TdF 2015 - Stage 6 - Abbeville - Le Hauve ***Spoilers***
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I know Abbeville quite well. It is the host town for the annual Ronde Picarde sportive I do every year.
Is it a good sportive ?
Long and rolling, nice end-of-summer event...and I ride to it from my house (via Newhaven/Dieppe ferry)Half man, Half bike0 -
Seeing as someone mentioned it... the only national champ jersey we should be seeing in the tour is the French one. Kennaugh gets to wear his in the Tour of Britain.0
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Inrng did a piece of national champion jerseys a few years ago...
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Seeing as someone mentioned it... the only national champ jersey we should be seeing in the tour is the French one. Kennaugh gets to wear his in the Tour of Britain.
I'm confused."In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"
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Today's weather, which I read as tailwind to start, becoming a cross/headwind for a while, then most of the coastal run as cross/tail. Again, this will increase the level of nervousness within the peloton.
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Tired minds and legs already...realise how epic it is ...podium in Paris a long way off
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[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19646240#p19646240]disgruntledgoat[/url] wrote:Seeing as someone mentioned it... the only national champ jersey we should be seeing in the tour is the French one. Kennaugh gets to wear his in the Tour of Britain.
I'm confused.
me too, the national champs jersey can be worn in all uci competitions that are in the same category surely (i.e. road). ???
or am i missing something?0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19646240#p19646240]disgruntledgoat[/url] wrote:Seeing as someone mentioned it... the only national champ jersey we should be seeing in the tour is the French one. Kennaugh gets to wear his in the Tour of Britain.
I'm confused.
me too, the national champs jersey can be worn in all uci competitions that are in the same category surely (i.e. road). ???
or am i missing something?
Yes they can, but they wouldn't be able to under TheBigBean rules.0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19646240#p19646240]disgruntledgoat[/url] wrote:Seeing as someone mentioned it... the only national champ jersey we should be seeing in the tour is the French one. Kennaugh gets to wear his in the Tour of Britain.
I'm confused.
me too, the national champs jersey can be worn in all uci competitions that are in the same category surely (i.e. road). ???
or am i missing something?
Yes they can, but they wouldn't be able to under TheBigBean rules.
Remind me though, would the Dutch champ have been able to wear his jersey while the Tour was in Holland? And what would have happened on Stage 4? Would the Belgian started in natchamp jersey and changed at the border, with the French champ putting his on as they crossed back into France?0 -
Remind me though, would the Dutch champ have been able to wear his jersey while the Tour was in Holland? And what would have happened on Stage 4? Would the Belgian started in natchamp jersey and changed at the border, with the French champ putting his on as they crossed back into France?
Minor details, but probably not. Each race would be assigned to a country. Tour de France would be French.0 -
seems the BigBean rules need a bit of work.0
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seems the BigBean rules need a bit of work.
A couple of beers always seems to make them much clearer...0 -
Remind me though, would the Dutch champ have been able to wear his jersey while the Tour was in Holland? And what would have happened on Stage 4? Would the Belgian started in natchamp jersey and changed at the border, with the French champ putting his on as they crossed back into France?
Minor details, but probably not. Each race would be assigned to a country. Tour de France would be French.
Nah.
Simple. Only can race in nat champ colours on home turf.
So if it's a Dutch stage, dutch nat champ.
If it goes from France to Italy in the stage, both riders can wear it.0 -
Remind me though, would the Dutch champ have been able to wear his jersey while the Tour was in Holland? And what would have happened on Stage 4? Would the Belgian started in natchamp jersey and changed at the border, with the French champ putting his on as they crossed back into France?
Minor details, but probably not. Each race would be assigned to a country. Tour de France would be French.
Nah.
Simple. Only can race in nat champ colours on home turf.
So if it's a Dutch stage, dutch nat champ.
If it goes from France to Italy in the stage, both riders can wear it.
