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Adam4868
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You going ? Think I might go to Ramsbottom way,the Rake.about 1 mile away
Tour of Britain 2023 *Spoilers*
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Bristolian
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- Bristol, UK
Happy days, looks like I can get to see stages 7 & 8 this year. S7 passes through a village about 4 miles from my home and with a bit of luck I might be able to get to see it in a couple of places. Getting into Wales for S8 and the final climb on Caerphilly Mountain sounds like a plan - the snack bar will be busy 
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Just noticed this. It goes through my sister's town. Still, too late for me to organise a visit. Ho hum.
Alex321
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- Location
- South Wales
Happy days, looks like I can get to see stages 7 & 8 this year. S7 passes through a village about 4 miles from my home and with a bit of luck I might be able to get to see it in a couple of places. Getting into Wales for S8 and the final climb on Caerphilly Mountain sounds like a plan - the snack bar will be busy
I hope they hav e extra supplies in
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Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
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- Wilmslow, Cheshire
Goes past my front door for a second time. They are after a KOM I have they didn't get last time. 🥱🤣
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Adam4868
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Decent enough team from Ineos, must be in with a shout.
View: https://twitter.com/INEOSGrenadiers/status/1697172703839461398?t=v5XLRW9PWv7xQJzvHtWEAA&s=19
View: https://twitter.com/INEOSGrenadiers/status/1697172703839461398?t=v5XLRW9PWv7xQJzvHtWEAA&s=19
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
It's been a decade since they won GC. Mostly, they either don't send a top GC rider or their leader's head seems to fall off, like they get enough praise just for showing up to their home race, it's not worth putting the effort in for this small race and they'd rather be starting the off-season early. Why will this year be different? Does Pidcock see last year's halted race as unfinished business?
Dogtrousers
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It does seem like they mean business.
mjr
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You're the one calling them minor players, not me! Ineos's bigger GC riders are Thomas and arguably Ganna, but they're busy elsewhere. Geoghegan Hart, Sivakov, Martinez and Tullett all have won GC IIRC, but seem to be on the naughty step for transferring. Narváez is out injured. How many GCs have Pidcock and Rodriguez won between them as World Tour riders? It's a nice round number, isn't it?
Ineos could still win it, but the Jumbo line up looks threatening: WVA, Affini, Kruijswijk, Kooij, Van Emden and Van Hooydonck. Bora and Movistar are also sending strong teams, but also with sprinters (Bennett and Gaviria, respectively), so maybe they're not all in for the GC.
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Adam4868
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Not sure of your point and neither are you by the sounds of it...I think there team can more than challenge for the overall.You say in your other post
Yet did Hayter not come runner up in 2021 and Pidders in 2022 ?
Hardly "not putting the effort in" as you say.Home riders on home soil..who wants that 🙄
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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I'm sure of my point. Maybe you should read the other side of the "or" for Hayter and Pidcock? They're not Ineos's top GC riders, contrary to your earlier point. At least Hayter had won GC, unlike this Pidcock and Rodriguez.
