La Doyenne *spoiler*

iainf72

Weather looks ok at the start

iainf72

Igor Anton has crashed before the race started officially and broken his collarbone

frenchfighter

Unreal. Can't get much more bad luck than that!!

rick_chasey

Dario Cataldo
Simon Geschke
Kevin Ista
Reinier Honig
Grégory Habeaux
Alessandro Bazzana

In the break, 6 minutes ahead with roughly 195 km to go.

No_Ta_Doctor

Either the rumours about Canc's bike were true and he's fit and racing again, or Eurosport are late and still showing motorbikes---- plus ca change.

No_Ta_Doctor

Meanwhile on Eurosport 2 Gilbert is showing his versatility by winning a snooker match.
I think I might go back to bed until today makes a bit more sense.

No_Ta_Doctor

Eurosport 2 now showing the Tour of Turkey, where Ray Reardon, Steve Davis and Jimmy White have apparently not made the day's break.

RichN95.

It's on my Eurosport. Has been for about 20 minutes.

kooky45

Is the local broadcaster taking the mickey playing interviews from before the race?! :evil:

LangerDan

Eurosport problem, I think (maybe Kelly has finally twatted Harmon?). Sporza is still showing the race

LangerDan

Cataldo looks lonely - must be annoying to have such good form and then have to sit up and wait for his slower companions

afx237vi

Eurosport pictures but no sound. Why can't this ever happen when Carlton's on shift?

LangerDan

afx237vi wrote:

Eurosport pictures but no sound. Why can't this ever happen when Carlton's on shift?

Who's arse do you think is plonked on the "Mute" button back at the studio?

rick_chasey

Before the sound break up Harmon and Kelly were going on that the race isn't ridden like it used to be - i.e. boring.

Decided it was because of teams racing for UCI points.


Now have sporza commentary with eurosport HD feed.

afx237vi

Somewhat implausibly, that new Pozzato advert on Eurosport HD is actually quite decent. Selle Italia, though, not Sidi.

emadden

Ah Thats bollox JC

I wish Kelly had let out some expletives

rick_chasey

So Rolland David Le Lay en Vasili Kirijenka are chasing the breakaway in no man's land.

rick_chasey

Well they made the breakaway.


You'd imagine if the keep that pace up a few of the original break will be out the door.

No_Ta_Doctor

:shock: Danish Eurosport has just treated us to a story about Allen Peiper's granddad being a nazi war criminal.

afx237vi

Eurosport has the bluntest interviewer ever. His question to Andy Schleck just now was basically "you've been rubbish in the past week, correct?"

No_Ta_Doctor

Rick Chasey wrote:

Well they made the breakaway.


You'd imagine if the keep that pace up a few of the original break will be out the door.

2 down already.

EKIMIKE

Sidi supported the Marshall Plan don't ya know. Oh right. Citi. Anyone else have to do a double take when that advert came on? I was genuinely interested to see some 200 year old Sidi's.

OffTheBackAdam

Weather looks about like it is here!
Just got back in, missed all the heavy rain!

No_Ta_Doctor

EKIMIKE wrote:

Sidi supported the Marshall Plan don't ya know. Oh right. Citi. Anyone else have to do a double take when that advert came on? I was genuinely interested to see some 200 year old Sidi's.

Yes. Every time.

rick_chasey

OffTheBackAdam wrote:

Weather looks about like it is here!
Just got back in, missed all the heavy rain!

Didn't miss much else.

No_Ta_Doctor

The Schlecks chilling at the back as they approach la Redoute...

emadden

whats up with the brothers at the back of the bunch...! oh i forgot, there was a rain shower

LangerDan

Somebody. Do. Something.

emadden

oh well... that was exciting! .......... .................... n.o.t.

shinyhelmut

Valverde with a mechanical/puncture on la redoubte. What a piti

Tom BB

Thrilling stuff this :shock: