PpPete
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looks like it, bar stewards.
Tour de Romandie - may be Spoilers
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PpPete
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deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
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At the split Froome was 3 seconds* up on Spilac so barring mechanicals....
*If I managed to understand the Dutch.
*If I managed to understand the Dutch.
Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
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- Odawa
1. Martin (Omega) 21:07
2. Malori (Lampre-Merida) @15
3. Froome (Sky) 33
4. Westra (Vacansoleil) 36
5. Spilak (Katusha) 41
6. Clement (White) 50
7. Porte (Sky) to 52
8. Christensen (Saxo-Tinkoff) 55
9. Dennis (Garmin) 56
10. Ludvigsson (Argos) 1:01
2. Malori (Lampre-Merida) @15
3. Froome (Sky) 33
4. Westra (Vacansoleil) 36
5. Spilak (Katusha) 41
6. Clement (White) 50
7. Porte (Sky) to 52
8. Christensen (Saxo-Tinkoff) 55
9. Dennis (Garmin) 56
10. Ludvigsson (Argos) 1:01
Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
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- Odawa
Froome wins the overall, with Spilak second and Costa third.
Such a shame there was not an easy option to watch this live....
I would have hoped that with the massive growth in cycling and also the interest pre TdF/Giro, it would have been a no brainer showing a British rider, in a clean British team winning - or at least in with one hell of a chance!
Opportunity missed whilst SKy worships at the great Football altar?
I would have hoped that with the massive growth in cycling and also the interest pre TdF/Giro, it would have been a no brainer showing a British rider, in a clean British team winning - or at least in with one hell of a chance!
Opportunity missed whilst SKy worships at the great Football altar?
kedab
Veteran
- Location
- nr cambridge
hmmm, froomedog is going well - i do wonder how it's all going to shake out in the tour...i think team sky are going to have a major problem trying to keep sir bradders from another proper go at it, no matter what they've said. it's all shaping up rather nicely 
kedab
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- nr cambridge
i am in complete agreement - trouble is, even with the surge in popularity cycling has seen, it would take money out of the pocket of our beloved terrestrial broadcasters to get a slice of it and they're more interested in shows that cost nothing to produce.
kedab
Veteran
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- nr cambridge
that's a fair point irish - it still irks me that they'd rather spend money on mindless drivel than actually put their 'main' channel behind the sport (itv i mean) but they at least try with the grand tours on itv4 and i love to watch it, i just want more is all i'm saying. the beeb wouldn't even consider it because, as you say, it's still a minority sport but they'll happily jump on the bandwagon once a year if a 'brit' does particularly well and make like they've been behind them the whole way. still, they've got the money to follow F1 around the world and show extended highlight shows as well as full races and that cannot be cheap!
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
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- The Red Enclave
Wow. Amazing pic. Great to see Siutsou just churning away on the front regardless of the conditions. Awesome rider.
Hont
Guru
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- Bromsgrove
Indeed, but only if you're the host broadcaster. If you're buying just the feed, as Eurosport always do and Sky did for Romandie, it should be quite cheap.
Sky had the TT on the red button btw. Mike Atherton confidently asserting that Romandie was in France before being corrected with some derision from the back of the box.
Hont
Guru
- Location
- Bromsgrove
Good pic for a caption competition.
Siutsou "Cold? Hah. Leg warmers are only because they mek me shave legs like girl."