They wouldn't have to change at the border?0 -
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Nah.
where's the fun in that?Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy0 -
What's the point in the entire concept? It's outrageous! Egregious! Preposterous!"In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"
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Remind me though, would the Dutch champ have been able to wear his jersey while the Tour was in Holland? And what would have happened on Stage 4? Would the Belgian started in natchamp jersey and changed at the border, with the French champ putting his on as they crossed back into France?
Minor details, but probably not. Each race would be assigned to a country. Tour de France would be French.
Nah.
Simple. Only can race in nat champ colours on home turf.
So if it's a Dutch stage, dutch nat champ.
If it goes from France to Italy in the stage, both riders can wear it.
I agree. Although I'd tweek it a little and, for example, let the French champion wear his jersey in the Tour de France regardless of where the stage is as it's a French race. Any champion present or past, can have the armband.
National championship jerseys lost meaning when Marc de Maar wore one as the champion of Curacao.Twitter: @RichN950 -
And they are off........
usual suspects making the break.0 -
Dimension Data tracking down ... so its Le Tour.0
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Davide Bramati (EQS ds) suspended from stage for not wearing seatbelt.
How does Christian Prudhomme wear a seatbelt when he's stood up out the sunroof?0 -
Quémeneur away for the third time
French daily newspaper L'Equipe calculates the kilometers of breakaway for every rider. Perrig Quémeneur (Europcar) was already leading the classification with 260km before today's stage, ahead of Jan Barta (Bora-Argon 18) with 204. The Breton rider said he was keen to go clear when the race would reach his region of origin – that will be the case tomorrow – but he obviously can't wait… He was up the road on stage 2 and 4 already.
Good effort. He's away with big Tek and Kenneth VanbilsenCOF. 8'55" after 27km....a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.0 -
Remember that Etixx video of the DSs in the car when Tony Martin won? Remeber Davide 'si si si' Bramati?
Well he's been kicked off the race (for one day only) for not wearing seatbelt in the video.
Apparently watching TV on a smartphone is ok, though
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You would have to be insane not to wear a seatbelt having seen the driving in the EQS car.0
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Davide Bramati (EQS ds) suspended from stage for not wearing seatbelt.
How does Christian Prudhomme wear a seatbelt when he's stood up out the sunroof?
I just had a look for the EQS video in their autonomous vehicles while Martin won. "Removed by User" on the two top links....a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.0 -
Tekle, Vanbilsen and Quemeneur (again) in the break - very quickly getting a 11 minute lead. Will be interesting to see which teams will take initiative to get them back
Tekle going for polka dots, as in Dauphine? Three hills today0 -
As if Astana weren't already playing the role of pantomime villains convincingly enough, one of their riders appears to have hit a six-year-old girl in the head with a bidon yesterday, leaving her needing stitches.
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“The team is motivated to fight for today's stage victory The finale suits me quite well. All day is really hard, it's always up and down and we're going to spend the whole day on the coast. It will make the whole stage very hard. The intermediate sprint is also quite hard today. It is uphill and about 2 kms long, not as steep as the final climb but the final climb is pretty short. I hope that I'll have good legs in the finale, that I can save energy during the stage and be there at the end.”
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Breakaway lead now 12'30"
I wonder how long it will last? 154 km to go with a couple of cat 4 climbs coming up in the next 35km. Then looks like it's rolling like a roller coaster to the end
If you look at the stage profile, I wonder why the hill they're on now ( 37 km in ) isn't a categorised climb? What's the discision process behind some hills having cats and others that look just as long / steep / high are not awarded a cat?"The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby0 -
Mar Madiot on Pinot:
Race officials have done well stopping the race. It was just common sense. Seeing his crash has completely broken Thibaut Pinot’s legs off. He’s had bad luck himself but the Tour is not over for him. When I look at past result sheets in Paris, someone who is six or seven minutes adrift is quite high on GC. We had to put him back in the game after the hectic start. He still has plenty of opportunities to do well in the mountains so we’ll wait and see before changing his goal. He remains at the Tour for GC.Contador is the Greatest0