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  • TdF Stage 3 – Rolling Into The Capital [Spoilers]
  • RealMan
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    A short 155 km stage to the British capital, which gave the Tour de France an unforgettable welcome in 2007. A prestigious stage which will take the peloton alongside the Olympic Park and London’s most famous landmarks before finishing opposite Buckingham Palace. Of course, with everything pointing towards a mass sprint, the spotlight will back on Cavendish Kittel. Will he be at the top of his game? I think so. But one thing is for sure: the crowds will turn out in force, as large and fiery as seven years ago.

    Another spectacle yesterday – all guns firing. Especially interesting from Tejay and Nibali, as they haven’t been on form much this year. Should be interesting to see how they get on in the mountains. Great to see Contador, Froome, Sagan, all having a proper go.

    Back to Cavendish for a moment..

    http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/07/news/mark-cavendishs-future-uncertain-disabling-crash_334682

    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxxvTLI6mFg[/video]

    Skip to around the 4 minute mark for his actual response

    One minute highlights

    Jenkin Road

    And this

    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1-v1qAk7qY[/video]

    Nibali shows respect to the British by doing the classic “teapot” celebration.

    Photos from stage 2.

    It’s got to be Kittel today, I think he’s going to be unstoppable this year. Sagan to be up there as well though. Greipel who?

    A few useful links

    Live Cycling News Text Updates
    Steephill
    Official Tour Live Feed App
    Classifications
    Withdrawals
    Fantasy League Standings
    Loser League Standings

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/thomas-blasts-fans-for-taking-selfies-at-the-tour-de-francealready been some talk of this

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de-france-tech-video-cameras-on-bikes

    Bike cam footage from stage 1..

    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-pbN-hmQO0[/video]

    And one more photo of Jens in polka dots..

    Junkyard
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    your link to the winners league is not working

    Was good the see Jens in the Polka dot

    Thanks for doing these threads very much appreciated and good to se you have a job this year guven the start time 😛

    RealMan
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    your link to the winners league is not working

    All fixed, thanks for pointing that one out 🙂

    good to se you have a job this year guven the start time

    Cheeky… The time difference does help though 😉

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    Junkyard
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    mmm my team is slightly better than I recall but a little unbalanced- just picked cheap names to add up to a 100.

    Drop me an e-mail as I assume yours has changed

    corroded
    Free Member

    So what’s the strategy for OPQS now? Go for stage wins with Terpstra contesting bumpier stages such as 5, and support someone like Renshaw for sprints?

    Stoner
    Free Member

    Im in town today – but I think it might be a little busy down on the queen’s driveway so will probably give it a miss. 🙂

    RealMan
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    Go for stage wins with Terpstra contesting bumpier stages such as 5, and support someone like Renshaw for sprints?

    I was thinking about that too – they’ve still got Renshaw and Petacchi. They might want to save their leadout train for individual efforts, especially Martin for the TT. A lot of them can breathe a sigh of relief though – they’re potentially on for a much easier tour as they won’t be expected to chase down breaks and such without Cav.

    mudshark
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    Well I have Kwiatkowski in my team so hoping he’ll have some good days – I expected him to do well yesterday.

    RealMan
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    Wasn’t gonna include this cause it sounded really lame, but it’s actually pretty cool

    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc5qPcjPsWk[/video]

    Doubt you’d get signal on your garmin though so what’s the point?

    lcj
    Full Member

    Strava KOMs are so last year – now its about the KOS (King of Subterranean)

    Nobeerinthefridge
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    After the previous two days riding in Yorkshire, today’s route looks uber dull.

    jambalaya
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    @Realman – yes another thank you for the threads, always enjoyed them.

    I’ll add another voice to say Chapeau Yorkshire, what a wonderful job !

    I decided not to travel up to Yorkshire but plan to be around the finish/Palace/St James Park, probably about 10 rows back and watching the ITV player coverage !

    Jamie
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    On board stuff from Stage 2. Starts about 3mins in.

    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcqiBEFf44U[/video]

    Selfie **** causing issues:

    http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/06/tour-de-france-2014-selfies-pain-arse-riders

    D0NK
    Full Member

    Selfie **** causing issues:

    did see the crowd several people deep on the tarmac in sections, bit mental when the peloton are approaching a dozen or so riders wide. Saw a rider lean in with his shoulder and brace when he saw an inevitable collision with a feckless photographer out in the road

    the Lithuanian Ramunas Navardauskas was seen angrily swiping at anyone who got too close.

    was kinda satisfying to see someone’s iphone go bouncing down the road.

    I’ve seen the crowds of nutters in the french mountain stages and figured it’s just the kinda daft thing johnny foreigner does 😉 felt bad when UK crowds were doing it tho.

    any footage of the dip in/out of Ewden beck between midhopestones and bradfield? Highlights missed it out completely, rode it a few weeks ago and reckoned it could be “interesting” for the peleton.

    buck53
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    Good effort from Saffron Walden crowds on a Monday.

    Ro5ey
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    Was going to watch today… but felt guilty that i was leaving work understaffed this afternoon when we’ll be vbusy for one reason or the other.

