Ardennes* races **Spoilers**

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    On the TV coverage WVA was ahead in the frame immediately before the line, and Pidcocok in the one immediately after. But there's no frame on the line
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Closer than the 1990 Paris-Roubaix?
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Pidcock was insanely fast...so was roglic .
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    edited April 2021
    Renaat off of Sporza says WvA and Sporza are about as close to official as cycling gets....

    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Pross said:

    Closer than the 1990 Paris-Roubaix?

    Yes
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,143
    That's an amazing decision by eurosport. I like it. Got to go to the highlights of the sh!tty little race.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    edited April 2021
    I've gone off Blythe on the basis of his jacket & bling.

    Stephens and him are great combo thouh.
  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    Ineos themselves saying 2nd

    https://www.facebook.com/INEOSGrenadiers/posts/10159376788199873
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Mad_Malx said:

    I've gone of Blythe on the basis of his jacket & bling.

    Stephens and him are great combo thouh.

    The important stuff 🤔😂
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    edited April 2021
    The commissaires have adjourned for the day and will reconvene on Jun 17 when Tom Pidcocok's lawyer Mary O'Rourke will make her opening submission.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    Well....Pidcock takes second on the Podium so, presumably someone knows officially
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    phreak said:

    Ineos themselves saying 2nd

    https://www.facebook.com/INEOSGrenadiers/posts/10159376788199873

    Fair enough
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    edited April 2021
    en daar ga je...

    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Schachman wins the boatrace
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,143
    Not as close as the other day then, actually.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Ah sorry dd
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    edited April 2021
    That is clear . About a cm? Maybe 2?
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    Isn't the white line the one that matters? First view I thought it was van Aert my a good distance, video still looked like Pidcock by a couple of cm.

    Whichever way, what a talent Pidcock is.
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    edited April 2021
    mididoctors said:

    That is clear . About a cm? Maybe 2?

    More like 20




  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    ddraver said:



    Van Aert is offside, I'll admit that, but VAR is ruining the game
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    edited April 2021
    Anyone else not see twitter links on iOS (iPad)?
    Show fine on android.

    On case you can't see photofinish above:




  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Mad_Malx said:

    Anyone else not see twitter links on iOS (iPad)?
    Show fine on android


    They work for me
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    edited April 2021
    A refresher...

    https://www.velonews.com/gear/tech-wearables/technical-faq-how-a-photo-finish-camera-works/

    (the whole photo is "On the finishline")
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  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    4/1000th of a second apparently.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    lettingthedaysgoby said:

    4/1000th of a second apparently.

    It's nice to collect from a bookie over 4/1000th of a second.
    Would have been nice to see Pidcock win though.
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  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,197
    About as conclusive as VAR; when they're showing lines, I just roll my eyes....."Here we go again".

    I didn't like them announcing Wout as the winner barely 30 secs after the finish - honestly, please stop this. Wait until it's absolutely certain - it's happened before, and they got it wrong (TdF when Uran was actually the winner).
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  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    andyrac said:

    About as conclusive as VAR; when they're showing lines, I just roll my eyes....."Here we go again".

    The finish line tech is well established and available to those operating it pretty much instantly. We may not have seen it but the race control people will.
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    I remember reading about some guy who made money betting on photo finishes on race courses. He figured out the horse on the far side generally looked further back to the naked eye than on the photo - maybe a case of that here.
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,473
    That's just delightfully degenerate. 😜😂
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