Tour of Yorkshire *spoiler*

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  • PeteinSQ
    PeteinSQ Posts: 2,292
    Probably because it's the same towns that agree to pay for it. Plus only certain roads are considered safe/suitable for whatever reason.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    Looks blowy and slow. Peloton in a big long line, gap to the break is 5 mins.
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,232
    Yep, just registered on ITV hub so I can watchg it at work.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    Wet wet wet!
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,232
    Disc brakes would be good today.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    PeteinSQ wrote:
    Probably because it's the same towns that agree to pay for it. Plus only certain roads are considered safe/suitable for whatever reason.

    Plus if the roads have been done before then it presumably gives local authorities more authority when dealing with road closures and potential conflict with people who may be inconvenienced - ie, "we've done this before and know what impact it will have".
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    The_Boy wrote:
    gives local authorities more authority

    Well that was a horrible turn of phrase. Any Defenders of the English Language presumably are now legally entitled to execute me on sight.
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  • wallace_and_gromit
    wallace_and_gromit Posts: 3,390
    Well Wiggo's CV is now complete - he's ridden as close to my house as he's ever going to get (100 yards) and has ridden roads on which I've been dropped repeatedly on club runs. Who needs the Olympics after this?
  • philwint
    philwint Posts: 763
    I'm watching on the PC in the office today. Really enjoying it as this bit is going through a lot of our standard club run areas. That bridge in Cawood is a good example :)

    Pissing down where I am, and the snow has stopped.

    Haven't decided where to watch tomorrow yet, and Sunday's club run will probably change to take it in somewhere.
    Phil

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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    Big crowds out!
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    philwint wrote:
    I'm watching on the PC in the office today. Really enjoying it as this bit is going through a lot of our standard club run areas. That bridge in Cawood is a good example :)

    Pissing down where I am, and the snow has stopped.

    Haven't decided where to watch tomorrow yet, and Sunday's club run will probably change to take it in somewhere.

    Ah, that bridge in Cawood. *derdump, derdump, derdump, derdump, derdump, derdump*

    Which club do you ride with, Phil? The bad- sorry,flatlands are my old stomping ground.
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  • philwint
    philwint Posts: 763
    Ben6899 wrote:
    philwint wrote:
    I'm watching on the PC in the office today. Really enjoying it as this bit is going through a lot of our standard club run areas. That bridge in Cawood is a good example :)

    Pissing down where I am, and the snow has stopped.

    Haven't decided where to watch tomorrow yet, and Sunday's club run will probably change to take it in somewhere.

    Ah, that bridge in Cawood. *derdump, derdump, derdump, derdump, derdump, derdump*

    Which club do you ride with, Phil? The bad- sorry,flatlands are my old stomping ground.

    Calder Clarion - http://www.calder-clarion.co.uk/ Wakefield based

    It was recommended by someone on here about 4 years ago.
    Phil

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  • alan_sherman
    alan_sherman Posts: 1,157
    Commentators struggling to fill!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Good looking part of the world.


    Though the regular 17%+ ramps do make them look amateur! Looks a lot more like the club run! :D
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  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    Tough climb that (for a fat knacker like myself anyway) - lovely looping back down towards Harrogate though, not so sure about the road to Settle (and I have never ridden it in conditions like today's either!)
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    The wind across the top there looked quite something. They almost had the resigned demeanor of working stiffs riding to work on a particularly unpleasant Monday morning.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Super slow stage no?
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Meh slow but not super.

    They finish at 5pm local time remember ;)
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Wiggo abandons :lol:
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  • alan_sherman
    alan_sherman Posts: 1,157
    Moto cameraman needs to be further up the road. Too often riders are having to brake to avoid him.

    Why does Wiggins even bother turning up?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Ah the non cycling fans here are gutted.
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  • wallace_and_gromit
    wallace_and_gromit Posts: 3,390
    ddraver wrote:
    Wiggo abandons :lol:

    I'm amazed he even signed on! The combination of being a southerner by birth and a Lancastrian by naturalisation was never likely to prepare him for the mean roads of Yorkshire. :)
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Grand Cycling Designs on Eurosport....
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    I bet David Millar's ambition is to be on Grand Designs
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    hmmm, I can only find an illegal ES link (that doesnt ask me to sign up or turn Ad__Blocker off etc) so it's kirby and Stevens for me
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    The Katusha kit is an interesting shade of red. Never seen bib shorts that colour before, quite like it.
    Brick red ?
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    That sheep race looked more intresting than this one at the moment
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Did Carlton just quote FF?
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Tommy V doing his thang...

    Was part of one of the finishes of the year here last year...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    Voeckler is such a gimp

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