[Closed] TdF Stage 3 - Rolling Into The Capital [Spoilers]

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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 😛

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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 😉

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

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?

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. 🙂

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.

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

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

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

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

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

@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 !

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

Selfie ****erz causing issues:

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

Selfie ****erz causing issues:

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

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.

Good effort from Saffron Walden crowds on a Monday.

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

Waited 3 hours to get this shot...

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bit of a procession today then ...

That's a lot of people.

Well done.

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.

@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 🙁

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

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)

(not in a Rolf way)

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

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?

Piss down your leg?

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.

A few more snaps:

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Somebody on the roof on Kings College Chapel watching
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I do like the look of that Mavic car.

"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.

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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.

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...

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.

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

Spectators taking out a few riders.

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

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Looks like East London is interested

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

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

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 🙂

Another win for Kittel.. He's unstoppable.

Another win for Kittel.. He's unstoppable.

Watching him power to the win... wow.

Fantastic end to the race though. Really good tactics by Team Giant at the end though and a good win for Kittel.

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?

Ahem.

If only I could have been that smart when picking my fantasy team..

Was at the Palace sunshine in Yorkshire and a little rain in London, we couldn't have let them depart without a little weather. Crowd was quite subdued I thought. Motorcycle and bike helmets only in view but worth it.

Can I mention Kittel's eyebrows?

*is jealous*

I have Kittel but I have also had Cav for the last 2 stages 😳
really should have swapped him out earlier 🙂