TdF 2016 stage 3 **spoilers**

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Proper photo finish that.

    Ala Pieter Weening vs Kloden
    _
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,887
    Cav confirmed. First time I'm seen a sprinter celebrate when they haven't won.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Surely Cav had that - mega mega close though
  • hanshotfirst
    hanshotfirst Posts: 400
    I thought Cav was finished?

    Is that Grieple finished now?

    What about Kittel, Finished?

    They're all finished! Everyone is FINISHED!
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,649
    Well. I guess the final 100m made up for the rest.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Ooof where is Kittel?
    _
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    Some sprint!
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

    PTP Runner Up 2015
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Kittel was nowhere there. Etixx just got swallowed up by DD and Lotto.
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    edited July 2016
    What happened to Kittel's lead out?

    Edit: thanks Gweeds
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,887
    As soon as he got Greipel's wheel I assumed Cav would win, but he didn't come around as quick as he used to, so he'll be finished next year or something.

    Kittel 7th.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,887
    Does anyone know if there were any significant time splits? I'm not sure anyone fell to cause the split.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,887
    Cav officially in Green

    1. CAVENDISH Mark 101 TEAM DIMENSION DATA 123 pts
    2. SAGAN Peter 32 TINKOFF 116 pts
    3. GREIPEL André 161 LOTTO SOUDAL 79 pts
    4. KITTEL Marcel 181 ETIXX-QUICK STEP 77 pts
    5. COQUARD Bryan 171 DIRECT ENERGIE 52 pts
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,887
    No splits

    1. CAVENDISH Mark 101 TEAM DIMENSION DATA 05h 59' 54''
    2. GREIPEL André 161 LOTTO SOUDAL 05h 59' 54'' + 00' 00''
    3. COQUARD Bryan 171 DIRECT ENERGIE 05h 59' 54'' + 00' 00''
    4. SAGAN Peter 32 TINKOFF 05h 59' 54'' + 00' 00''
    5. THEUNS Edward 68 TREK - SEGAFREDO 05h 59' 54'' + 00' 00''
    6. ENGER Sondre Holst 75 IAM CYCLING 05h 59' 54'' + 00' 00''
    7. KITTEL Marcel 181 ETIXX-QUICK STEP 05h 59' 54'' + 00' 00''
    8. LAPORTE Christophe 196 COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 05h 59' 54'' + 00' 00''
    9. MC LAY DANIEL 216 FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT 05h 59' 54'' + 00' 00''
    10. GROENEWEGEN Dylan 53 TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO 05h 59' 54'' + 00' 00''
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,433
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Cav officially in Green

    That's Sagan finished too then :lol:
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • effillo
    effillo Posts: 257
    Big Bean. Have you just had a convo with yourself there pal? It must have been boring!!!!
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,433
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    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Enjoyed ITV commentary today, what could have been very very dull due to the sedentary way the peloton rode, was pretty good commentary. They've started talking a bit more about the history of the areas and the Chateaux, plus Dave Brailsford and Robbie McEwan visited the commentary box. Hopefully they will carry on in this vein.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,598
    It is all now clear. Mark Cavendish moving to sky wasn't a mistake, but moving to Quick Step was. He merely had a case of the Quick Steps. He's now been cured, but Kittel has it now.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • dav1d1
    dav1d1 Posts: 653
    Thought the itv commentary was really good, with brailsford giving good insight into what team sky first few days, and was good of millar trying to get some information on who sky would sign for next season. Great spring by cav well followed on greipels wheel.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    The ITV guests helped keep the tedium to a minimum.
    If they could do something about their ad break quota, Eurosport would become the home of tumbleweed.

    Cav on a roll.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • newton98
    newton98 Posts: 35
    That's 28 stages which makes him second ever doesn't it? How far is it to Zabel?
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    So I missed the stage proper on account of buying a house but CAV!!!!!!!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,433
    Voeckler really is an attention seeking prick
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Above The Cows wrote:
    So I missed the stage proper on account of buying a house but CAV!!!!!!!

    Congrats. Did you get a Brexit Discount?

    My parents reckon their chain is about to collapse because of Brexit.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    So I missed the stage proper on account of buying a house but CAV!!!!!!!

    Congrats. Did you get a Brexit Discount?

    My parents reckon their chain is about to collapse because of Brexit.

    Thankfully as non UK based EU residents in the Netherlands we got our mortgage sorted on the 23rd June.

    Hopefully your parents will be OK. I worry for everyone affected by this. :cry:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    To be fair they're in a chain of about 20 people* because the UK housing market is stupid, it only takes one person to get cold feet and the whole lot falls down.

    *that is an exaggeration
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,433
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Voeckler really is an attention seeking prick

    I wonder how much extra energy he expends in the wind so the rider in front isn't the only one on camera
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Voeckler really is an attention seeking prick

    He might keep it to himself, but Fonseca might agree :wink:
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,649
    newton98 wrote:
    That's 28 stages which makes him second ever doesn't it? How far is it to Zabel?

    Zabel?

    He's dropped on the last corner, 12 wins.

    Merckx has 34. I don't think Cav will catch him, but it's not impossible.
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    yourpaceormine wrote:
    Enjoyed ITV commentary today, what could have been very very dull due to the sedentary way the peloton rode, was pretty good commentary. They've started talking a bit more about the history of the areas and the Chateaux, plus Dave Brailsford and Robbie McEwen visited the commentary box. Hopefully they will carry on in this vein.

    I thought the interview with Darrigade (at least I think it was - the kids were playing up) in the highlights show was perfect filler. It feels to me as if ITV have decided that this is the year they can rely on the audience to understand what's going on and that they can start to do things that interests the presenters and production team, rather than having to endlessly explain what all the jerseys mean.
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