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Old 05-07-2014, 16:51
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Can't be bothered going back in the thread but I did say Kittel would win at around midday just as the race was starting.........
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Old 05-07-2014, 16:52
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Can't be bothered going back in the thread but I did say Kittel would win at around midday just as the race was starting.........
Hahah, you should have had put money on it.
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Old 05-07-2014, 16:52
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Millar saying classic collar bone break.
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Old 05-07-2014, 16:52
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Cav does have a habit of falling off in the last few hundred metres........a lot more than the other sprinters

Looked like a collar bone........he's probably out of the Tour
I thought that. Sagan and Kittel always seem to manage to avoid the scrapes.
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Old 05-07-2014, 16:53
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Froome did well to miss the fall, and get in with the main pack.
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Old 05-07-2014, 16:53
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Shame about Cavendish - he always seem to crash in the early sprints of the Tour.

Kittel wins but it was a shame that neither Cavendish nor Grippel were there to make it a real sprint finish. Where did Grippel go?

Hope he can over that injury but it looks bad.
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Old 05-07-2014, 16:54
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Can't be bothered going back in the thread but I did say Kittel would win at around midday just as the race was starting.........
Ive said he will have at least three stages by this time next week, before probably jacking it in.
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Old 05-07-2014, 16:55
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Fabian Cancellara took everyone by surprise there. Overtaken 250- 300 from the line, good move off that uphill stretch.
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Old 05-07-2014, 16:58
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That looks like Cav shoved Simon Gerrans out of the road.
Yep. Reverting to type. Don't wish a broken collarbone on anyone but clearly his fault. Gerrans' road and ahead and Cavendish veers and leans on him. Hope the other riders are OK.
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Old 05-07-2014, 16:58
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Looked a hard finish, uphill. my Initial reaction was that Cav didn't look like he was going to be close at the end. Have to say it looked like cav was leaning on to gerrans.

I bet Sagan to win green, so that's a great start for me.
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Old 05-07-2014, 17:00
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Fabian Cancellara took everyone by surprise there. Overtaken 250- 300 from the line, good move off that uphill stretch.
Ended 11th too.
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Old 05-07-2014, 17:01
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Has Marcel Kittel got yellow and green? How many points were there for the finish?
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Old 05-07-2014, 17:02
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Seems to be that both Gerrand and Cavendish were leaning on each other, and then the rider on the left also leant on in Gerrans. Which meant no where for Gerrans to go.

Very unfortunate in any case for Cavendish.
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Old 05-07-2014, 17:03
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Cav is pretty small for a sprinter and I wonder if the bigger guys bully him and he has to push and shove and lean on people otherwise they'll swamp him

maybe that's why he crashes so often in the final.......
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Old 05-07-2014, 17:04
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don't know if it's me but the commentary on this is awful. They hardly seem to have done any homework on Yorkshire, but also this guy comes across as really patronising, like no one would ever know much about Yorkshire
Sherwin and liggett. I am sure phil liggett just reads bits out of a green Michelin guide. Maybe the tdf issue a commentary pack sort of thing. You will get used to it.
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Old 05-07-2014, 17:05
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Has Marcel Kittel got yellow and green? How many points were there for the finish?
He has both, three podium trips.
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Old 05-07-2014, 17:06
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. Maybe the tdf issue a commentary pack sort of thing. You will get used to it.
They do, Sherwan usually makes reference to it.
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Old 05-07-2014, 17:06
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Cav is pretty small for a sprinter and I wonder if the bigger guys bully him and he has to push and shove and lean on people otherwise they'll swamp him

maybe that's why he crashes so often in the final.......
No, he's just a dirty and dangerous rider.
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Old 05-07-2014, 17:06
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Has Marcel Kittel got yellow and green? How many points were there for the finish?
yes, whoever won todays stage would have got yellow and green

you get 100 points for winning the stage
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Old 05-07-2014, 17:06
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Sherwin and liggett. I am sure phil liggett just reads bits out of a green Michelin guide. Maybe the tdf issue a commentary pack sort of thing. You will get used to it.
Stick to Eurosport for the live coverage and ITV for the evening highlight package.
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Old 05-07-2014, 17:06
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Yep. Reverting to type. Don't wish a broken collarbone on anyone but clearly his fault. Gerrans' road and ahead and Cavendish veers and leans on him. Hope the other riders are OK.


Not according to Eurosport.
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Old 05-07-2014, 17:07
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Has Marcel Kittel got yellow and green? How many points were there for the finish?
Yes, and that is normally the case after the first stage, I think Sagan will wear the green Jersey tomorrow, as Kittel obviously cannot wear both, as Sagan in 2nd overall in the Points competition.

45 pts for the winner of a "flat" stage. Less points are awarded for Medium/High Mountain stages, in order to give sprinters a chance to win the Green Jersey.
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Old 05-07-2014, 17:08
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yes, whoever won todays stage would have got yellow and green

you get 100 points for winning the stage
45 Max depending on stage type.
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Old 05-07-2014, 17:09
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So will Sagan wear the green jersey or the white one tomorrow? Assume green.
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Old 05-07-2014, 17:10
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So will Sagan wear the green jersey or the white one tomorrow? Assume green.
They always wear the highest value one.
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