Tour de France *Spoilers*

[Dan B]

Good stage, Essex looks nice. I thought it was just full of preening nobbers

Correct on all three counts.

I watched this one go past the end of my road. Bloody cyclists weren't even in the bike lane

 

[Stephen C]

I watched in Cambridge, great atmosphere, nice a relaxed across the whole city, even got nice and close to the (neutralised) action!

 

[Ganymede]

Good stage, Essex looks nice. I thought it was just full of preening nobbers

Most of Essex is rather lovely. Big market garden area - lots of the names of the towns turn up as fruit, veg or jam varieties! And the salt marshes are quite other-worldly, I was glad to see it on the box today - and as you say great stage with a bit of drama at the end.

 

[Paul99]

Watched it on The Mall today, 225m from the finish line. Kittel is a monster.

My favourite bit of action was the Team Sky rider taking out the nobber standing in the road with his camera. Not sure who it was, I only briefly caught it on a replay, but he must have knocked him back about 6 feet.

 

[gaz]

The rider hitting the phone out of someones hand reminds me of Poels in stage 20 of the giro this year. Taking a spectators glasses and throwing them away


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY0ovbutv_k

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I love futile wild-card breakaways. One of these days...

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

The rider hitting the phone out of someones hand reminds me of Poels in stage 20 of the giro this year. Taking a spectators glasses and throwing them away


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY0ovbutv_k

This one - scroll down a bit? The cyclist was braced well in advance.
http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/-tellement-de-bruit/480738

 

[Paul99]

This one - scroll down a bit? The cyclist was braced well in advance.
http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/-tellement-de-bruit/480738

That's the one. The guy ended up on his backside on the kerb.

 

[Bollo]

Right, my bowels are sorted, so I'm off to bloody France!

Looking forward to the cobbles on Wednesday.

 

[themosquitoking]

Right, my bowels are sorted, so I'm off to bloody France!

Looking forward to the cobbles on Wednesday.

Hells bells, i hope your clenching reflex works well over those.

 

[Stonechat]

Watched in the shadow of Big Ben
My photos were mostly crap but here is Tony Martin and 2 FDJ riders

 

[Saluki]

That's the one. The guy ended up on his backside on the kerb.

Serves him right.

 

[RhythMick]

I suspect a little bias in this but what the hey...

YORKSHIRE TDF vs Cambridge TDF

http://www.buzzfeed.com/catesevilla/cambridge-vs-yorkshire?s=mobile

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I wonder how many people will have "memories" captured on camera but very little real memory of seeing it properly due to watching it thru a lens of a camera phone.

 

[smutchin]

Surely you know by now that if it's not on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram it didn't happen?