Tour of Britain 2019
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SurferCyclist wrote:gsk82 wrote:SurferCyclist wrote:dodgy wrote:It's an 8 stage race, and people moan every year that it "isn't come to my neck of the woods".
Good, my KOMs hopefully safe a bit longer
The tdy climbed over one of my kom segments this year... I'm still kom BOOM!
Nice one! I don't kid myself, I'm a small fish in a very small pond around here so any KOMs I get are due to the planets aligning correctly regarding weather, traffic etc. They are however the result of normal rides, there's one particular cyclist around here who just targets KOMS. He'll do a "ride" of 3 miles just to pick off certain segments etc with wind. Kinda funny but also a bit sad. He's a good cyclist but he'll put comments in like "quick ride after work" and does a 2.5 mile ride to get a KOM. Starting miles from where he lives.
Segment chasers:)0 -
CarbonClem wrote:Tour of Quebec just announced its riders ... ToB takes quite a hit
https://gpcqm.ca/wp-content/uploads/201 ... _EN_vf.pdf
A number of those on that list always do the Canadian races.
Better than getting soaked and frozen, while riding the rubbish parcour dished out again, this year."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Bit of a reach to describe Porte as one of the best riders in the world over the last decade...0
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Carapaz out of the race. Visa not issued in time.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.0
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That Swift rider getting across. Gamble.
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For a while there I thought we were going to see Cav involved in the sprint.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0
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He got a little bit of elbow and just sat up.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.0
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Just catching up on today's stage where they organizers have given a 2km long 3% bump, category 2 status.
I mean, wtf?"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Is it worth watching?0
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Alejandrosdog wrote:Is it worth watching?
No. It seems to have descended to Ride London levels of chipperness."Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0 -
Yes definitely. Pretty strong riding and WT riders up for it so causing splits at opportune moments. Can't wait to see Amador and Lands having a dig Gallopin up for it Sivakov looks strong. Van Der Poel. EF etc Scenery and filming has been very goodAlejandrosdog wrote:Is it worth watching?
It feels it's gone up a notch0 -
SpecialGuestStar wrote:
Yes definitely. Pretty strong riding and WT riders up for it so causing splits at opportune moments. Can't wait to see Amador and Lands having a dig Gallopin up for it Sivakov looks strong. Van Der Poel. EF etc Scenery and filming has been very goodAlejandrosdog wrote:Is it worth watching?
It feels it's gone up a notch
Yer, right.
2019 Top 5 stage 2.
1 Trentin Matteo
2 de Buyst Jasper
3 Teunissen Mike
4 Cimolai Davide
5 Edmondson Alex
2018 Top 5 stage 2.
1 Alaphilippe Julian
2 Poels Wout
3 Roglič Primož
4 Bevin Patrick
5 Jungels Bob
So far 370kms of very, very little."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Blazing Saddles wrote:SpecialGuestStar wrote:
Yes definitely. Pretty strong riding and WT riders up for it so causing splits at opportune moments. Can't wait to see Amador and Lands having a dig Gallopin up for it Sivakov looks strong. Van Der Poel. EF etc Scenery and filming has been very goodAlejandrosdog wrote:Is it worth watching?
It feels it's gone up a notch
Yer, right.
2019 Top 5 stage 2.
1 Trentin Matteo
2 de Buyst Jasper
3 Teunissen Mike
4 Cimolai Davide
5 Edmondson Alex
2018 Top 5 stage 2.
1 Alaphilippe Julian
2 Poels Wout
3 Roglič Primož
4 Bevin Patrick
5 Jungels Bob
So far 370kms of very, very little.
Erm... two days of Scottish sunshine 8)0 -
As Trentin said on tv last night. We are waiting the day when it all goes bananas.0
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Well I am enjoying it and that is all that matters
I was a bit surprised by the list of last years contenders. I was away and had the feeling it had been a bit of a flop - apparently not0 -
SpecialGuestStar wrote:Well I am enjoying it and that is all that matters
I was a bit surprised by the list of last years contenders. I was away and had the feeling it had been a bit of a flop - apparently not
Had quite a stellar cast. Both Froome and Thomas, Carthy, Nieve, Max Schachmann, Tejay van Garderen, Sylvain Chavanel, Ewan, Gaviria and Greipel, Kung, Tony Martin...."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Blazing Saddles wrote:SpecialGuestStar wrote:Well I am enjoying it and that is all that matters
I was a bit surprised by the list of last years contenders. I was away and had the feeling it had been a bit of a flop - apparently not
Had quite a stellar cast. Both Froome and Thomas, Carthy, Nieve, Max Schachmann, Tejay van Garderen, Sylvain Chavanel, Ewan, Gaviria and Greipel, Kung, Tony Martin....
