Tour de France 2015 - may contain nuts and SPOILERS

[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?

Also covered by Ned and Chris:
http://www.itv.com/tourdefrance/2015-tour-faqs-why-is-the-hors-delai

 

[Globalti]

I wonder what they'd make of today's skinnier, lighter riders - so many of them are stocky.

There's a very clear difference - those guys are muscular of arm and broad-shouldered compared with today's climbers. I loved the moving wee at 4:50 and the drinking raids.

 

[HF2300]

Just watching Pinot's crash from yesterday, it looked as though he started pedalling too early in the corner and hit the tarmac with the pedal.

 

[HF2300]

And Purito takes KOM at the Rampe du Motty. Now only 2 points behind Froome. Pauwels chasing points as well.

 

[Hont]

Just watching Pinot's crash from yesterday, it looked as though he started pedalling too early in the corner and hit the tarmac with the pedal.

Indeed. Lemond and his talking monkey highlighted that on Eurosport yesterday.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Just watching Pinot's crash from yesterday, it looked as though he started pedalling too early in the corner and hit the tarmac with the pedal.

He also suddenly looked left - either a distraction or looking back up the switchback - a split second before his wheel went. I'm not sure that the right pedal could have grounded there - he was already straightening up.

 

[Hont]

Porte says Contador crashed - the front wheel went out, possibly "hit a rock or something like that".

Video of the aftermath...

http://nos.nl/tour/video/2048387-nos-camera-ziet-contador-opkrabbelen.html

Shows Porte being held up (but not by that much) and Contador riding away on his own bike. So presumably he swapped to Sagan's somewhere further down the descent.

And also shows Rogers littering.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

ITV Cycling twitter feed doesnae even know what time they are on live today...well, not until I pointed it out to them that they were not "live on air in 25 minutes" and the live feed did not start til 1,30. Tweet now removed. No need to thank me...oh, you didn't

 

[HF2300]

Dennis attacks but is brought back.

 

[HF2300]

Indeed. Lemond and his talking monkey highlighted that on Eurosport yesterday.

Sorry, was watching ITV4 yesterday so missed that.

I'm not sure that the right pedal could have grounded there - he was already straightening up.

FDJ definitely need to look at his descending style f his right pedal was in danger of grounding on a sharp left hand bend!

 

[HF2300]

ITV Cycling twitter feed doesnae even know what time they are on live today...well, not until I pointed it out to them that they were not "live on air in 25 minutes" and the live feed did not start til 1,30. Tweet now removed. No need to thank me...oh, you didn't

They probably get their information from P&P

 

[HF2300]

Purito and Pauwels take the KOM again. Now a 6 man lead group: Rodriguez, Pauwels, Fuglsang, Clement, Voeckler, De Gent. Poursuivant group at 0:15, peloton at 4:40.

 

[HF2300]

Break of 29 all back together. Trek and the luxuriantly coiffeured ones doing the work on the peloton, not very well as they're now 5:25 down.

 

[HF2300]

Purito and Pauwels take KOM points again, so that's Purito in polka dots at the mo.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Renshaw has abandonned