Tour of Britain 'Spoilers'

[beastie]

Big crowd on Honister considering the weather. It will be a hard hard day today. I'm off to warm up now.

 

[Bollo]

Serious question / proposition; why don't they roll a mat across the cattle grids for the few mins it takes for the peleton to come through?

Good question. In the wet they're just a lottery.

 

[smutchin]

Just put the TV coverage on... egads, it's grim out there!

 

[jarlrmai]

Hope Brad doesn't get a cold.

 

[The Couch]

Just put the TV coverage on... egads, it's grim out there!

Just did so as well...
It looks indeed like the Belgians aren't the only ones who can complain about the weather these days

 

[The Couch]

Hope Brad doesn't get a cold.

Luckily there arent' any big descents around otherwise he would best change to a mountainbike

 

[Crackle]

This next hill up by Keswick is steep, I bet they fly up it

 

[The Couch]

Pro Tour teams looking for an alternative to Flecha could always check if Pirazzi would like to join...
He was almost daily in the escape in the Giro and here he was again

 

[The Couch]

The peloton is surely too late

EDIT: Nope, quite a steep little last piece

 

[smutchin]

Nicely done by Ciolek. He probably found today quite easy compared to MSR.

 

[thom]

A propos of not much other than that the race started in Carlisle today, here's a picture from the Milk Race Carlisle stage start in 1970 that I discovered recently:

The guy with the flag starting it was my grandfather & my grandmother is there too.

Well done Ciolek btw - can't begrudge MTN-Qhubeckha some nice results

 

[Crackle]

Sometimes I'm a ........ Just realized I'm on ITV4+1.......So ciolek wins eh.........I'm off to make some tea and curse myself under my breath...

 

[Stonechat]

Isn't it weird how the Tv pictures make climbs look less severe?

It didn't on the Angliru

 

[Stonechat]

Completely missed today's stage, over when I went to see the end!"

 

[Crackle]

Hugh Porter is totally useless.