SPOILER : Tour de San Luis

[rich p]

Oh Rich - I canne believe you started a spolier thread! Shame on you

What's a spolier?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Sure, the thread should have Spoiler in the title. On the other hand, it's not as though you can hide from the news à la Likely Lads and watch it unfurl on the TV later on. Because as far as I can work out, the only TV coverage was 30 seconds of Galtieri quality camera work that happened to be pointing the camera at the bunch when the winner crossed the line - neither worth watching nor watchable.

 

[Rob3rt]

Sure, the thread should have Spoiler in the title. On the other hand, it's not as though you can hide from the news à la Likely Lads and watch it unfurl on the TV later on. Because as far as I can work out, the only TV coverage was 30 seconds of Galtieri quality camera work that happened to be pointing the camera at the bunch when the winner crossed the line - neither worth watching nor watchable.

It is good form and sets a precedent! Let's get it right before the big races start coming round eh?

 

[Noodley]

Sure, the thread should have Spoiler in the title. On the other hand, it's not as though you can hide from the news à la Likely Lads and watch it unfurl on the TV later on. Because as far as I can work out, the only TV coverage was 30 seconds of Galtieri quality camera work that happened to be pointing the camera at the bunch when the winner crossed the line - neither worth watching nor watchable.

Did you miss the thread which was merged with this one, where the title was "Cav Wins!"?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

It is good form and sets a precedent! Let's get it right before the big races start coming round eh?

I agree entirely but I was just arguing that in this case there's no point in withholding the news because there's no highlights to watch afterwards. But certainly, spoiler warnings should be the default approach.

 

[Crackle]

I agree entirely but I was just arguing that in this case there's no point in withholding the news because there's no highlights to watch afterwards. But certainly, spoiler warnings should be the default approach.

In this case, probably not, although you don't know and people have many reasons for not wanting to see the results in threads and especially titles, hence the etiquette of the SPOILER thread, so we might as well observe the convention of that and also try to keep it all in one thread as it's easier to follow that way.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Did you miss the thread which was merged with this one, where the title was "Cav Wins!"?

No, I saw that thread. My point was that there's no live TV coverage of the highlights so there's little sense in shielding yourself from the news.

 

[Rob3rt]

We get that............. but people need to learn the etiquette now, before the big races with footage come around! Politely requesting spoiler alerts and telling people not to put the outcome in the thread title now, hopefully avoids some of the nobbery later!

 

[Noodley]

Fair point, but I do not want to get threads all through the season with excited "xxxx Wins!" every day!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Ok, sorry if I've upset anybody, I was just making a point and now I'll fall back in line!

 

[claver58]

Results are here
http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/01/race-results/2012-tour-de-san-luis-results-stage-1_272196

 

[bobcat]

Sorry all, did not think, will do in future. I had been trying for hours to get some footage so when I saw 20 seconds of the finish was all overcome!

 

[raindog]

Jesus, not this spoiler crap again where everyone has to grovel and apologise for nothing.

Looks like Chavanel gave him the final pull. Nice little win that. It'll settle Cav nicely into the team.

 

[rich p]

An unusually early success for Cav. He normally starts slightly off the boil with teeth, and weight-loss issues.

 

[Rob3rt]

An unusually early success for Cav. He normally starts slightly off the boil with teeth, and weight-loss issues.

He must be on that new fasting diet that they are all talking about