Tour de France 2015 - may contain nuts and SPOILERS

[Bobby Mhor]

Carlton Kirby/Sean Kelly are a hoot.

CK: this team might put in a performance today
SK: no they won't
CK: <next team> this team might spring a few surprises
SK: no they won't
etc etc

Yeah, like they made an Arz on yon Breton island

 

[smutchin]

Carlton Kirby/Sean Kelly are a hoot.

CK: this team might put in a performance today
SK: no they won't
CK: <next team> this team might spring a few surprises
SK: no they won't
etc etc

Paul Sherwen commented on how the OGE team were sticking together and riding "all for one, one for all".

It's good to see that after all these years he has finally grasped the basic principle of team time trials.

 

[rich p]

Who organised this?
A poxy TTT on a wet Sunday - what a waste

 

[smutchin]

Blimey, Movistar are giving it some beans, aren't they?

ETA: and after looking great at the start, they fall to pieces on a climb... doh!

 

[Crackle]

Lots of panic from Movistar then as they split.

 

[rliu]

Wonder how many seconds that split might have cost Movistar, still fancy them to beat the Astana time though

 

[rliu]

Well they have absolutely smashed the Astana time, Valverde putting in a bigh shift on that finishing hill

 

[beastie]

Nice game face from Quintana Roo there.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I'm glad Sherwen translated the sign showing "Merci France Television" into English, I'd have been fecking lost without him

 

[Bollo]

I'm glad Sherwen translated the sign showing "Merci France Television" into English, I'd have been fecking lost without him

I wish he'd take more time to explain that the last 2km are key to the race.

 

[jarlrmai]

Sky look like the most organised pace line

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I'm waiting for the time when they manage to work out where the finish line is. Or the intermediate splits.

"They are going to break the time..." "here they go"..."err, they are well outside the time..."

 

[Rasmus]

Sean kelly said earlier that his longest TTT was 150k

Stage 4, 1978 - 153 km. But according to this the actual time differences were not applied, only some predetermined bonus seconds/minutes.

 

[Crackle]

Barguil, big loss and Mollema and Pinot, naturally.

 

[mjr]

I see I don't need to pick commentary highlights today because you've got all the best lines already and I missed some because I was out at a bicycle picnic