Tour of Britain "it doesn't come past my house" thread
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Painful fall for the GB rider landing flat on his back and bouncing at high speed.0
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Getting a bit active"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 pm0
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Alex in the mix shame about the TTT"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 pm0
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It's fast"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 pm0
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Classic dirty sprinting from JA"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 pm0
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Love that guy ....
WvA thou"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 pm0 -
Trademark crooked sprint from Alaphillipe0
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Good finish ruined by piss poor TV coverage again. You would think that allowing sight of the race leader crossing the line would be a bare minimum.
Composed ride by Hayter, slightly surprised WVA held on to Woods and JA, it took its toll though.0 -
Good finish ... Not sure about the course in Wales though ... Lose the TTT have a big day in the high hills flat finish ... Then shorter punchy day with this ending"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 pm0
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Thanks.Pross said:Good finish ruined by piss poor TV coverage again. You would think that allowing sight of the race leader crossing the line would be a bare minimum.
Composed ride by Hayter, slightly surprised WVA held on to Woods and JA, it took its toll though.
Saved me the trouble of posting the same.
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
We could have some excellent racing in this country as some stages of the ToB, the TdY and the Yorkshire stages of the TdF show but there just isn't that backing to get it going. There are so many options for an excellent one day race but when we finally got a WT one day race it was the Surrey Classic.ddraver said:Nice finish, Anyone other than Alaphillipe would be disqualified an awful lot
Good ride by Hayter.
Thus far, this tour has made britain look rather good...0 -
We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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Shortish climb with a rest in the middle ...two big effortsPross said:Good finish ruined by piss poor TV coverage again. You would think that allowing sight of the race leader crossing the line would be a bare minimum.
Composed ride by Hayter, slightly surprised WVA held on to Woods and JA, it took its toll though."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 pm0 -
I really don't get why they wasted a stage on a TTT.mididoctors said:Good finish ... Not sure about the course in Wales though ... Lose the TTT have a big day in the high hills flat finish ... Then shorter punchy day with this ending
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I just meant it looked pwetty tbh...Pross said:
We could have some excellent racing in this country as some stages of the ToB, the TdY and the Yorkshire stages of the TdF show but there just isn't that backing to get it going. There are so many options for an excellent one day race but when we finally got a WT one day race it was the Surrey Classic.ddraver said:Nice finish, Anyone other than Alaphillipe would be disqualified an awful lot
Good ride by Hayter.
Thus far, this tour has made britain look rather good...
I think the recent announcement about the TdY needs to remind us that we are not Flanders, however. Such things need to be spread around.We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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The TTT has no place in the ToB because there are so many small teams that struggle to get decent gear, riding against the likes of techno rich teams, such as Ineos and Jumbo.
The rest of the route can never redress the time gaps created.
Just 5 men from 3 teams were left in GC contention after yesterday.
Also the ToB organisers are yet to design a worthwhile South Wales stage.
As with Tirreno-Adricatico before Milan-San Remo, the stages are deliberately made long , in order to be meaningful preparation for the Worlds."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Loved watching them ride along my Half Marathon PB course from Conwy around Marine Drive :-)2015 Canyon Nerve AL 6.0 (son #1's)
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Easier logistics than a individual TT is my guess... Car for every rider?blazing_saddles said:The TTT has no place in the ToB because there are so many small teams that struggle to get decent gear, riding against the likes of techno rich teams, such as Ineos and Jumbo.
The rest of the route can never redress the time gaps created.
Just 5 men from 3 teams were left in GC contention after yesterday.
Also the ToB organisers are yet to design a worthwhile South Wales stage.
As with Tirreno-Adricatico before Milan-San Remo, the stages are deliberately made long , in order to be meaningful preparation for the Worlds."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 pm0 -
The thing you have to remember about WvA is he is really good"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 pm0
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Ineos were desperate to let the break go ..."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 pm0
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I enjoyed that stage, it was pretty interesting, and very unlike a TOB stage
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Pity the weather is changing overnight. Going to get wet on Friday I think. Makes it impossible to see who’s who when they all have black jackets on. Also notice that it’s not easy spotting the leaders jersey from the Decunick and Canyon ones. Dark blue is not exactly distinctive - surely that should be the point of the jersey?1
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I'm nipping into Warrington this afternoon, looks like a strong possibility of getting wet...0
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I thought the coverage of the last climb was great. Could maybe have done with the heli shot panning out so we could see where Hayter was, but obviously the positioning of the camera at the finish line (literally in the car park of the Great Orme Visitor Centre) meant we wouldn't have seen the riders on the head on shot, so it was a good idea to stick to the heli shot for the sprint0
