coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
That was my understanding as well.
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coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
Shadow
member
- Location
- edge of the south downs
Quite agree.
Can I just say that de Gendt was excellent value yesterday. Rode superbly. With an honourable mention to Pauwels.
coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
Pinot* and Gerrans have quit.
*This puts De Gendt in the polka dot jersey.
*This puts De Gendt in the polka dot jersey.
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Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Remember this incident from 2010 ?
http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/4...-Tour-de-France-with-help-from-kids-bike.aspx
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
It's perhaps worth bearing in mind that the gaps created by yesterday's incident were relatively small; even if no post-race adjustments had been made I don't think anyone would have lost their chance because of it. Maybe in a few days time someone will have won the Tour decisively and yesterday won't look quite so significant.
Normally any neutral observer would want everything to go to the wire, but perhaps this is one occasion where that wouldn't be the best thing.
Normally any neutral observer would want everything to go to the wire, but perhaps this is one occasion where that wouldn't be the best thing.
jarlrmai
Veteran
That's the thing about the Tour no-one knows, Froome could crash out in the TT today or it could come down to a a few seconds on the penultimate day. So all the riders can do is get the seconds where they can and it's up to the organisers to ensure the race is as fair as possible.
coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
Because some people don't like Froome.
brommers
Years beyond my wisdom
- Location
- Clacton-on-Sea
He already had the jersey
brommers
Years beyond my wisdom
- Location
- Clacton-on-Sea
The race will go ahead today after yesterdays awful massacre in Nice. A minutes silence at the start and finish.
Smokin Joe
Squire
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
I think a lot of it was because the crowd at the finish were not fully aware of what had happened, thinking perhaps the Froome had been delayed by a normal crash.
Re the neutral service car, surely it would make sense to have no pedals on the spare bikes and carry the full range in the car? It takes no time at all for a mechanic to spin a couple of pedals onto the cranks.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Quintana getting a tow by holding onto the neutral service moto's spare wheels. Been taking tips from Nibali? But it was while Froome was down so maybe it's inside the retrospectively-neutralised zone.
It'd take a minute. Seems like too long.
Easier to have a couple of speedplay/spd-sl to look cleat converters. I'm not sure such a thing exists, but it would be possible to make. Not sure how easy it would be to unclip, though, and whether you'd be left with the converter in the shoe or the pedal, or one on one side...