Allaphillipe! 2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner0 -
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CarbonClem wrote:Blazing Saddles wrote:SpecialGuestStar wrote:Well I am enjoying it and that is all that matters
I was a bit surprised by the list of last years contenders. I was away and had the feeling it had been a bit of a flop - apparently not
Had quite a stellar cast. Both Froome and Thomas, Carthy, Nieve, Max Schachmann, Tejay van Garderen, Sylvain Chavanel, Ewan, Gaviria and Greipel, Kung, Tony Martin....
Allaphillipe!
Yeah and Roglic etc.
See 3 posts above the one you quoted."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Blazing Saddles wrote:CarbonClem wrote:Blazing Saddles wrote:SpecialGuestStar wrote:Well I am enjoying it and that is all that matters
I was a bit surprised by the list of last years contenders. I was away and had the feeling it had been a bit of a flop - apparently not
Had quite a stellar cast. Both Froome and Thomas, Carthy, Nieve, Max Schachmann, Tejay van Garderen, Sylvain Chavanel, Ewan, Gaviria and Greipel, Kung, Tony Martin....
Allaphillipe!
Yeah and Roglic etc.
See 3 posts above the one you quoted.
Sorry - low attention span
In a couple of year time we could be saying how we cant believe that Sivacov rode the TOB and people weren't arsed?2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner0 -
TOB looking a farce at the moment. Peloton stopped at level crossing but break away allowed to complete an extra 1.5km before also being stopped whilst the race is neutralised.
Just looks amateurish.0 -
redvision wrote:TOB looking a farce at the moment. Peloton stopped at level crossing but break away allowed to complete an extra 1.5km before also being stopped whilst the race is neutralised.
Just looks shoddy.
Peloton allowed to soft pedal up to the break, who will then be given a head start equal to the time gap. So break have to spend an extra ten/fifteen minutes cooling down whilst peloton will only be sat still for an extra four minutes at most. I can't think of a better way of restarting it, but it's obviously imbalanced.
And another level crossing in the next few miles might well cause a repeat...0 -
redvision wrote:TOB looking a farce at the moment. Peloton stopped at level crossing but break away allowed to complete an extra 1.5km before also being stopped whilst the race is neutralised.
Just looks amateurish.
Not sure how this situation would be dealt with any differently in any other race? It's going to take a little bit of time to communicate between commisaires with peloton and commisaires with break isn't it?0 -
r0bh wrote:redvision wrote:TOB looking a farce at the moment. Peloton stopped at level crossing but break away allowed to complete an extra 1.5km before also being stopped whilst the race is neutralised.
Just looks amateurish.
Not sure how this situation would be dealt with any differently in any other race? It's going to take a little bit of time to communicate between commisaires with peloton and commisaires with break isn't it?
If the peloton gets stuck at crossing the front of the race should know within seconds. There's plenty of radios around to use."Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0 -
Geez How did anyone think that Rob Hayles
Was commentator material. What a bore and that dreary monotone voice. Both he and Yanto Barker what a Right riveting night out
On the town you’d have with those 2 NOT !!!0 -
Gazzetta67 wrote:Geez How did anyone think that Rob Hayles
Was commentator material. What a bore and that dreary monotone voice. Both he and Yanto Barker what a Right riveting night out
On the town you’d have with those 2 NOT !!!
Eh?
What you after something like Aneka Rice on Treasure Hunt (showing my age here)?????0 -
Alejandrosdog wrote:Is it worth watching?
Nice scenery but otherwise it has been dire. There must be some more selective routes in southern Scotland and Northern England.
I’m usually easily pleased.0 -
Mad_Malx wrote:Alejandrosdog wrote:Is it worth watching?
Nice scenery but otherwise it has been dire. There must be some more selective routes in southern Scotland and Northern England.
I’m usually easily pleased.
Not worth smashing through my mobile data then. Shame because it could easily have been epic up there.0 -
Mad_Malx wrote:Alejandrosdog wrote:Is it worth watching?
Nice scenery but otherwise it has been dire. There must be some more selective routes in southern Scotland and Northern England.
I’m usually easily pleased.
but thats just the usual point about the race isnt it? the money to stage the race comes from organisations keen to promote tourism to the area, so they pick the nice scenery routes, thats not necessarily always going to deliver top cycling stage racing, but it depends what teams or riders aims are for this stage of the season, nobody wants to get injured this close to the worlds0
