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  • Le Tour Stage 2 – Bit of lumpy bumpy stuff
  • mikewsmith
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    Some fun on the finish yesterday, and a few spills on the road.

    Definitely a bit of good day bad day out there where Plan A for the GC boys was to finish on time and in the pack.

    Oops

    and a very sweet victory

    “What did Daddy win you?” asked Mark Cavendish.

    “Flowers,” said Delilah Grace Cavendish.


    The finish should probably keep the sprinters quiet so either a bit of a break away or maybe somebody could be keen to nick a bit of time from the other GC contenders.
    Bit too early to say 🙂 Enjoy

    10
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    Nice one Mike.

    Superficial
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    Realmike! Well done. No Sagan-themed homoeroticism though?

    mikewsmith
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    I’ll leave that to the true fans 🙂 Just getting the ball rolling. It’s been a year!

    cinnamon_girl
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    Thanks Mike. 8)

    timb34
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    Thanks Mike!

    Looking forward to watching this – should be a good final 20km. Bit early for the big contenders to try anything I suppose, unless one of them goes for it and the others have to respond. Not sure who the last km suits, or who’s going well, actually I’m not even sure who’s riding this early in the race: only just noticed that Kwiatkowski isn’t there!

    Also looking forward to seeing how much yellow Cav will be sporting: Full custard, just the jersey and bike or something in between?

    Edit: For anyone who hasn’t seen them, the stage previews at inrng.com are always excellent http://inrng.com/2016/07/tour-de-france-stage-2-preview-cherbourg/

    Vinte
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    Bit of a long shot, but does anyone know a good cafe/bar likely to be showing the tour in Edinburgh? I have an afternoon to kill.

    tenacious_doug
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    Ronde, Hamilton Place, Stockbridge would be your best bet

    Vinte
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    Great, cheers. I’ll have a walk down there.

    fifeandy
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    No serious climbs by the looks of it.
    Looks like a stage for Sagan or EBH

    mikewsmith
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    Still think somebody might try something at the end, especially if Contador is looking tender. All it would take is for an outside GC chance rider to be in the right place.

    mikey74
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    Looking at that finish, Sagan is probably a good bet.

    headfirst
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    Sagan,EBH,Dan Martin,in that order.

    scaredypants
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    I’m on somebody like Sagan or Van Avermaet but I think sky and/or movistar will attack the climb hard, just to see how bertie is – if he falters it could be a 3km sprint finish

    slowoldman
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    Ooh!! I don’t like the new live feed.

    mikewsmith
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    Care to share?

    hebdencyclist
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    Valverde an outsider worth a punt

    jambalaya
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    Weather pretty Britanique, no helicopter as cloud too low 🙁

    Wonderful to see footage of Cav leading out in yellow

    @slow the apps are same (?) as last year and pretty good

    jambalaya
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    Crash at the back of the peloton, bit of a blockage / mess

    BTW Cav has the jersey of course and bar tape. Black shorts.

    scaredypants
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    Crash at the back of the peloton, bit of a blockage / mess

    R5 saying bertie’s been down again

    jambalaya
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    My French isn’t good enough to pick out all the names in the coverage but it’s wet and horrible and a few crashes

    slowoldman
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    @slow the apps are same (?) as last year and pretty good

    It doesn’t even look the same as yesterday. Same on the iPad too

    mikewsmith
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    Yep bertie down again, just rejoining the Pelton

    jambalaya
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    iPad app

    Time to try Kodi and search for TV streams, France 3 live now, been on air for an hour ? Can overlay R5 commentary if you wish muting tv stream tab ?

    jambalaya
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    Weather cleared a bit and some sunshine, nno on dry roads

    slowoldman
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    That’s what I always used to see. WTF is happening? Have you got the URL for that?

    scaredypants
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    I’m quite liking this one:

    TDF view by scaredypants[/url], on Flickr

    jambalaya
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    @slow its the app you download not a website

    Try this (maybe the French strore but you’ll get the idea) https://appsto.re/gb/SF6cG.i

    Also if you had the app last year it should be in “purchased” I had deleted mine but it remembered I had downloaded it before

    theotherjonv
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    is that Geraint getting a tow back?

    edit – yep 30s back. Must be a puncture / mech.

    mikewsmith
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    Yep wheel change, gap is coming down so not the best time.

    mikewsmith
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    And I think we just called it for the break. Good effort

    dirtyrider
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    Porte’s GC hopes dead

    scaredypants
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    oh dear richie 🙁

    If I was a GC contender I’d be on indestructible tyres on a day like this

    dirtyrider
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    well that was a **** up – said 1 minute up with 1km to go as the peloton swept into shot 😆

    dirtyrider
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    Stoner
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    what a brilliant finish by pretty boy sagan! Almost as if he let Matthews Alaphilippe move past so as to do’im at the last!

    jimw
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    I think it was 1 minute up on the yellow jersey who was at the back of the peloton

    mikewsmith
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    Great for Sagan, crap day for Porte – such a shame on a stage like that but it’s only stage 2, TJ always blows up later and if that’s your bit of bad luck done then it’s onwards and upwards

    jambalaya
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    Porte’s GC hopes dead

    Seems that way. Froome looked strong to me.

    They seem to be speaking about Sagan’s bike being checked, assume its just a formaility

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