Tour de France 2016 **SPOILERS**

[HF2300]

Hosking!

 

[smutchin]

Impressive sprint from Hosking.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

She was right in her pre-race interview

 

[Bollo]

Yay! Celebratory discounts all round at Wiggle!!!!!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Crikey, Hoskins put in a great turn of speed there!

 

[smutchin]

Don't need the gruesome shot of the rider being put in an ambulance, thanks.

 

[HF2300]

Impressive sprint from Hosking.

Great sprint. Thought she'd gone way too early, and she looked to be flagging, but got enough of a jump to win it.

 

[Starchivore]

Good finish there, lots of crashes though

 

[mjr]

Don't need the gruesome shot of the rider being put in an ambulance, thanks.

On that and the coverage not being in full as announced and on the needless Paris landmark shots which could be kept for the slower-burning bits of the men's race: never underestimate the contempt of France Television for women's cycling. I don't recall them broadcasting any other races, except for the Olympics.

 

[HF2300]

The muck on Hannah Barnes' face - looks as though she's done Paris-Roubaix!

 

[HF2300]

Trying to watch La Course on ITV4. It's just blxxdy annoying. Commentry crap, but camera work & production AWFUL. Cut away to iconic Paris landmark every few seconds, or long view of the Champs. It''s frustrating and impossible. Bike racing on TV for people who aren't really interested.

Not ITV4's fault (though the commentary is) - they take the coverage from France TV, so they're stuck with the French lack of seriousness about it.

 

[Bollo]

Don't need the gruesome shot of the rider being put in an ambulance, thanks.

I really didnt get that bit of the commentary - "She's ok - just a few scatches" when it was obvious to anyone with eyes that the rider (sorry didn't catch a name - multitasking at work) was in a huge amount of distress.

 

[smutchin]

Crikey, Hosking's sprint looks even more impressive from the overhead shot.

 

[HF2300]

Great sprint. Thought she'd gone way too early...

So did she, apparently! That strong attack to get across to and past van Dijk did it. Amazing to watch in the overhead.

 

[smutchin]

My feelings exactly, as an armchair pundit I am prepared to take Millar's "gushing" at face-value. Seemed to me that he was genuintely impressed, from an experience of pro-cycling that I do not have. I can take his word for it that Froome's attitude was impressive.

Choose your expert. Sean Kelly was much more measured over on the other side.