Tour de France 2016 **SPOILERS**

[smutchin]

Bizarrely, the live data feed is showing Romain Sicard in 2nd place at the second time check even though he was 1.17 down at the first check. Did he find a shortcut or something?

 

[smutchin]

So 14 riders have found a shortcut somewhere....

Snap.

I didn't notice the discrepancy in the overall numbers, but it certainly seems like something is up!

 

[Twizit]

New form of doping? ... cut out half the course!

 

[Crackle]

Mines right.

 

[Buddfox]

Genuinely hope there hasn't been a balls up. It's not like this Tour hasn't had a couple already...!

 

[Twizit]

Wow Dumoulin flying now at 3rd check point. Nearly 1 minute up.

 

[smutchin]

Whatever's going on down the field, Dumoulin has just gone through the third time check 54 seconds ahead of Coppel.

 

[smutchin]

Genuinely hope there hasn't been a balls up. It's not like this Tour hasn't had a couple already...!

Suspect it's just a glitch in the hardware at the second checkpoint. It's only the time at the finish that matters, so as long as that's ok, it doesn't really matter.

ETA: the second checkpoint has now gone offline, which seems to back up my theory.

 

[suzeworld]

Because some people don't like Froome.

They would not have seen the crash footage and would have seen Quintana come in ahead, and the first release of the race time ... so they would think it was a fix ..

which you still might think, but the moto/crowd responsibility would not have been very clear at that point to spectators.

 

[brommers]

Tom D @1'31" in front

 

[ComedyPilot]

Does anyone find the way the bloke counts the riders down in the time trial start hut for the last 5 seconds with his fingers a bit odd?

Cinq - all five digits
Quatre - drops the thumb
Trois - raises thumb, drops ring and little finger
Deux - Drops thumb
Un - drops middle finger

I just find it strange and counter-intuitive.....I suppose their are moore things too wory about in the world that than, but I thought my little observation needed a few pixels of web space.

 

[Twizit]

Does anyone find the way the bloke counts the riders down in the time trial start hut for the last 5 seconds with his fingers a bit odd?

Cinq - all five digits
Quatre - drops the thumb
Trois - raises thumb, drops ring and little finger
Deux - Drops thumb
Un - drops middle finger

I just find it strange and non-intuitive.....I suppose their are moore things too wory about in the world that than, but I thought my little observation needed a few pixels of web space.

Haven't seen it but maybe he's an aspiring Ted Rogers of 3-2-1 fame.... for those old enough to remember it...

 

[ComedyPilot]

Ah, but Ted Rogers deployed the vertical hand spun between counts approach (to avoid flicking V's) in his delivery. This bloke does it with a static hand.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

What's happening?

I went to watch it inline and all I have is some posh southern tossers looking for houses somewhere.

I really, really couldn't give a flying 3-2-1!!

 

[Buddfox]

Does anyone find the way the bloke counts the riders down in the time trial start hut for the last 5 seconds with his fingers a bit odd?

Cinq - all five digits
Quatre - drops the thumb
Trois - raises thumb, drops ring and little finger
Deux - Drops thumb
Un - drops middle finger

I just find it strange and counter-intuitive.....I suppose their are moore things too wory about in the world that than, but I thought my little observation needed a few pixels of web space.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger-counting

http://www.suitqaisdiaries.com/count-numbers-on-hand/

This features in a scene in Inglorious Basterds