered the Tour de France. In 2012 I startღed at Procycling Magazine, before becoming the deputy editor of Procycling Week. I then joined Cyclingnews, in December 2013.