TdF 2012 Stage 1 **Spoilers**

Hincapie's bike:

Wiggins new marginal gain tactic:


Should be a Valverde/Gerrans/Gilbert/Sagan finish hopefully.
Interestingly reading steephill's preview, you have:
In 1995, on a similar but less hilly Ardennes loop, Johan Bruyneel sat on Miguel Indurain's wheel for 30k in the break before passing him at the line to take the win and the yellow jersey. The next day, Miguel Inderain took revenge by winning a 54 km individual time-trial in Seraing where this year's Stage 1 finishes.

JB looks so different know / what a slimy wheel-sucker / BigMig class / check those specs!

Wiggins new marginal gain tactic:


Should be a Valverde/Gerrans/Gilbert/Sagan finish hopefully.
Interestingly reading steephill's preview, you have:
In 1995, on a similar but less hilly Ardennes loop, Johan Bruyneel sat on Miguel Indurain's wheel for 30k in the break before passing him at the line to take the win and the yellow jersey. The next day, Miguel Inderain took revenge by winning a 54 km individual time-trial in Seraing where this year's Stage 1 finishes.

JB looks so different know / what a slimy wheel-sucker / BigMig class / check those specs!
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It doesn't look like it:
EDIT: Having looked at a map, it's definitely a different climb.
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Should be Gilbert, no?
Based on 2011 you would expect a repeat stage 1 victory for Gilbert.
However based on 2012 form up to today, not so much. Pip was very good today though, so you would have to fancy him.
Then again, so was Chavanel. He should be in that group.
- It's his first TDF and the speed in the bunch is faster than any other race. This stage is also a long one at 198km
- The field he was up against in California and Switzerland was no where near as strong as the one he'll be up against today.
- He looked much too keen yesterday, and I can see him trying a Banzai move and falling off.
- The Belgians, and especially Gilbert will be fired up for this stage.
Now watch the action unfold and prove me wrong.
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ES have Sean Kelly ... enough said ...
Ever since watching Chasing Legends I've grown a bit of love for Phil Ligett behind the mic
He's good on the highlights, that's all I can say
You must like americanisms then - Cos Liggett & Sherwin pander to the yank audience even tho they work for a BRITISH station. Both talk horse manure...Why dont you twitter them and ask them why didnt they mention the "Texan Messiah" yesterday.
Interview with Tony Gallopin and in the other shot, a horse... galloping.
Clever.
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I am not so sure this is true, i think ITV must pay for the verse commentary because I was visiting Alaska when the tour was on two years ago and watching the verses channel for a live stage. When I got home a few days later and catching up on the highlights it sounded like the same commentary featured so I would imagine it's they pander to the american audience because that is who they are working for.
Hence why they talk up amercian cyclists and bang on about how riders performed in the tour of california even though that is no real indication of how someone is performing this season.
Their primary employers are NBC, not ITV.
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They do a clever multi-region package, edited for several territories. The Americans don't see the Boardman/Boulting bits, for instance. Can't remember what the Australians see, but it wouldn't surprise me that they mix the Ligwen parts with their own local fillers after the ad breaks.
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