Berk on a Bike
Veteran
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ASO just don't realise there are victims on days like this...
Tour de France 2015 - may contain nuts and SPOILERS
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Twitter's quite good though. I only signed up recently to follow more of the cycling and I love the behind the scenes Tweets, adds a different dimension to the race. Mark Cavendish Tweeting about the challenge of peeing at night in a new hotel every night. I assume they don't always get en-suite facilities then.
I was wondering if the dropped riders were allowed to form some kind of mini-grupetto (is that how you spell it?) (and joking that they could try and jump on the back of the next team to come through...) but then I remembered the time limit and realised that even when dropped you'd not want to be caught by the next team coming through (who started five minutes behind you). So in fact the dropped riders must still have to ride pretty hard to the finish, just not absolutely flat out.
I watched that stage live and thought it was pretty exciting. P&P are annoying though... how many times did they say that the last 2km were crucial?
I watched that stage live and thought it was pretty exciting. P&P are annoying though... how many times did they say that the last 2km were crucial?
Berk on a Bike
Veteran
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- Yorkshire
Twitter was great last night if you like pictures of pro cyclists at airports and on buses.
coffeejo
Ælfrēd
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- West Somerset
It's raining, it's my only guaranteed free afternoon this week and it's the only one when they're out cycling but not televised. I'd love to see a PhilnPaul-free programme on rest days with decent interviews, analysis, facts about the Tour's history, in-depth explanations of equipment and tactics, etc.Anyone else get a bit "twitchy" when it's a rest day...?
Strathlubnaig
Guru
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- Alberta
rest days are good, as I can do what I want and not have to have a news and interweb blackout if I did not watch the stage
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
France 2 are showing a cycling comedy film this afternoon. itv4 are doing a rest day show in the highlights slot and hopefully won't be spending too much time on the race summary, but a bit more background stuff.
Eurosport appear to be repeating the TTT highlights
coffeejo
Ælfrēd
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- West Somerset
Yeah, I was thinking that but in the full afternoon slot.France 2 are showing a cycling comedy film this afternoon. itv4 are doing a rest day show in the highlights slot and hopefully won't be spending too much time on the race summary, but a bit more background stuff.
Eurosport appear to be repeating the TTT highlights
I would like to give Nico a very big big, virtual hug: http://www.independent.ie/sport/oth...stage-win-at-the-tour-de-france-31371336.html
"In the last few metres of the climb, I could hear the announcer, Daniel Mangeas, counting down the time we had left to get to the line if we were to win the stage. ... "10, 9, 8 ..." ... My legs were on fire and I was fighting with every sinew to hold on. .... I was in a world of pain and didn't know if we'd made it, but G's reaction shortly after told me we hadn't. ... I had no words to express my disappointment. ... For me though, winning this team time trial would have been something special. ... It's hugely disappointing to by beaten by less than a second and all I can think right now is that I just missed out on a stage win at the Tour de France."
"In the last few metres of the climb, I could hear the announcer, Daniel Mangeas, counting down the time we had left to get to the line if we were to win the stage. ... "10, 9, 8 ..." ... My legs were on fire and I was fighting with every sinew to hold on. .... I was in a world of pain and didn't know if we'd made it, but G's reaction shortly after told me we hadn't. ... I had no words to express my disappointment. ... For me though, winning this team time trial would have been something special. ... It's hugely disappointing to by beaten by less than a second and all I can think right now is that I just missed out on a stage win at the Tour de France."
Pro Tour Punditry
Guru
2 points:
I thought Mangeas gave up his announcing last year?
He didn't "miss out" he was the reason they didn't win.
But he can have a hug from me as well
MisterStan
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