Ride London Classic **Spoiler**

sportvan
sportvan Posts: 105
edited August 2013 in Pro race
Now just started and live on BBC HD and Eurosport.
Big names racing including peter sagan.
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  • sportvan
    sportvan Posts: 105
    Full start list:
    http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/T ... titors.htm

    Strangle no Mark Cavendish or Omega Pharma
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    All 221kms of it being covered.
    A long day in the armchair! :P
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Extensive highlights of the women's race too. Good stuff.
  • doug5_10
    doug5_10 Posts: 465
    Hopefully a sign of the future with the best cycling commentator covering a major pro race on the BBC. So far so good with no dumbing down for the masses.
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    doug5_10 wrote:
    Hopefully a sign of the future with the best cycling commentator covering a major pro race on the BBC. So far so good with no dumbing down for the masses.

    It's amazing how much more relaxed I am listening to Brotherton. No stress.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Yes, it's bliss. Even tone, no insane jabbering.
    26kms covered in the first half hour.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    They've just done a bit with Matt Dawson who's just finished the sportive ride. He'd ridden it for a bowel cancer charity "for my Mum" and got a bit teary talking about his experience of the ride and his Mum. They cut back to the main commentary and Rob Hayles immediately said "has he put on a bit of timber? No wonder he's emotional about making it over the hills!" :D
  • argyllflyer
    argyllflyer Posts: 893
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Yes, it's bliss. Even tone, no insane jabbering.
    26kms covered in the first half hour.

    Carlton's on at 2.30pm!
  • argyllflyer
    argyllflyer Posts: 893
    On another note, the onscreen graphics (distance to go! lead group's time!) remind me of Sporza's. Any idea who the coverage is being done by? Is it the Beeb or another company?
  • majormantra
    majormantra Posts: 2,094
    Peloton going so slowly that half the riders stop for a coffee...
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    I'm glad they put an elite race in alongside the sportive and I know it's in the first year, but this really is sub-chipper isn't it? Even the Tour of Britain would be ashamed of this start list!
  • Silly Old Hector
    Silly Old Hector Posts: 573
    Freeview 303 red button HD, before it returns to BBC 1 about 4

    :D
    All the gear, but no idea...
  • argyllflyer
    argyllflyer Posts: 893
    Graeme_S wrote:
    I'm glad they put an elite race in alongside the sportive and I know it's in the first year, but this really is sub-chipper isn't it? Even the Tour of Britain would be ashamed of this start list!

    More WT & PC teams than last year's ToB I think.

    The difficulty in getting a field comes in the time of year, this is flat Spring Classics territory yet the race is in August, a fortnight or so after the best sprinters wind down after the Tour.

    It is a shame though that BMC and Omega Pharma Quickstep didn't come along considering they have 2 Brits each that are suited to this kind of race. But Tour of Denmark is a more established, competing event.
  • gpreeves
    gpreeves Posts: 454
    Is there a profile of the route anywhere? Couldn't find one on the official site, or is it so flat that nobody has even bothered? I've always felt the UK could have an interesting one day race in the South-West, the home counties are just a little dull.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,598
    are they effing kidding? hugh porter? why hasn't he been put down?
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    Hayles describing the result of the Olympic road race as a travesty. Good on him!

    Brotherton brings home to you just how annoying Carlton is.
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  • Give me more
    Give me more Posts: 487
    gpreeves wrote:
    Is there a profile of the route anywhere? Couldn't find one on the official site, or is it so flat that nobody has even bothered? I've always felt the UK could have an interesting one day race in the South-West, the home counties are just a little dull.

    http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/A ... rofile.pdf

    Has a map of the route + a profile
  • argyllflyer
    argyllflyer Posts: 893
    gsk82 wrote:
    are they effing kidding? hugh porter? why hasn't he been put down?

    After his dumping by the Beeb last year, ITV4 brought him in to cover the Tour Series and British Championships.

    Carlton is now on Eurosport though.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    gpreeves wrote:
    Is there a profile of the route anywhere? Couldn't find one on the official site, or is it so flat that nobody has even bothered? I've always felt the UK could have an interesting one day race in the South-West, the home counties are just a little dull.

    Doing Leith Hill aren't they? Short and sharp but not too challenging for these riders. Would be OK if not for the run back to London as the narrow hill would have resulted in a good battle for position if close to the finish.
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    argyllflyer wrote:
    More WT & PC teams than last year's ToB I think.
    Maybe so, but I think there are fewer big names (as in riders rather than teams) than the ToB usually attracts (although I get that it's a completely different sort of race and the ToB is often a useful warm up for the Worlds).
  • J3w3ll3r
    J3w3ll3r Posts: 86
    This may sound like a stupid question, but will the elite riders end up on the same roads as the slower casual riders? If so could make for some interesting passing manoeuvres
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Was good to see new Welsh champ Jon Mould taking the first sprint. Shame he doesn't get to wear a Champs jersey.
  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    how do i get this on my PC? confused dot com here
  • argyllflyer
    argyllflyer Posts: 893
    edited August 2013
    Graeme_S wrote:
    argyllflyer wrote:
    More WT & PC teams than last year's ToB I think.
    Maybe so, but I think there are fewer big names (as in riders rather than teams) than the ToB usually attracts (although I get that it's a completely different sort of race and the ToB is often a useful warm up for the Worlds).

    Yeah, but as I said (acknowledging that,) getting a decent field of sprinters and classics riders is a bit difficult in August. Sky's Classics team is basically in attendance minus EBH and GT who I assume are both still recovering from tour / injured. And Stannard, also I guess in Tour recovery.

    At ToB 2012, there was Basso and Sammy Sanchez but I don't recall any other big names outside of Sky. Garmin had a few stagiaires in their team. The only other big names (iirc) were the likes of Cav and Wiggo in the Sky line-up.
  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    durrrr hadnt looked on Europsport
  • argyllflyer
    argyllflyer Posts: 893
    Vino'sGhost wrote:
    how do i get this on my PC? confused dot com here

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/23491277
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    It was all going so well until Hugh turned up. Now it's all about Sky and how 5 minutes is a dangerous lead.....with 140km still to go!
  • prhymeate
    prhymeate Posts: 795
    Quick pic I snapped of Sagan and co going through Richmond Park earlier. I was pleased that they didn't ride up that hill quite as quickly as I'd expted. :lol:

    Tjoo50y.jpg
  • argyllflyer
    argyllflyer Posts: 893
    J3w3ll3r wrote:
    This may sound like a stupid question, but will the elite riders end up on the same roads as the slower casual riders? If so could make for some interesting passing manoeuvres

    I think it was said they had til 4pm to finish.
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    edited August 2013
    "Peleton" Someone needs spelling lessons...

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