Tour of Britain 2012

[Strathlubnaig]

I see Cavendish'es tactic, crash and/or lose the sprints so that his value drops a wee bitty and it's easier to get bought out his contract, then go full gas again with Team Whoever, clever guy.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I see Cavendish'es tactic, crash and/or lose the sprints so that his value drops a wee bitty and it's easier to get bought out his contract, then go full gas again with Team Whoever, clever guy.

That's just silly. He's hardly going to have anyone thinking, 'That Cavendish, what's he ever done?' at this stage... his value is ensured by years of top results and many years still ahead of him, not by a couple of bad finishes.

 

[iLB]

Thought that Ned Boulting was slicker than a conti gp4000 at the end of todays stage, at least by comparison to Jill yesterday.

 

[albion]

Cycling rapidly arriving on terrestrial TV is a cause for celebration.

I did not expect Eurosport Sky Mafiosi to arrive.
Give it and us a break.

 

[dellzeqq]

 

[oldfatfool]

Nah your thumb is still in the way second time as well

 

[dellzeqq]

well...........they're not my snaps. I wish they were.

I was in the pub after the race went by, and this chap saw my 'ciclismo' t-shirt and asked me who the chap on the right was.

Well..........even Century TV could get that one right!

I was impressed, because I'd simply failed to spot Wiggins in the crowd. He asked me if I would like the snaps, I said yes, and he e-mailed 41 photographs to me.

 

[Paul_L]

We headed down from Yorkshire to the Peaks. Parked up near Longnor and cycled into Warslow to pick up the route. Climbed to the top of the Morridge climb. Took advantage of the free coffee courtesy of the Rapha coffee van. Then cycled back down to the steepest section of approx 12% where my mate took this photo.

 

[Lancj1]

We watched at the Junction pub in Rainford. Some practice shots of earlier cyclists coming through on a ride made me realise I wouldn't get anything decent so I just took a video on the phone.

The race was over in a flash. Great fun in the pub watching the finish on a big screen. What impressed me was the scale of it - the cavalcade pre and post the riders that you don't see on the telly - I mean was there a police motorcycle available anywhere else in the country ?

My bit of St Helens swamped by cyclists as the Safari Park emptied - amazing.

Loved the experience

 

[Flying_Monkey]

My old clubmate Pete was 13th today and is now 10th overall (he's the one you can see face-on off Cav's left shoulder in the first pic on this page, in the IG-Sigma Sport get-up). I am so happy for him. He had a great Ras this year too, and he was 4th in the UK Premier Calendar series. I wonder if, at 26, it's too late for him to be picked up by a Pro-Conti team...

 

[thom]

I have to agree with the dissenters of Hugh Porter. He is indeed a bit disappointing, particularly in reading the finale of a sprint. There is a difference between being caught napping and letting the others through to lead you out to the line. Cav did fluff his lines on the line but he clearly decided follow the others to the line and not to take it up from Luke Rowe.

 

[Get In The Van]

Enjoyed it so far, off to Dumfries tomorrow, however my only gripe....the leaders jersey, if its going to be gold make it gold, not some wishy washy version, Gold Lame is what i'm thinking!

Porter get it sorted!

 

[Strathlubnaig]

That's just silly. He's hardly going to have anyone thinking, 'That Cavendish, what's he ever done?' at this stage... his value is ensured by years of top results and many years still ahead of him, not by a couple of bad finishes.

wee sense of humour failure there big guy ?

 

[lyn1]

My old clubmate Pete was 13th today and is now 10th overall (he's the one you can see face-on off Cav's left shoulder in the first pic on this page, in the IG-Sigma Sport get-up). I am so happy for him. He had a great Ras this year too, and he was 4th in the UK Premier Calendar series. I wonder if, at 26, it's too late for him to be picked up by a Pro-Conti team...

I do not think its an age issue, more about performance in the right quality of races. The RAS is barely Premier Calendar standard nowadays and the Premiers would be significantly weaker but for Endura.

Riders who are in British registered UCI teams yet spend virtually all their season riding British non UCI races are on a hiding to nothing, no matter how well they perform, because they do not get sufficient exposure to the higher level UCI races that could showcase them.

 

[WychwoodTrev]

I have been to the first two stages and am at a B&B in Kendal ready to rock up to Bonny Scotland first thing in the morning.