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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,050
    Dabber wrote:
    So excuse my ignorance but what are/were GBs tactics in riding at the front so much. I just don't get it.

    In British bike racing there is only one tactic: control the race. It's an excellent tactic which works well for the first 100km or so of a race.
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    Cummings is a great rider 'n'all but are people equating stage wins with one-day wins?
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,466
    NitrousOxide wrote:
    What the heck was that bang ~30 secs ago?
    Twitter says a 'controlled explosion'
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,050
    Sitting comfortably Mr Chasey? (From the earlier thread).
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Yeah.

    If I see GB doing work on the front of the peloton at any point during this race I'll lose my sh!t.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    TheBigBean wrote:
    JSCL wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Is that Cummings still on the front? I don't even care if GB win, it's just a foolish waste of talent.

    Welcome to racing without race radios! :)

    It adds a different level...

    It's got nothing to do with race radios. There will be someone in Team GB that thinks this is excellent tactics.


    And his name is Rod Ellingworth. Who picked li'l Pete over Cummings in the first place
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    JSCL wrote:
    Someone remind me of the distance G went solo at RideLondon...



    Someone remind me of how that worked out
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,700
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    JSCL wrote:
    Someone remind me of the distance G went solo at RideLondon...



    Someone remind me of how that worked out

    Very well indeed, for Tommeke.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,734
    I like the new commentary approach of having Brotherton and Boardman but also Ant McCrossnan in the background. Gives you options...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Had to go buy spinach to do canine thievery. Any chance of a précis?
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  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    What kind of idiot runs in front of the group squirting water on the riders... moron.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,050
    The_Boy wrote:
    Had to go buy spinach to do canine thievery. Any chance of a précis?

    Your first sentence needs expanding on!

    Kwiatkowski last of the leaders. Has a few seconds on a group Damiano Caruso (Italy), Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium), Rein Taaramae (Estonia), Geraint Thomas (Great Britain), Sergio Henao (Colombia) and Pavel Kochetkov (Russia) who have 30s on the peloton.

    Lots of dry powder. Cancellera still in the peloton, so not that pacy.
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Lots of dry powder. Cancellera still in the peloton, so not that pacy.

    Spoke too soon!
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    TheBigBean wrote:
    The_Boy wrote:
    Had to go buy spinach to do canine thievery. Any chance of a précis?

    Your first sentence needs expanding on!

    Bowl of spinach, feta and tomato ready to go in a pie. It is now in the dog who has recently reverted to his food stealing ways.

    On the plus side it wasn't another chocolate cake.
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  • philwint
    philwint Posts: 763
    I want an orange S-Works Tarmac

    *stamps feet
    Phil

    www.philwinterbourne.co.uk
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    ^Yellow and orange.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,734
    Metallica on the motorcycle....
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    FocusZing wrote:
    ^Yellow and orange.
    or if you're riding it in the UK, Yellow.
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  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Richie down :(
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  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    edited August 2016
    JSCL wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:
    ^Yellow and orange.
    or if you're riding it in the UK, Yellow.

    Ha.


    Richie port down, holding shoulder.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,700
    I hate international teams.
    Italy are Asatana, and Yates is apparently Movistar.

    Shit, Richie down.
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  • philwint
    philwint Posts: 763
    feck
    Phil

    www.philwinterbourne.co.uk
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,445
    Collarbone for Porte?
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,069
    Netting saving the lives of a few on this lap's descent, including Porte.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,050
    First it was bottles being jettisoned on the road, now it is riders.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Yates Thomas:)
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,050
    Nibali does a good descent.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,617
    philwint wrote:
    I want an orange S-Works Tarmac

    *stamps feet
    The green Canyons are way, way nicer.
  • philwint
    philwint Posts: 763
    Dorset Boy wrote:
    philwint wrote:
    I want an orange S-Works Tarmac

    *stamps feet
    The green Canyons are way, way nicer.

    If the Canyons were orange I'd be with you.

    The euskaltel euskadi vibe does it for me...
    Phil

    www.philwinterbourne.co.uk
  • mechanism
    mechanism Posts: 891
    Just to make be clear "Below 22˚C, the paint reflects the warm, orange embers of fire, and as things heat up, a striking yellow emerges."
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Dorset Boy wrote:
    philwint wrote:
    I want an orange S-Works Tarmac

    *stamps feet
    The green Canyons are way, way nicer.

    It doesn't change to a nice colour, it's always that orrible green.

    *washes down sick in mouth*

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