Tour de France 2018 **SPOILERS**

[Mike_P]

Could just be Strava inaccuracy - I do the same home-work journey and it varies daily in distance and height, coupled with factors like one rider more than the other going round the outside of a bend.

 

[Milzy]

One had a garmin and the accurate one had a wahoo device.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

One switched on at the départ fictif and the other at the départ réel?

Seems a big difference to me for the sole explanation. I gather that there was a crash before the flag went down but 11km is a long way.

 

[Aravis]

One switched on at the départ fictif and the other at the départ réel?

Looking at the Strava Flybys, this does seem to be exactly it. It's not just Bardet and Kwiatkowski; there are two distinct groups, one of which started recording at Annecy, the other at Château de Ruphy. That was where the flag dropped, wasn't it?

Apart from Silvan Dillier, that is, whose SRM DC8 seems to have thrown a wobbly mid-stage. It's interesting to see the hardware they're using - a bit of everything, just like us lot.

 

[smutchin]

One switched on at the départ fictif and the other at the départ réel?

We have a winner!

Yes, the flag was dropped after 11km of riding. I don't know whether or not this is an unusually long départ fictif as I don't often watch from the very start, but I was watching from the start today, so I realised pretty quickly that was the explanation for the discrepancy when the rides popped up on Strava.

 

[smutchin]

Could just be Strava inaccuracy - I do the same home-work journey and it varies daily in distance and height, coupled with factors like one rider more than the other going round the outside of a bend.

11km would be a much larger margin of error than you'd expect though.

 

[mjr]

We have a winner!

Yes, the flag was dropped after 11km of riding. I don't know whether or not this is an unusually long départ fictif as I don't often watch from the very start, but I was watching from the start today, so I realised pretty quickly that was the explanation for the discrepancy when the rides popped up on Strava.

I think it was scheduled to be fairly long at about 10km and then Landa crashed, slowing it and lengthening it further.

 

[Crackle]

I'm looking forward to today and tomorrow

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I'm looking forward to today and tomorrow

At your age, every waking dawn is a blessing...

 

[mjr]

First appearance of itv4's "We've got a problem" screen AFAIK as the feed from the Coventry Box vanishes, probably collapsing at the sight of David Millar apparently wearing a Dave baseball cap with his Anti Cycle Cycle Club top. Replaced in under 10s by Daniel Friebe interviewing Adam Yates.

 

[smutchin]

For those who are interested in such matters, the départ réel was scheduled to come just 1.6km into today's stage but has been delayed for reasons that TV's Ned Boulting and David Millar are unable to relay to us.

 

[Bollo]

At your age, every waking dawn is a blessing...

 

[mjr]

David Millar used the phrase "break of they day" so clearly he reads this site(!) Today's is Alaphillipe, Barguil and the inevitable De Gendt after a final split on the first climb. 41s to the chasers, 6min to the peloton, 75km to go.

 

[smutchin]

Most of the Fortuneo team are in the big leading group. Will be interesting to see if they can actually ride as a team to set up the win for Barguil.

 

[rich p]

I thought Movistar were going to animate the race