How many abandons have we had so far? Just Mark Cavendish? Down to 197.
The Pro Cycling Thread (Part 2)
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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 !.......
I've switched to ITV........and it's ads !.......
Originally Posted by divingbboy:
“Fantastic that they picked such a glamorous spot for today's finishing line.”
“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.
Originally Posted by divingbboy:
“Fantastic that they picked such a glamorous spot for today's finishing line.”
“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.
Originally Posted by grassmarket:
“Nah, that's only the KOM point the finish is further on.”
“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.
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).
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
http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2014/us/stage-2.html
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.”
“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...
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...”
“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...
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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.
Originally Posted by deivu74:
“Yeah which is a pretty big dual-carriage road (isn't it?)”
“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
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.
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.”
“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.
Originally Posted by deivu74:
“They were useless in the Dauphiné when Alberto was off at the front chasing Froome.”
“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.
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