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The Pro Cycling Thread (Part 2)
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deivu74
06-07-2014
How many abandons have we had so far? Just Mark Cavendish? Down to 197.
swingaleg
06-07-2014
ES appear to have broken into the coverage to show a documentary about the formation of the Sky team.......

I've switched to ITV........and it's ads !.......
divingbboy
06-07-2014
Fantastic that they picked such a glamorous spot for today's finishing line.
deivu74
06-07-2014
Originally Posted by divingbboy:
“Fantastic that they picked such a glamorous spot for today's finishing line.”

I'm trying to picture where it is. When they showed Jill Douglas at the line with the Slovakians, it looked nothing like where I remembered near Meadowhall.
grassmarket
06-07-2014
Originally Posted by divingbboy:
“Fantastic that they picked such a glamorous spot for today's finishing line.”

Nah, that's only the KOM point the finish is further on.
divingbboy
06-07-2014
Originally Posted by grassmarket:
“Nah, that's only the KOM point the finish is further on.”

Yeah, I just checked it out on google streetview. Brutal climb but, yes, the finish itself as further along.
deivu74
06-07-2014
I'd like Simon Gerrans to win today to make up for his accident yesterday.
grassmarket
06-07-2014
Poor Netapp guy, picked up a ton-weight of bottles just as the climb started.
divingbboy
06-07-2014
That Jenkin Road climb has got Sagan's name written all over it (or, dare I say it, Tiernan-Locke, were he not suspended currently).
John259
06-07-2014
There's a map on the official TdF site which you can zoom in to see exactly where the KoM and finish are:
http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2014/us/stage-2.html
sheff71
06-07-2014
Originally Posted by deivu74:
“I'm trying to picture where it is. When they showed Jill Douglas at the line with the Slovakians, it looked nothing like where I remembered near Meadowhall.”

It's not at Meadowhall the shopping centre, it's on the road towards the city centre that goes past Meadowhall Retail Park, and stops pretty much outside Sheffield (Motorpoint) Arena...
deivu74
06-07-2014
Originally Posted by sheff71:
“It's not at Meadowhall the shopping centre, it's on the road towards the city centre that goes past Meadowhall Retail Park, and stops pretty much outside Sheffield (Motorpoint) Arena... ”

Yeah which is a pretty big dual-carriage road (isn't it?) but it looked tiny with Jill Douglas. Maybe she wasn't at the finish.
John259
06-07-2014
Originally Posted by deivu74:
“Yeah which is a pretty big dual-carriage road (isn't it?)”

As far as I can judge from the TdF map, this is the finish in StreetView, looking in the opposite direction to that the riders will take. But I don't know Sheffield so I bow to any superior knowledge that someone else might have.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps?q=shef...,66.74,,0,7.97
grassmarket
06-07-2014
Something up with Sagan, not a good time to be off the back.
grassmarket
06-07-2014
Lucky we are not passing through Liverpool, that bike would have been long gone.
grassmarket
06-07-2014
Now that the breakaways are almost caught, what price a Jens attack for the KoM points?
divingbboy
06-07-2014
Do you think the people carrying the Isle Of Man flag have heard the news?
divingbboy
06-07-2014
Sky sensibly keeping its plan b options open.
grassmarket
06-07-2014
Tinkoff looking a bit feeble, if they can't get up a Cat3 in Yorkshire they're not going to be much use to Contador in the Alps.
grassmarket
06-07-2014
Crikey, peleton is down to about 30 people now.
deivu74
06-07-2014
Originally Posted by grassmarket:
“Tinkoff looking a bit feeble, if they can't get up a Cat3 in Yorkshire they're not going to be much use to Contador in the Alps.”

They were useless in the Dauphiné when Alberto was off at the front chasing Froome.
Cissy Fairfax
06-07-2014
Van Avermaet would be a good bet.
Cissy Fairfax
06-07-2014
Originally Posted by deivu74:
“They were useless in the Dauphiné when Alberto was off at the front chasing Froome.”

The three main ones all completed the giro. Odd choices.
divingbboy
06-07-2014
Goodbye, Strava Jenkin Road KOM.........
deivu74
06-07-2014
Not sure Vincenzo Nibali is a fan favourite but well done to him.
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