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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    Why are GB on the front??
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    I wonder if they've actually turned up with some sort of plan?

    I think they're trying to keep it as steady a pace as possible to help JTL cope with the distance. No letting the gap get to 10+ minutes and then having to drill it for a really hard final 100k.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    jawooga wrote:
    How do the women take a comfort break? Do they carry a she-wee and hope for the best?

    The rather fanciable Marijn will answer you

    http://marijndevries.nl/?p=4905

    and

    http://marijndevries.nl/?p=4123

    It's a good blog to follow, in true Dutch style she leaves little to the imagination! Really highlights the difference between the men and womens pro peloton, including a justified bith at the men who whinged that they did nt have much to get changed in after that Vuelta stage!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    There should be a ban on combining team kit with national kit. Colourclash-tastic!
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  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Millar saying that Cav is road captain for GB today. Interesting.
  • Tom BB
    Tom BB Posts: 1,001
    Gotta love Cav cornering...dropping the peloton with ease :-)
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    I reckon it's one lap of the circuit, then Cav climbs off.
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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    I reckon it's one lap of the circuit, then Cav climbs off.

    Hope so, it looks like he's wearing a white codpiece! :shock:
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    I reckon it's one lap of the circuit, then Cav climbs off.

    Hope so, it looks like he's wearing a white codpiece! :shock:

    It's hypnotic.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,574
    Why doesn't Cav get to wear the world's jersey?
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Swift and JTL the only two Brits not at the front.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    Anyone know about what time this will finish (UK time or Siberia time...)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Why doesn't Cav get to wear the world's jersey?

    His year is up. But I bet he's wearing it underneath.
  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,974
    Turfle wrote:
    Swift and JTL the only two Brits not at the front.


    It must be my ignorance but I don't get this "Sky" obsession with being out front all the time and doing all the work. Do they have a cunning plan or are they just stupid?
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,574
    ddraver wrote:
    Anyone know about what time this will finish (UK time or Siberia time...)

    170km to go. So, I'd say around 4pm UK time or 10pm in western Siberia.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,574
    Dabber wrote:
    Turfle wrote:
    Swift and JTL the only two Brits not at the front.


    It must be my ignorance but I don't get this "Sky" obsession with being out front all the time and doing all the work. Do they have a cunning plan or are they just stupid?

    I don't either. They should have got a rider in the break and made Belgium do all the chasing.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Is there an intermediate sprint coming up?
  • tommyfelt
    tommyfelt Posts: 90
    DeadCalm wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Contador won't win.

    Valverde might.

    From yesterday:

    the Inner Ring ‏@inrng
    Apparently Alejandro Valverde fainted yesterday afternoon. The Spanish team says he just ate his lunch too quickly.


    Anyone else think that's a little shady? Particularly after his Vuelta....
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Ahh, crosswinds!
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Dabber wrote:
    Turfle wrote:
    Swift and JTL the only two Brits not at the front.


    It must be my ignorance but I don't get this "Sky" obsession with being out front all the time and doing all the work. Do they have a cunning plan or are they just stupid?

    Don't know why they're riding today (my guess is they're trying to make it as relaxed a first 150k as possible for JTL), but I know thinking has gone into it.

    We saw during the Tour with Cav, and at the Vuelta when Froome went off the boil, that when it's not in their interest to ride, they won't.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,550
    Eurosport DK promising something about Kimmage a little later.
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Splitting up a bit.
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    I'm off in a minute - reckon I've probably seen the best of this race already ;):(
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Few people there! :shock:
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    Very proud of Cav - he's doing a great *ahem* job of work on the front there ;)
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    The Mad Rapper wrote:
    Very proud of Cav - he's doing a great *ahem* job of work on the front there ;)

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  • jawooga
    jawooga Posts: 530
    jawooga wrote:
    How do the women take a comfort break? Do they carry a she-wee and hope for the best?
    ddraver wrote:
    The rather fanciable Marijn will answer you

    http://marijndevries.nl/?p=4905

    and

    http://marijndevries.nl/?p=4123

    It's a good blog to follow, in true Dutch style she leaves little to the imagination! Really highlights the difference between the men and womens pro peloton, including a justified bith at the men who whinged that they did nt have much to get changed in after that Vuelta stage!

    Thanks. Interesting blog.
  • richa
    richa Posts: 1,632
    That will fire up Cav. Whacked over the head with abanner.
    Rich
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    RichA wrote:
    That will fire up Cav. Whacked over the head with abanner.

    Wasn't Dirk Hoffman, was it? :D
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    RichA wrote:
    That will fire up Cav. Whacked over the head with abanner.

    Wasn't Dirk Hoffman, was it? :D

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