Dave Davenport
Guru
- Location
- Hampshire
This tour is swinging between being dull and really exciting.
Tour de France 2017 ***SPOILERS***
- Thread starter brommers
- Start date
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hoopdriver
Guru
- Location
- East Sussex
It was like a slow-mo sprint finish...
So like any other Tour then... :-)
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Only a metric century tomorrow - bit steeper than any of mine, though:
Last 26km pretty much downhill. Sprint finish?
Last 26km pretty much downhill. Sprint finish?
SWSteve
Guru
- Location
- Bristol...ish
So, for the first time Sky are going to have to chase a genuine contender. Looking forward to seeing if they can do it.
Took a bottle from a spectator inside the limit, hopefully for cooling rather than drinking
jarlrmai
Veteran
illegal bottle
hoopdriver
Guru
- Location
- East Sussex
That was silly of him..
400bhp
Guru
FFS
MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
- Location
- Farnborough, Hampshire
Well I enjoyed that, looked like a proper race at the end and opens things up a bit, can't be bad. That downhill at the end tomorrow could be good for Bardet.
MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
- Location
- Farnborough, Hampshire
Yep, so enjoyable, I caught the last hour, that I'm going to watch again on the highlights.
Bonus
Veteran
- Location
- Ainsa, Spain
Fantastic day at the Tour de France!
We saw the race twice - once on a climb where we were under some trees and once again just after a sharp left turn in a village - that's where we had the helicopter circling over us. The two places were 3km apart thanks to todays route doubling back on itself, which is why I chose them
We've enjoyed the day. Before the riders came through the first time, one of the South African Dimension Data team vehicals saw our SA flags and stopped for a chat. They told us that Stephen Cummings was going to try something today. Was good to talk to them and they gave us a couple of goodies
We also got lots of goodies from the publicity caravan and of course we got to cheer for the various SA riders. It's actually very difficult to pick individuals out in a bunch at even a moderate speed.
Sky were leading the pack both times they passed us and they looked rock steady. The first time I shouted for CF but the second time they were caning it and I just shouted for the team
Mrs Bonus spotted Louis "Main Cheese" and RJV Rensburg and gave them a shout. I couldn't make out Daryl Impey but he was in there somewhere.
Interesting results. Not thrilled to see Aru in yellow but let's see what happens next . . . .
We saw the race twice - once on a climb where we were under some trees and once again just after a sharp left turn in a village - that's where we had the helicopter circling over us. The two places were 3km apart thanks to todays route doubling back on itself, which is why I chose them
We've enjoyed the day. Before the riders came through the first time, one of the South African Dimension Data team vehicals saw our SA flags and stopped for a chat. They told us that Stephen Cummings was going to try something today. Was good to talk to them and they gave us a couple of goodies
Sky were leading the pack both times they passed us and they looked rock steady. The first time I shouted for CF but the second time they were caning it and I just shouted for the team
Mrs Bonus spotted Louis "Main Cheese" and RJV Rensburg and gave them a shout. I couldn't make out Daryl Impey but he was in there somewhere.
Interesting results. Not thrilled to see Aru in yellow but let's see what happens next . . . .
Adam4868
Guru
Looks better second time round
