Tour of Turkey

[Crackle]

He didn't half give it a kick at the end too

 

[Flying_Monkey]

This is the first victory for an African in the UCI European Tour, and if he holds on for the overall, it would be the first overall victory for an African outside of Africa.

 

[Strathlubnaig]

very good final 200m sprint attack by Berhane, he'll be a marked man now ! Good win for Europcar.

 

[Herzog]

Steep that, wasn't it? I suppose I'll have to give a grudging acknowledgement that the UCI is finally beginning to deliver on the globalisation of cycling.

Wait until the Tour of Beijing...

 

[rich p]

Ignatyev gets stung buy an insect on a lone break. You heard it here first!
p.s. The insect wasn't the one on the break!

 

[Radchenister]

'Commentator Cam' - not the actual race but the last few km filmed by Magnus Backstedt on a handlebar mounted camera (GoPro), filmed in the morning before the race:


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRwKCpKlsZA&feature=youtu.be

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

'Commentator Cam' - not the actual race but the last few km filmed by Magnus Backstedt on a handlebar mounted GoPro in the morning:


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRwKCpKlsZA&feature=youtu.be

Thanks for that link. I'd half-listened to the commentary but was having difficulty finding it.

 

[Radchenister]

I don't usually do Twitter but you can just search '>their name/s< + >twitter<' in Google (or similar) and find their posts if you feel the urge to see what they're on about.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Berhane still firmly in the overall. Fingers crossed!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Berhane still firmly in the overall. Fingers crossed!

Yes, but it seems he buried himself so deeply yesterday the commentators couldn't find him today.

 

[themosquitoking]

Just been watching the highlights and saw someone get a p******e and have his wheel changed. A question arose, when they do p******e in a race and they call the car up do they put the bike into a certain gear to make the wheel change quicker?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Just been watching the highlights and saw someone get a p******e and have his wheel changed. A question arose, when they do p******e in a race and they call the car up do they put the bike into a certain gear to make the wheel change quicker?

Yes, smallest sprocket, I believe. You'll occasionally notice them lift up the rear wheel and shift up while they're waiting at the side of the road.

 

[themosquitoking]

Yes, smallest sprocket, I believe. You'll occasionally notice them lift up the rear wheel and shift up while they're waiting at the side of the road.

I guess that also explains the need for a push off, no one likes starting off in the small ring.

 

[ColinJ]

I've just watched the highlights too.

Did anybody else notice some camera bikes going up the climb against the traffic on the wrong side of the dual carriageway!

 

[Herzog]

I've just watched the highlights too.

Did anybody else notice some camera bikes going up the climb against the traffic on the wrong side of the dual carriageway!

Normal for Turkey...wouldn't fancy commuting there!