Tour of California 2014 **Spoilers**

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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    ECHELONS! (well for a while anyway)
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    Close finish, but Cav wins.
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    Still not enamoured by the leaders jersey.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    I thought Cav won 4 stages in Turkey? To be fair it would have been a little boring if he'd won every stage other than the mountain stages.

    Anyway do I stay up to watch the Folsom TT?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • roypsb
    roypsb Posts: 309
    Great sprint by Cav.

    Dreadful picture quality. I found it nauseating.
  • slimreaper
    slimreaper Posts: 738
    Why are they constantly scrolling GC times which are essentially all the same, but ignoring TT stage times?
  • Downward
    Downward Posts: 179
    Awful pictures and not even updating the TT times.
  • Downward
    Downward Posts: 179
    Sir Brad smooth as
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Brad's got some form by the looks of it.
  • slimreaper
    slimreaper Posts: 738
    He does look good
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    edited May 2014
    They haven't got a clue. No time checks whatsoever.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    I still don't understand how people can ride a bike so fast. It's silly.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    44 seconds ahead of Dennis. That'll be tough for Phinney.
  • slimreaper
    slimreaper Posts: 738
    So frustrating. Watching a TT partly hinges on the suspense of monitoring time checks.
  • tom3
    tom3 Posts: 287
    sur brad floats on a tt bike. Although, I did have to double take as I spied him move position in his saddle for the first time in history :-)
  • slimreaper
    slimreaper Posts: 738
    Commentators bigging Phinney up no end. He's only won an ITT in dubai this year. His last before that was the 2012 Giro I think.
  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    As it stands

    1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 0:23:18
    2 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp 0:24:02
    3 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 0:24:29
    4 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:24:33
    5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 0:24:33
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    You couldn't design a more perfect course for Phinney though. I'd say 8 times out of 10 Wiggo wins, but you never know.
  • slimreaper
    slimreaper Posts: 738
    OnYourRight wrote:
    slimreaper wrote:
    So frustrating. Watching a TT partly hinges on the suspense of monitoring time checks.
    Do your own checks. They’re offering free HD streaming that actually works and you’re moaning about the details?
    Easy tiger. Good that they are. Fair play to them. Just think times might be useful on a TT.
  • woody1545
    woody1545 Posts: 322
    Phinney 32 secs down...
  • slimreaper
    slimreaper Posts: 738
    Phinney quite a way back at the first split.
  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,857
    Phinney 32secs down at turn. Not a chance.
  • slimreaper
    slimreaper Posts: 738
    Good god! Cav's skinsuit is awful. Its like an 80's shellsuit design
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    Van de Velde finally cracks at Sherwen's constant references to "non-climber" Bradley Wiggins. He won the Tour de France FFS!
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Pedal, Taylor! PEDAL!
  • woody1545
    woody1545 Posts: 322
    In TTs does the starter usually do that weird right way up, wrong way up alternate hand motion with the 5 second countdown or is she show boating?
  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,857
    Phinneys fizik is an adamo
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    woody1545 wrote:
    In TTs does the starter usually do that weird right way up, wrong way up alternate hand motion with the 5 second countdown or is she show boating?

    They do all sorts of things. Her backwards 2 is very impressive.
  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,857
    OnYourRight wrote:
    Anyone know why Ten Dam crashed at the finish line? He looked properly annoyed.
    Distracted by uploading to strava?
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    I just don't understand how they can breathe when they are in the TT position. I've tried it and my knees keep hitting my tummy :(
  • slimreaper
    slimreaper Posts: 738
    woody1545 wrote:
    In TTs does the starter usually do that weird right way up, wrong way up alternate hand motion with the 5 second countdown or is she show boating?
    :lol: definitely showboating. I've never seen it before. Must be a U.S. thang.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    edited May 2014
    OnYourRight wrote:
    slimreaper wrote:
    So frustrating. Watching a TT partly hinges on the suspense of monitoring time checks.
    Do your own checks. They’re offering free HD streaming that actually works and you’re moaning about the details?

    Well, Eurosport definitely isn't a free stream here. Not that it matters anyway. The lack of/way of showing the time checks are ridiculous. That's all.

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