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At least with the Discovery commentators they actually know who the riders are and how well they have been doing this season.
I think the drone footage has been a game changer for this sort of event.
So which way round are they? BBC has Pidcock at the front, Discovery says it's Aldridge....
So which way round are they? BBC has Pidcock at the front, Discovery says it’s Aldridge….
Not sure the coverage is entirely 100% live, the different feeds seem to have different delays.
I'm currently (on BBC2) 25 mins into the race and it's 13.35 UK time now. Pidcock in 2nd.
BBC 2 on iPlayer seems about a minute or so behind the broadcast version.
I've flicked back and forth a little and Ric and Oli are far, far preferable to the BBC coverage!
WTF?! BBC2 just said "right, that's it for coverage, swap to BBC1 to carry on watching" and now we're back into Olympics intro shite.
Flat for pidcock!
AarrrrrrGggghhhh - iplayer has just died!!!!!
Slow pit stop. I did wonder why Puck Pieterse team didn't use a drill for her wheel removal yesterday.
Come on BBC. If you are going to switch channels, make it seamless. So we miss Pidcock having a problem so that we can watch some adverts. Fantastic broadcasting!
Off to bbc1
For a crap intro cartoon and a crap chat from a presenter while we missed all the sudden drama.
This front group has some big, big hitters now. This is gonna get good.
and it's back....
Ouch, What a crap place to get a flat just as he rolls up to the big-ish drop off.
He will be fuming with the pit crew.... Are they Ineos Grenadiers staff, or Team GB Staff?
Charie Aldridge is hanging on, having a great ride.
Was it a flat before the drop, or was it that he got chopped on the inside into it and then punctured on the landing? The replay showed what looked like a fairly nasty move by Koretzky...
Flat before the drop.
3 laps to go, TP up into 3rd at +36"
Pidders with the bit between his teeth now - seems like a big ask to pull back nearly 40secs in 3 laps but if anyone can it's him!
Down to 25 seconds behind
This is gonna come together, Pidcock is leading that little group back on. Shame Charlie has dropped off the back now.
He can see Hatherly now - won't be long until he's caught.
That said, I would not be disappointed if Koretzky won this, he's done a flawless ride and a Frenchy winning on home soil would be great for the crowd.
Koretzky rolling some of the jumps now suggests he may be flagging a little.
TP up to 2nd? The man's an absolute machine!
Turns out I CAN descend like Nino!
I can't help that feel that, although Koretzky has ridden a really good ride, had TP not punctured he wouldn't be in the lead...
They're averaging a fraction over 24kph (15mph)!
That's the sort of speed I average on a steady road ride. Bonkers.
@thepurist we've all been there with the tripod of doom!
I think base on Ninos socials this week he's just enjoying the tail end of his career, happy and proud to be there. Well earned.
Come on Tommmmm, jesus he is catching up like the terminator. I hope he's got something left for the finish.
Got him... Come on Tom.
Hatherley has quite a good sprint if I recall, hes a fair bit bigger than TP.
Race: ON!
How many matches have they all got left?! Tom must've burned a few bring back the gap, but Victor isn't looking great - Hatherly the dark horse?
YES TOM!