Tour de France 2018 **SPOILERS**

[mjr]

*Poor surface alert*

Some of today's stage covers a dirt road <shudders>

You say dirt, but it looked more like a stone road aka packed gravel, familiar to many riders on Sustrans routes. I'll be amazed if it hinders anyone.

 

[mjr]

GVA in the break. Anyone fancy it staying away, handing him a surprising lead?

 

[smutchin]

GVA in the break. Anyone fancy it staying away, handing him a surprising lead?

Still over 100km of the stage to go, so I'm reserving judgment until after the next climb at least - 6km at 11.2% is considerably harder than the climb they've just done.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Hey guys can I get the tour on radio ??

 

[smutchin]

Blimey, I think I’ve got some of the dust from that gravel road in my eyes...

 

[smutchin]

Looks like Froome is off the back of the peloton. Any interesting reason? Or just a natural break/minor mechanical.

He swapped a wheel with a team mate so presumably a puncture.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

You say dirt, but it looked more like a stone road aka packed gravel, familiar to many riders on Sustrans routes. I'll be amazed if it hinders anyone.

Given that Froome punctured, it probably should be a sustrans route

 

[Fight.The.Power]

I don't know. Best of luck finding out, but in the meantime there's live internet coverage here:

https://racecenter.letour.fr/#/stageprofile

Thanks @Dogtrousers. I have visual but just no English commentary. BBC radio 5 have done in the past but not today. Thanks all the same chap.

 

[mjr]

Hey guys can I get the tour on radio ??

Not today because there's international cricket and BBC insist on putting that on two channels at once (4LW and 5LSX), but most stages are on BBC 5 Live Sports Xtra from about 2pm or whenever they can be bothered.

It annoys me a bit. They shoot on us with intermittent/late/inconsistent coverage so that fans make other arrangements and then use that to say there's no demand for coverage on the radio.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Credit to GVA putting in a 7 min lead. Hope he retains yellow but only a slim chance. Will probably lose 30 mins from here.

 

[smutchin]

Ain't gonna happen for the break today, is it? Gap is starting to come down quickly now.

 

[smutchin]

Warren Barguil: "I ATEN'T DED!"

 

[mjr]

Warren Barguil: "I ATEN'T DED!"

Are you sure you don't want to reserve judgment until after the next climb at least?

 

[smutchin]

Are you sure you don't want to reserve judgment until after the next climb at least?

His attack was never going to amount to anything but he's shown his face, at least. That's probably about the best we can hope for from Barguil these days.

 

[roadrash]

I think his head was writing cheques that his legs couldn't cash