TDF 2013 - Stage 4 TTT *Spoilers*

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  • MrTapir
    MrTapir Posts: 1,206
    nic_77 wrote:
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Commentator just said they time from 'the 5th wheel over the line'. Surely it's the 5th bike?
    Dorset Boy wrote:
    Yeah, 9th wheel surely! :D
    Er no. Even though Lichtblick's original comment was possibly a 'joke' - it wasn't a good one. Your comment I'm afraid is just wrong. :wink:

    The riders usually spread out across the road - so ninth wheel could actually be the rear wheel of the fourth finisher in the team (or various other combinations). Time, as has been said, is taken from the fifth front wheel.

    Top Pedantry that man!
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    PeteMadoc wrote:
    Graeme_S wrote:
    hammerite wrote:
    Timed to perfection from Sky. Quick enough to only lose a second, slow enough to not have to wear yellow.
    Does seem just about perfect.

    Hmmm, do you think they eased a little on the run in? Hard to tell. Difficult politically as I guess Eddy would have loved to wear yellow but not a good time time for the team to take it.

    I'd presume Sky are bloody minded and hard nosed enough not to bother defending it too zealously though?
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  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    Tinkoff in second place at the split.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Great stuff from Saxo. 2" down.
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    nic_77 wrote:
    calvjones wrote:
    Fifth rear wheel surely as that's where the transponders are?
    Well on a normal road stage it's the front wheel that stops the clock... as evidence by just about every photo finish you've ever seen.


    Yes but you couldn't use a light-beam camera/timer to cut when the 5th rider crosses the line on a TTT!? - it would surely have to be 5th transponder across...

    Most fun discussion in a TTT ever. [/geek]
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    Europcar suffering as every single rider tries to get into the breakaway group...
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  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    I reckon Sky probably posted the best time they possibly could have done. An extra couple of seconds here could make all the difference in Paris and if it all goes wrong later than a TTT stage win and EBH in yellow could turn out to be a consolation prize. Sure they wouldn't give that up on purpose
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    Europcar suffering as every single rider tries to get into the breakaway group...

    LOL :lol:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • t5nel
    t5nel Posts: 365
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    Europcar suffering as every single rider tries to get into the breakaway group...
    quality - made me smile
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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Europcar looking ragged. Harmon still going on about Ridley stealth coatings :roll:
  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    thats amazing I love it when they do awsome rides with broken bones, it must release some kind of painkiller. that stage a few years ago Pau to Bayonne which was won with livingstone who had a cracked shoulder was amazing too.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    What was that weird little interlude on Eurosport?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    RonB wrote:
    Europcar looking ragged. Harmon still going on about Ridley stealth coatings :roll:


    Seriously, I'm trying not to kick in my screen, he's doing my head in
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Above The Cows wrote:
    What was that weird little interlude on Eurosport?
    The audio change? That was the "race radio" feed or whatever it's supposed to be.
  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    Kirby in tears as the voice on the mic feed's English was awful yet he managed to convey what was happening better than Kirby ... Genius!
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    Europcar suffering as every single rider tries to get into the breakaway group...

    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
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  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    I went to that world cup team time trial a few years ago in Holland the impression of speed when they came past in full flow was amazing
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    edited July 2013
    Movistar happy with 18" down at the finish. 3km to go for Saxo.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    God Bertie's bum shuffle is annoying.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
    goonz wrote:
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    Europcar suffering as every single rider tries to get into the breakaway group...

    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    Vino'sGhost wrote:
    I went to that world cup team time trial a few years ago in Holland the impression of speed when they came past in full flow was amazing

    that was only last September!
  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    LOL i drink a lot but not that much :) prob 5 years ago????
  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    Above The Cows wrote:
    God Bertie's bum shuffle is annoying.

    I'd double check that with Frenchie before posting anything online ...
  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    Go Contador!
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    edited July 2013
    Bertie gains time on Froome?
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Saxo faded off a bit there...
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Saxo come in third. OGE just 3" off at the split.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    FJS wrote:
    Bertie gains time on Froome?
    Saxo 6s behind Sky...
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    RonB wrote:
    Europcar looking ragged. Harmon still going on about Ridley stealth coatings :roll:

    Harmon? Thought he wasn't on the race?
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    FJS wrote:
    Bertie gains time on Froome?
    No, but very close

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