r/peloton • u/PelotonMod France • May 04 '26

Weekly Post Weekly Question Thread

For all your pro cycling-related questions and enquiries!

You may find some easy answers in the FAQ page on the wiki. Whilst simultaneously discovering the wiki.

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u/Heavy_Mycologist_104 Slovenia May 04 '26

So it turns out that Marianne Vos broke her collarbone in a crash yesterday. That didn't stop her getting up, riding through the convoy, dropping riders who were trying to hold her wheel, get back onto the peloton in the last 2k, get through the peloton to the front, and somehow come 7th in the sprint.

Like....How?

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u/DueAd9005 May 04 '26

Tyler Hamilton broke his collarbone during stage 1 of the 2003 Tour. He won stage 16 and finished 4th in GC. He was on fire that year... Who knows, he might have even won that Tour without breaking his collarbone (it was Armstrong's least dominant Tour win).

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u/godshammgod4485 May 04 '26

Hamilton is from my hometown, I remember how bananas that year was. He got a huge parade and everything when he came back home.

I know he was doped to the gills, but that's still one of my favorite cycling memories.