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Cold i guess
It's aero stuff, it saves you like 4 watts or something.
What happened on the Sprint as I have no tv here
Cav tore it to pieces while lecturing someone about how to sprint. Griepel 2nd, Sagan 3rd I think.
Re: helmets. Have Sky got those yellow ventless ones on again that make them all look like a Bob the Builder appreciation society?
yellow for the lead team
Cheers RM
AG2R La Mondiale's 2012 Jersey
INTERMEDIATE SPRINT FULL RESULTS:
1. Minard (ALM) 20 pts
2. Bernaudeau (EUC) 17pts
3. Morkov (STB) 15pts
4. Perez (EUS) 13pts
5. Grivko (AST) 11pts
6. Cavendish (SKY) 10pts - at 4'30"
7. Van Hummel (VCD) 9pts
8. Sagan (LIQ) 8pts
9. Lancaster (OGE) 7pts
10. Hutarovich (FDJ) 6pts
11. Renshaw (RAB) 5pts
12. Petacchi (LAM) 4pts
13. Goss (OGE) 3pts
14. Boeckmans (VCD) 2pts
15. Cooke (OGE) 1pt
Was Hummel behind Cav sorry, dunno what happened to Andre.
The other Sky riders have the vents open, all the same helmet it looks.
Gotta love the Tour.
sooooo looking forward to actually being there for my first time on the 15th!
In the meantime, I love that ITV4 do the live thing in the afternoon which I can have up on my second computer screen while Im, *ahem* working 😉
Yeah I find with ITV's TV feed, their Twitter, and the http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2012/us/live/aso/ widget running, on a second Space it's spot on.
Turn the TV sound off mostly, let Growl alert me to Tweets and flip a space to the right to catch up.
(some Mac content in the above!)
The other Sky riders have the vents open, all the same helmet it looks.
Marginal gains.
Saves minute amounts of energy but when wins come down to inches then it might be enough. Disadvantage is the heat so the others will wear vented versions.
they may look gash but they are better than the garmin ones.
I like the ITV coverage, I think I might just have enough time to paint the house during this ad break... 🙄
sooooo looking forward to actually being there for my first time on the 15th!
plan carefully where you stand to get maximum goodies from the caravan. We found a good plan is somewhere not crowded, where they can see you from a way off and by some small kids works best. It's a whole new game.
when does the caravan come through, a few hours before or a few minutes?
from about 90 mins before IIRC
it takes a while, can be a bit dribby-drabby if it's late in the day
as for the riders, whoosh and they're gone, you see much more on the telly, but that's not the point of course
my father in law got bonked on the head by Denis Menchov's discarded bidon (bottle), he cherishes it to this day
mind you he has quite a nice shiny bonedome, easy target. I think shaving and shining your forehead with the aim of attracting flying bidons may be a bit extreme.
Yay! 🙁
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Big crash..
Cav dropped.
dammit - pop out to pick the brats up from school and come back to carnage!
Happened during the ad break anyways.
Cav getting the 10pts on the intermediate sprint: http://www.itv.com/tourdefrance/news/cavendish-shines-in-stage-3-intermediate-sprint/
That was pretty impressive to say the least.
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Not good for Wiggins. 🙁
Jens doing what he does best 😀
I don't have TV coverage. What's going on? Cav and Gilbert have been dropped?
Gilbert, Voeckler, and a few others are in a chase group about 30 secs behind the peloton, Cav is well off the back.
Morkov blown!!
I love Chavanel.
I have chavanel in my fantasy team! Come on big guy!!!
Sagan is a monster.
Love that guy.
not sure if I like him yet or not. I know he waits with baited breath to find out what I think of him though....
Ooops! Looks like someone went up the service road.
Yeah my mate really doesn't like him either. He's fast becoming my favourite rider ever though.
Ooops! Looks like someone went up the service road.
Yeah I thought I saw that too - who was it?
Wiggo hit the barriers there. Nearly went over them
Looks like Sagan will have gained a few seconds too.
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EBH got a lot of form.
that's a great pic!
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not sure if I like him yet or not
He's only been a pro (and wining races) for, like, 3 years. Oh and mountain bike world champ before that. How long does it take to form an opinion? 😛
"The gnarliest final????"
It's a road race FFS!! 🙄
he can even win on his sisters bike
Sagan drew a significant attention when he appeared at the Slovak Cup with a bicycle borrowed from his sister after he had mistakenly sold his own and the one from Velosprint sponsor was delayed. Riding the supermarket bike with poor brakes and limited gear, he won the race
Can't wait to see how he handles the mountains.
Ooops! Looks like someone went up the service road.
Yeah I thought I saw that too - who was it?
Ferri Valls by the looks of it. There were 2 Vacansoleil riders at the front at the time of the crash. He came in 33rd.
Blimey, Voeckler is over 7 minutes down
Blimey, Volkler is over 7 minutes down
Well he's had a rubbish season and injuries, I don't think anyone was expecting anything from him.
Wasnt expecting him to be that bad
Well now he's this far down he could get away on a solo break, but I don't see him pulling it off.
I guess it depends on how motivated people are to catch him. They could be closely marking each other enough for him to escape. But yes, his form doesn't look that great.
I don't think it was Brad who fell. Team Sky tweeted it was Froome who went over the bars high on the barriers.