    So thought I ride some on the route this morn from Chelmsford to Epping… then make my way back home to Sunny Brentwood and get the train into town.

    Except….

    I really did have the roads to myself hardly another biker on them let a lone a car…. so I carried on all the way to about the 1k kite.

    What a ride!! My very own TdeF sportive….. can’t believe they waasn’t more doing the same!?!

    And I still get to see them as they flying along lower thames street.

    Viva le Tour

    footflaps
    Full Member

    Waited 3 hours to get this shot…

    mattjg
    Free Member

    bit of a procession today then …

    Jamie
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    That’s a lot of people.

    Well done.

    willard
    Full Member

    Footflaps, good shot! I was up at Parker’s Piece standing above a sign so that I could watch them set off. Absolutely amazing experience.

    Town was rammed full of people and there was a really good pro-cycling buzz about the place. Lots of people in their own cycling club kit walking around.

    jambalaya
    Free Member

    @footflaps – nice, optimistically hoping for a shot of riders and Buck House but as I’m still at my desk that’s clearly a fantasy.

    @mattjg – the start was neutralised today

    @Ro5ey – there was a yellow TdF Boris Bike at the stand today, was very tempted to ride it down the Mall but had a meeting to get to 🙁

    midlifecrashes
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    Lovely shot footflaps. Saffron Walden looked fantastic, I think we’ll have to award some of these places honorary Yorkshire status.

    TimP
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    I was at the 0km sign just out of town in Trumpington, and it was pretty busy up there too. Loads of kids out enjoying the sunshine which was good to see (not in a Rolf way)

    dazh
    Full Member

    (not in a Rolf way)

    Thanks for clarifying. I was beginning to have my suspicions 🙂

    theotherjonv
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    Just seen riders (on the TV) stopping by the roadside for a wee. OK when you’re in the peloton and relatively easy to catch up, maybe even in a larger break, but if you’re one of the 2 blokes in the breakaway today, what do you do?

    martinhutch
    Full Member

    Piss down your leg?

    RealMan
    Free Member

    Wait till a descent? I think I’ve ridden for over 7 hours without needing a piss – if you’re working hard you’ll be sweating and you don’t need to piss as much I think.

    footflaps
    Full Member

    A few more snaps:

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/oeBtgo]Tour De France 2014 Stage 3 Cambridge Kings College and Peleton[/url] by brf, on Flickr

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/nXi5og]Tour De France 2014 Stage 3 Cambridge Kings College and Peleton[/url] by brf, on Flickr

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/oeHNs5]Tour De France 2014 Stage 3 Cambridge Team Sky[/url] by brf, on Flickr

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/nXhQHw]Tour De France 2014 Stage 3 Cambridge Kings College and Mavic Neutral Service Car[/url] by brf, on Flickr

    Somebody on the roof on Kings College Chapel watching
    [url=https://flic.kr/p/oeuLj2]Tour De France 2014 Stage 3 Cambridge Kings College[/url] by brf, on Flickr

    Jamie
    Free Member

    I do like the look of that Mavic car.

    Ro5ey
    Free Member

    “I think we’ll have to award some of these places honorary Yorkshire status.”

    High praise indeed.

    Looking forward to seeing Roxwell, where I started today,and Morton (although they are only little villages)

    Epping High Street was looking good earlier lots of people already out at 08:30.

    Not so sure after that, East London didnt seem too worried… and it will defo be quiet around docklands.

    nbt
    Full Member

    I have day 1 and Day 2 on the PVR and can copy footage onto a USB stick/harddrive (.ts format – VLC will play it fine) if anyone want the chance to see themselves…

    D0NK
    Full Member

    Got the full ITV version of day 2 on the telly box, only had chance to watch the first half yesterday (upto holme moss), figured I’d better get genned up on the rest with the highlights show, might have a flick through later see if they showed it.

    Junkyard
    Free Member

    I’ve ridden for over 7 hours without needing a piss – if you’re working hard you’ll be sweating

    Have you forgotten where you are posting that is two weeks worth of riding and think how many pie shops and pubs you would need to pass

    Jamie
    Free Member

    Spectators taking out a few riders.

    Idiot was standing so far out in the road on this one…

    Ro5ey
    Free Member

    Looks like East London is interested

    everyone
    Free Member

    Would be nice if the break could stick until the end. I don’t think the peloton will let them though.

    Ro5ey
    Free Member

    Was just thinking about haeding down onto lower thames street (below the office)…. look out the window and they are 5 deep !!

    JohnnyPanic
    Full Member

    DONK, I’m afraid even the full ITV playback of Day 2 won’t show all of Ewden Beck. They show the descent and then it breaks up (tree coverage?).

    I can report that they all made it through without incident 🙁 although they were well spread out at that point. One guy was off the back by about 5 minutes and had a sticky bottle up the hill 🙂

    RealMan
    Free Member

    Another win for Kittel.. He’s unstoppable.

    mogrim
    Full Member

    Another win for Kittel.. He’s unstoppable.

    Watching him power to the win… wow.

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