Anyone watching? Some great racing so far, Sagan doing the rainbow jersey proud. Just coming down the back of the Gotthard Pass now and am wondering WTF Gilbert has on his head….?

Buff pulled up over his lid?

No one watching? Shame. Stage 3 was classic Sagan. Today’s was pretty good too. Guess it’s lacking the big GC players though.

I’m watching..

Is there a good feed anywhere? I’d like to be watching but am not.

Not sure. Watching on the Eurosport player here.

Sagz last stage win was terrific. Rode away from the peloton on the final climb, caught the 2 man break on the descent, casually took a gel whilst flicking around narrow 90 degree bends in ancient town centre, monstered the sprint and described it as “like PlayStation!” in the interview.

The riders that didn’t get arm warmers etc on for the Gotthard descent today looked to be really suffering, the Katusha rider on Gilbert’s wheel when the Buff screenshot above was taken was shivering so hard it looked like he was struggling to control the bike.

Speaking of bike control… yesterdays finale was a bit crazy too…

Quite the save! A lot of rider complains about a sharp right hander 100m before the finish line.

lot of rider complains about a sharp right hander 100m before the finish line.

This is what roadies call a ‘technical finish’. It’s a road, it has bends, get over it.

Yeah you’re absolutely right.

Why do they put crash pads on trees on WC DH runs? It’s a mountain, it has trees on it, get over it.

3/10 for a poorly thought out, flawed troll.

Why do they put crash pads on trees on WC DH runs? It’s a mountain, it has trees on it, get over it.

1/10 for a poorly thought out analogy. I’ve never heard DH riders complaining about trees on the course.

Should be a good one today too…

I’m watching catch-up on Steephill.

Oh dear 🙂

The Danny VP endo was prob less to do with the corner and more to do with Sagan giving it elbows true MTBer stylie into and out of the corner, VP grabbed an arm full of brake as Sagan went straight across him and very nearly went right over, as you can see from the pics. To be honest I was struggling to stay awake watching it after hanging on Carlton Kirbys quick wit and banter inc the well hung boar in the Daughphine to the enduring the dulcet tones of the TDS commentators the Z sniper was out.

I reckon the G wagon will shift the bus, or pull the back off it, baring in mind that was 3 days ago it’s moved already and pads on trees and corners in roads, that s just daft, the riders were highlighting their concerns that the UCI had penalised him but thought the corner OK?

That’s how I read it,

Speaking of G wagons, not a good stage for the Welshman today, maybe they’d been playing coverage of the football over his radio. And where did Tejay go? Porte must be the phone to BMC management by now!

Not see the stage today. Lopez ahead of Cancellara in an ITT in the Tour de Suisse, what is going on? Was it a hilly one?