Tour of Britain "it doesn't come past my house" thread

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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    Pross said:

    andyp said:

    Pross said:

    For all the talk of Gibson's sprint he ends up third. Lampert takes it from Jorgensen. Ballerini 4th 40" down. Slightly naive by Gibson at the end but very good ride in that company

    Given in the last 10 kms he'd bridged across to the front two on his own, and had a couple of digs to get away, it was no surprise he didn't have much left at the end. He's more of a bunch sprinter too, no? There's a lot of difference between that and sprinting in a small group.
    Sure, he did a great ride. I think his mistake, if you can call it that, was allowing Lampert to bully him into working on the front when Ballerini wasn't looking like he was going to come across and Gibson could have played the 'you just forced me to close the gap' card.
    I think he was probably too generous with his efforts for sure, but we don't know how much he had left and maybe he'd calculated that third was better than fifth so he ensured they stayed away. Impressive ride though, especially in that company. He was the only non-WT rider to stay away.
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    Any folk heading to CoM by car - the estate at Glensaugh has a field open for parking. It’s just before the Brigg junction. Come via Auchenblae. £2 a car and it’s for the local Scouts.
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    And it’s a block headwind all the way to the top. Brutal.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,379
    Was struck by the emphasis in commentary on the wind yesterday. It was a completely normal day here.
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    Easily 20mph at the crest. Probably more. The barrier man’s looking concerned.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,379
    thegreatdivide said:

    Easily 20mph at the crest. Probably more. The barrier man’s looking concerned.

    Tornado in London. Light breeze in Scotland.
  • wavefront
    wavefront Posts: 397
    Descended the north side of the Cairn earlier this week on what I’d class as a very still day in Banchory. Reminded me of two things - the cairn can be really blowy when you think it’s a still day, and I’m worse than mediocre at descending in anything other than a perfectly still day. I’m a little worried about the speed of the peloton today descending into Glen Dye and that small bridge. Can’t wait to see today’s race!
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    Alan’s camper van corner is blasting the music.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    A very disappointing start to the stage with a low end breakaway up the road.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    JV leaned in on yesterday...



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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Brilliant, that's how sport should be
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Jumbo Visma must have boxes full of kids jersies in various sizes with them. WVA gave Cav's son a small Belgian champs jersey
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    just back in ,,,, good crowds
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    RichN95. said:

    Jumbo Visma must have boxes full of kids jersies in various sizes with them. WVA gave Cav's son a small Belgian champs jersey

    should be a default setting for all teams... so much positive pr wise and uncynical promotion of the sport

    "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
  • diplodicus
    diplodicus Posts: 722
    mididoctors said:

    RichN95. said:

    Jumbo Visma must have boxes full of kids jersies in various sizes with them. WVA gave Cav's son a small Belgian champs jersey

    should be a default setting for all teams... so much positive pr wise and uncynical promotion of the sport

    This, very much this :)
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    mididoctors said:

    RichN95. said:

    Jumbo Visma must have boxes full of kids jersies in various sizes with them. WVA gave Cav's son a small Belgian champs jersey

    should be a default setting for all teams... so much positive pr wise and uncynical promotion of the sport


    Jersies are expensive though. That's an expense that's going to mount up over the course of a season. Better to do something cheaper like casquettes
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    RichN95. said:

    Jumbo Visma must have boxes full of kids jersies in various sizes with them. WVA gave Cav's son a small Belgian champs jersey

    Cynical trade envoy-ing from the Dutch... ;)
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  • gethinceri
    gethinceri Posts: 1,677
    Alright Scrooge.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    😋
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    ddraver said:

    JV leaned in on yesterday...



    They do just "get" cycling in the Benelux
    He probably ought to change his Instagram name to Xan.Aert now
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    It's fast
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    That was class from WvA
    "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
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    WVA wins and Hayter nowhere
    The two old boys fill out the podium
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Pretty awesome ..
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Hayter looking fatigued on the run in. Letting wheels go repeatedly
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  • bianchi_dave
    bianchi_dave Posts: 933
    thegreatdivide said:

    Alan’s camper van corner is blasting the music.

    Was good meeting Alan (briefly) today. Wouldn't want to be his neighbour though! 🤣
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    That's a great finish for the organisers, World Champion leading out the sprint with a podium consisting of two of the greatest sprinters of all time plus a rider who seems certain to be one of the modern greats. Final GC determined on the line - gutting for Hayter but WVA was the stronger rider by quite a bit. I thought that was a really good race albeit let down by some poor TV work at times.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Pross said:

    That's a great finish for the organisers, World Champion leading out the sprint with a podium consisting of two of the greatest sprinters of all time plus a rider who seems certain to be one of the modern greats. Final GC determined on the line - gutting for Hayter but WVA was the stronger rider by quite a bit. I thought that was a really good race albeit let down by some poor TV work at times.


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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    I was watching wva doing nothing much about 10 riders back all the way until the last 500 metres or so when all of a sudden he was 3rd wheel, and clearly the strongest. Absolutely brilliant sprint with no team.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    kingstongraham said:

    I was watching wva doing nothing much about 10 riders back all the way until the last 500 metres or so when all of a sudden he was 3rd wheel, and clearly the strongest. Absolutely brilliant sprint with no team.

    Greipel did him a bit of a favour moving left which opened things up for him but to have a rider who can win bunch sprints against two greats, albeit probably past their best, having already won the finish up Great Orme against one of the best in those finishes is incredible.

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