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MichaelB wrote:If he came down because of that (no fault of his own), what would happen to his time ?

they would just tell him not to be greedy and get on with it. a man with his palmares probably wouldn't even remember winning the tour of qatar

MichaelB wrote:Just saw some of the highlights of the ToQ on Cycling Central last night - how the hell did Friere stay upright in the prologue when the barriers came down in front of him

I think it was Flecha that it happened to. It definitely cost him some time and in the end he was only 5 seconds behind the prologue winner and 9 seconds off the overall podium.

Whoever it was , it was pretty good riding, and a definite brown shorts moment ....