warton, just read that and was about to post a link to it - he does make a very strong argument against doping, and he puts it very eloquently. Hopefully that will get re-printed in L'Equipe and the such-like.
I bet those flat smooth roads are a delight after yesterday!
they've just gone past my office. Millard was in front looking a bit tired and Wiggins was in the main group looking like he was having a little sunday ride with his mates.
didn't see Cav or Evans. the whole thing is over too quickly.
well now i'll be able to do some work. been excited all day about it .-)
I've just popped to our gym to booking a climbing course, and it turns out the meeting rooms on the ground floor are named after cyclists: Millar, Pendleton etc. [deletes crude joke about which i'd rather be in] Which is nice.
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This is more like it Bradley
wiggo talks
Great interview, thanks for the link. Just wish others out there could talk in the same way.
how many can pendleton fit?
I like that Specialized ad.
From Ned Boulting on twitter:
Quite a good joke. RT @jdcarpentieri Very good article by Wiggins BUT I BET FROOME COULD WRITE A BETTER ONE IF SKY WOULD ONLY LET HIM
Are riders allowed to change their helmet during a stage? Millar might fancy one of those aero (not TT) helmets they were all wearing in the early stages now.
Are riders allowed to change their helmet during a stage?
Of course.
while moving or do they have to stop and change, since they should wear a helmet at all times?
Nah they can do it while moving. It's one of the rules that's enforced sensibly, unlike others.
The other day I think cancellara changed his jersey and the team car had his helmet as he put the new one on (I can only assume the original one was a half-length zip) so there's no problem with him not having one for a few mins.
Ah ok. Makes sense. You just never know.
Apparently Cav's just elbowed a cameraman who was filming him drafting cars while getting a telling off from the commissaire!
Eurosport and ITV4 have synchronised race video but not ad breaks, that's handy!
Here we go this could be like a 3k track sprint!
Think Millar is going to have it, he looks good.
Skills.
'ave it Millar!
Garmin, and Millar, really deserved that. Kinda boring stage, but good finish.
Get in there Millar!
4 GB winners in one tour!
Magic!
Wow.
yes!
Goss completely shut off Sagan there, Sagan would have had that easily.
Brilliant
aye cheats move IMHO and he knew it too
no need to move when 1 v 1 on an open road - should loose the points
Well Done Millar
Great result after a fairly dull day's racing. Muchos respectos to Millar!
Chapeau Millar.
Why no Cav in the sprint?
aparently goss has been docked points for that move
Why no Cav in the sprint?
No point. He's too far off the green jersey points wise for it to make the blindest bit of difference, he'll be knackered from doing team domestique duties all day and going over some massive mountains yesterday - may as well save every bit of effort possible.
fair enough, why doesn't he quit then?
fair enough, why doesn't he quit then?
He may well have his sights on a stage win in Paris, he's probably still got team duties to do - you don't just give up in the Tour, it looks a bit bad if the World Champion says "sod this for a game of soldiers" and goes home. If you pull out, you need a decent excuse cos the fines for "just pulling out cos you don't feel like it" are pretty steep.
fair enough, why doesn't he quit then?
Team Sky will be working for him in Paris, once the GC is sewn up (and Froome is second). Make it four in a row.
Good point - a Paris win would be nice and straightforward to set up too.
Dull stage indeed, but that Postman's Palace was pretty damn cool wasn't it?
Yeah OK, Paris. There are fines for pulling out? I assumed the entry fee did that job. Do you think Cancellara got fined?
Dull stage indeed, but that Postman's Palace was pretty damn cool wasn't it?
And the heli-shot swoop to the peleton so looowwww across the sunflower field it must have left a trail of flattened plants.
I love all that stuff, it's part of what makes tdf special.
Fines for pulling out ?? are we sure ??
Shame the 4 British winners were born in Isle of Man , Kenya , Belgium and Malta .
Why is that a shame? Shouldn't they be counted as British? Shame we have black British people too I suppose?
You are of course quite right , I was merely trying to be a smartarse .
^ Succeeded.
poor ol' Ian Stannard is going to have piss taken remorselessly by the other four now. Probably make him do most of the work too.
I would read to much into Cav not making the lead group, looked to me like he got caught out in the run into to the start of the climb. He would have need to be in the first 10-15 places. With the peleton really shifting with narrow roads no real chance to move up from a poor position.
oops wrong stage 🙂 😳