Tour de France 2015 - may contain nuts and SPOILERS

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Sadly he'd have the entire Tinkoff team on his case as soon as he tried.

Aye, I know

 

[threebikesmcginty]

The fines so far in this Tour

http://inrng.com/2015/07/fines-uci-tour-de-france/

So Sky are winning?

 

[coffeejo]

The fines so far in this Tour

http://inrng.com/2015/07/fines-uci-tour-de-france/

 

[smutchin]

TBH I don't see Getschke as a hipster. His beard's nowhere near ridiculous enough.

Any beard in combination with shaved legs is plenty ridiculous enough for me.

I like Geschke though. Not sure why but I think of him as one of the good guys (compared to the pantomime villains like Valverde). Seeing him win makes me happy.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Interesting stuff as ever from inrng

 

[mcshroom]

The 1000 CHF fine for the Sky team car getting in the wrong place on Monday after G's off rather distorts the figures. The fines do seem laughable though

 

[perplexed]

That descent was pure looney tune stuff...
Did Bertie have a technical or just fall off?

Mick Rodgers stuck a stick in his spokes in revenge for Bertie's whinging at him earlier...

 

[Incontinentia Buttocks]

Seeing Geschke so emotional after his win was genuinely moving. Well bloody done that chap.

 

[bikeman66]

Going slightly off the track, and this may be a dumb question, but I've never really tuned in to how the time limit for crossing the line is calculated for each stage. Anyone able to shed some light on this for me please?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Going slightly off the track, and this may be a dumb question, but I've never really tuned in to how the time limit for crossing the line is calculated for each stage. Anyone able to shed some light on this for me please?

Copied from Wiki:
Riders completing a stage may be eliminated if their time exceeds the time limit for the stage. The limit is defined as the winner's time plus a percentage, which depends on the type of stage and the winner's average speed. The time limit can be extended or the elimination can be waived if more than 20% of riders exceed the limit or for other reasons such as collisions or foul weather. For example, for a stage classed as "Coefficient 1: Stages with no particular difficulty", the time limit is the winner's time plus 3% for an average speed of up to 36 km/h, increasing in 8 steps to 11% for a speed of over 50 km/h, while on a "Coefficient 5: Very difficult short stages" it varies from 11% (up to 30 km/h) to 22% (over 40 km/h).

 

[Bobby Mhor]

The fines so far in this Tour

http://inrng.com/2015/07/fines-uci-tour-de-france/

Giant-Alpecin only 50 SF?
Check the UCI for 'thick' hair

 

[Crackle]

Does anyone read the Marc madiot blog? It's quite amusing. I don't think it's meant to be amusing. I wouldn't be surprised to hear he was burning tyres on the road outside UCI headquarters though.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/marc-madiot/marc-madiot-blog-where-is-the-uci-1

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Does anyone read the Marc madiot's blog? It's quite amusing. I don't think it's meant to be amusing. I wouldn't be surprised to hear he was burning tyres on the road outside UCI headquarters though.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/marc-madiot/marc-madiot-blog-where-is-the-uci-1

He's a nutter. I like nutters.

 

[psmiffy]

whilst he is right about his little list reading between the lines though I suspect that if the UCI did get more involved in the day to day things he would be the first to accuse them of being interfering busybodies

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Speaking of which, anyone spotted "Hanseeno" shoes?