Tour de France stage 1 Leeds-Harrogate *Spoiler*

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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,541
    Not many OPQS riders chasing. How times change.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Paul giving the dimensions of a dry stone wall!
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  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    Paul giving the dimensions of a dry stone wall!

    They're just guidelines tough, should have said they're not 'set in stone' :lol:
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    It looks a bit blustery. I wonder if we'll get some echelons when they get on to the more open moorland.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Milton50 wrote:
    It looks a bit blustery. I wonder if we'll get some echelons when they get on to the more open moorland.

    Warm up the klaxon in preparation...
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    arran77 wrote:
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    Paul giving the dimensions of a dry stone wall!

    They're just guidelines tough, should have said they're not 'set in stone' :lol:

    Outstanding sir!
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,163
    How come the Sky mechanic helped the crashed rider sort his bike out? Not seen that before, buying favours on Stage 1 :wink:
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,163
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Milton50 wrote:
    It looks a bit blustery. I wonder if we'll get some echelons when they get on to the more open moorland.

    Warm up the klaxon in preparation...

    Only 10kph apparently.
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    Yellow sheep - great! :)
  • Give me more
    Give me more Posts: 487
    Hundreds of yellow sheep. The most excited Phil and Paul have been all day.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Pross wrote:
    How come the Sky mechanic helped the crashed rider sort his bike out? Not seen that before, buying favours on Stage 1 :wink:

    Just being British about the whole thing
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,163
    Proper racing roads these - narrow, twisty and either up or down all the way. I reckon some they have already been up would be categorised on a mid race stage.
  • towser44
    towser44 Posts: 21
    Its going to rain because the sheep are sitting down :D
  • k-dog
    k-dog Posts: 1,652
    TMR wrote:
    Why are there so many breaks? Annoying.

    Because that's how the channel is paid for? Would you rather they were at the climax?

    Twitter is driving me mental - all the bleating about an ad break while they were in 'my village' and telling itv to sort their cameras. It's a 3 week race paid for by advertising and itv just borrow the French feed.
    I'm left handed, if that matters.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,710
    Give me more wrote:
    Hundreds of yellow sheep. The most excited Phil and Paul have been all day.

    The farmer is a dyed in the wool character. :P
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  • towser44
    towser44 Posts: 21
    Where can I buy this book of Trees of Great Britain? Got to be worth stumping up the cash for.
  • Give me more
    Give me more Posts: 487
    I can't handle this many puns on day 1 guys. You're breaking me.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Pross wrote:
    Proper racing roads these - narrow, twisty and either up or down all the way. I reckon some they have already been up would be categorised on a mid race stage.

    Agreed. I think a tougher Grand depart than usual, no easy km's
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Give me more wrote:
    Hundreds of yellow sheep. The most excited Phil and Paul have been all day.

    Ah shoot I missed the sheep.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Give me more
    Give me more Posts: 487
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Give me more wrote:
    Hundreds of yellow sheep. The most excited Phil and Paul have been all day.

    Ah shoot I missed the sheep.

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,538
    Côte de Cray coming up soon for the break.
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  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    towser44 wrote:
    Where can I buy this book of Trees of Great Britain? Got to be worth stumping up the cash for.

    I think it wood be a good read, have you tried Amazon, lots of trees there.
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Give me more wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Give me more wrote:
    Hundreds of yellow sheep. The most excited Phil and Paul have been all day.

    Ah shoot I missed the sheep.

    Brx9VzYCEAAvwIr.png:large

    Merci!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Blimey you'd think this was a summit finish! :shock:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Give me more
    Give me more Posts: 487
    You'd think they were in the Alps.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,538
    Yes! Bretagne take the first KOM point :-)

    Crowds like the Alpe on a cat 4 climb :-D
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    First blood to Bretagne Seche in KOM!
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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    Amazing support on that climb. Quite incredible.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,163
    They wanted that one. If that's the crowd on a 4th cat I can't imagine what Holme Moss and some of the bigger 3rd cat climbs will be like!
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Yes! Bretagne take the first KOM point :-)

    Crowds like the Alpe on a cat 4 climb :-D

    Exactly my thought. The riders must be so pleased at the effort everyone has made.

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