TdF Stage 20 – Always Magnificent [Spoilers]

How could you ever forget that stage?

It coincides with my raving days 😀

😀

Peta Todd is like Emily Batty but without the actual riding. Cavendish has it all.

Switching between ITV4 and EuroSport HD depending on the ad breaks.

Peta Todd is like Emily Batty but without the actual riding. Cavendish has it all.

She’s lovely, really down to earth. Very funny on Twitter too, well worth following.

Man wish id gone to paris for that

Legend hincapie . 17 times

SHUTUP LEGS

Huh, ad breaks at the same time on ITV4 and EuroSport. 🙁

Is ITV 4 crapping out for anyone else? Not sure if its them or my ariel cable.

Watching it on ITV1 here, it’s fine.

Year aerial

Fine here

It’s the same feed whichever channel you’re watching on. EuroSport had a few “moments” earlier on in the day where the picture crapped out a couple of times but it’s fine now.

cheers, have given it a jiggle.

RealMan – Member
Watching it on ITV1 here, it’s fine.

In HD too which is nice.

Good to see Sky doing their impression of HTC.

I’ve just looked up the prize money:

Overall winner – €450,000, €200,000, €100,000, €70,000, €50,000, sliding scale down to the 19th rider every rider that earns €1,000. In addition, every rider who completes the Tour de France earns at least €400.

Stage placings – €8,000, €4,000, €2,000, €1,000 and continues on a sliding scale down to €200 for 20th place.

Team Time Trial – €10,000, €5,000, €2,500, €1,000 € and continues on a sliding scale down to €200 for 20th place.

Overall Green Jersey – €25,000, €15,000, €10,000 with prizes down to 8th, plus €800 for each sprint win, and €300 for each day in the Green jersey.

Overall Best Climber – €25,000, €15,000, €10,000 with prizes down to 8th, plus up to €800 for each climb win, and €300 for each day in the Polka Dot jersey.

Overall Best Young Rider – €25,000, €15,000, €10,000 with prizes down to 4th, plus up to €500 for the young rider with the best time each stage, and €300 for each day in the White jersey.

Most Combative – €2,000 for the most combative rider each stage, €20,000 for the overall “super combative” rider.

Best Team – €2,800 per stage for the best team, plus €50,000 overall for the winning team.

Divided loyalties that I want Jens out front for as long as possible!?

Not a lot really when you think that the winner of Wimbledon gets £575,000.
And compared to the wages of high profile wendyballers, it’s nothing.
The UCI have a minimum wage rule which means that even the lowliest neo-pro domestique is on about £30,000 a year but again, compared to football wages of £30,000 per week…

thought you got 1.1 m for winning wimbledon?

thought you got 1.1 m for winning wimbledon?

Yeah sorry, it’s the runner up that gets £575,000. I remembered that figure as they mentioned it would be Andy Murray’s winnings…

Ok this could be a little bit close. Damn you Jens.

This is going to be close. Stage 18 all over again?

Christ, PLEASE can they close that gap ASAP!!! 😕

Come on sky ! Youve done it before get it done !

gap reducing but this isn’t good for the blood pressure

I’d quite like Jens to win. If he bows out at the end of the year from Grand Tours as I’ve heard (even if he doesn’t stop riding altogether), it’d be a nice way to stop.

Bell lap, can they do it?!

I reckon they’ll catch them on the final corner – going to be SO close.

looks like they will be caught now, only 10 secs

i love when the teams form their trains

Can cav get set up !

Judging it to perfection – catch them with just enough time to get the sprint set up but not enough to allow another attack to go.

Nasty crash.

GO SKY!!

Ufff!

COOOOOOOMMMEEEE OOONNNNN!!!!!!

COME ON WIGGINS

Go Cav!

COME OOOOONNNNNNN!!!

SUCH a long sprint. Such fantastic team work.

Job Jobbed 😀

This room has suddenly become a bit dusty, I must have a speck of it in my eye…

Perfect YES !!!!!!!!