Tour of Britain 2016 Stage 3 *Spoilers"

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Hurty knee for Stannard. Presumably caught up in the crash which took out Adrien Costa
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Time back out to 6.30 for chasers with another 45s for Stannard. Seems to be doing well....for now.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    What a dull stage
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    coriordan wrote:
    All 3 in the small ring, right at the foot

    titter...
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    coriordan wrote:
    Break gone out to 6.30.

    Could make for an exciting finish. Could this suit Cummings again?

    Jumbo...
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    coriordan wrote:
    Hi-tech whiteboard updating the time gaps. Funny seeing them all look over in unison.

    What the public sector Union?
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    DiDa driving at the front

    Fire engine?
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Stannard has 7'32" now apparently, 21.4km to go!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    I am a Team Sky/Stannard fan but this has been pretty dull.

    I was hoping they wouldn't get more than 6.30 and the peloton would come hammering down the back of the C&F and catch them, and someone going clear for the final Ks
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Impressive ride from Stannard, but yeah not the most exciting.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    coriordan wrote:
    I am a Team Sky/Stannard fan but this has been pretty dull.

    I was hoping they wouldn't get more than 6.30 and the peloton would come hammering down the back of the C&F and catch them, and someone going clear for the final Ks

    I was hoping there'd be a few attacks on the last climb, splits etc.

    Alas. A boring sprint stage without a sprint.
  • jawooga
    jawooga Posts: 530
    "The Cat and the Fiddle"

    huh?

    "The Cat and Fiddle", "Cat and Fiddle" - both fine. :D
  • Imagine all the sprint trains hitting this lane. Mayhem
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Stannard has 7'32" now apparently, 21.4km to go!

    7ft 32 inches

    OMG

    sorry bored
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    jawooga wrote:
    "The Cat and the Fiddle"

    huh?

    "The Cat and Fiddle", "Cat and Fiddle" - both fine. :D

    The Cat Fiddler?
  • RideOnTime wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Stannard has 7'32" now apparently, 21.4km to go!

    7ft 32 inches

    OMG

    sorry bored

    7'32" in time is 7 hrs and 32 minutes by convention I believe
  • Boring when breaks stay away - need bigger teams !
    [Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,891

    7'32" in time is 7 hrs and 32 minutes by convention I believe

    I was bored and so googled this. Basically, you're wrong. Comes from clocks or angles or something. Second apparently relates to a second minute. Anyway, pedantry is all well and good, but it is even better if it is correct!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_(symbol)
  • Just got back from the Cat and Fiddle. Strangest sight of the day (possibly the month) was an inflatable pub in a pub car park. C&F is shut, has been for some time, so the brewery put up an inflatable pub.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,891
    ..and having wasted 5' of my life, I'm going to start using bobmcstuff's notation henceforth as it seems more elegant.
  • C&F is shut, has been for some time,

    Why? Thats a national disaster... it was a popular pub, if a bit rough at the edges
    left the forum March 2023
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    TheBigBean wrote:

    7'32" in time is 7 hrs and 32 minutes by convention I believe

    I was bored and so googled this. Basically, you're wrong. Comes from clocks or angles or something. Second apparently relates to a second minute. Anyway, pedantry is all well and good, but it is even better if it is correct!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_(symbol)

    I also googled it, several months ago ;)

    Started second guessing myself a while back and wanted to check I was doing it right (I am).
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    C&F is shut, has been for some time,

    Why? Thats a national disaster... it was a popular pub, if a bit rough at the edges

    Now all it's used for is by motorbikers beating the 50mph average speed check by sitting in the car park smoking for twenty minutes...
  • TheBigBean wrote:

    7'32" in time is 7 hrs and 32 minutes by convention I believe

    I was bored and so googled this. Basically, you're wrong. Comes from clocks or angles or something. Second apparently relates to a second minute. Anyway, pedantry is all well and good, but it is even better if it is correct!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_(symbol)

    Yes you are right. I should really have known that
  • Sheesh, so there were two Tuesday rest days.
    Fell alseep and made the mistake of bothering to wake up.

    Chapeau to Yogi though. He really gave his conti compatriots a good shoeing.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • C&F is shut, has been for some time,

    Why? Thats a national disaster... it was a popular pub, if a bit rough at the edges

    Former landlord sat outside on an office chair drinking cans of Boddingtons. Sums it up really.

    A pub, that needs a good injection of TLC, and maybe it could be reborn.
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
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  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    RideOnTime wrote:
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    All the same just change the plastic name plate....
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    RideOnTime wrote:
    RideOnTime wrote:
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    All the same just change the plastic name plate....

    whoops posted twice :cry::cry:
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    RideOnTime wrote:
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    Have they got a dart board?
    Twitter: @RichN95