please explain this photo
 

This is one of the Boston Globe's photos of the year (http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/201...rt_2_of_3.html).
Can someone explain what happened to Mark's front wheel?

http://inapcache.boston.com/universa...1_26146323.jpg

It done broke

Actually from what I heard it snapped back into its original shape.

Actually, I believe after the crash other photos show it back in order. Bending ftw.

Oh yeah, the other explanation for this photo is that Cav is a d-bag, forgot that part.

Did the other half of the wheel just fall into a black hole or something? Where did it go?

It's bent.

You can see it flat on the ground, Heinrich's wheel is rolling over it.

I can see it on the pavement.

He looks like he's crying and he hasn't even hit the ground yet. HTFU i say....

Cav making a taco.

Clearly Zipps are a superior wheel.

He took a dive for money. Or, his race team was poor and was using a Walmart wheel set.

Both correct.

Correct answer ... Taco Time!:thumb:

I think I got it.... He knows he's not a good sprinter and will loose the race and so is breaking his front wheel on purpose so he doesn't look bad loosing. :p

Too bad the commentary defending Cavendish is concreted into that video, blows my mind every time I watch it.... Seriously? Did he really think that wasn't Cav's fault?

-Jeremy

I agree - however HH could learn to keep his head up in a field sprint..

Then again had he seen Cav coming over he might have paused/gotten out of the way, which is probably what Cav expected him to do.

His base layer saved him. It's always a good idea to wear a base layer.

Agreed.

Pardon my ignorance, but I didn't know wheels could bend like that

It was a cloudy day, but the sun came out shortly before the sprint, and we all know what happens to carbon when the sun hits it.

Basic Physics, conservation of momentum.

Sort of like this, pay attention to the initial contact of the golf ball and the club.

Testing out the theory that China is directly below us.

Despite what the announcer said, it certainly looked like Cav caused it.