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I wonder if Bradley Wiggins is laughing right now thinking he could have been winning it if he took part. Through I think the commonwealth seems to be important to him and he wouldn't have been able to do the track events there.
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#3052 |
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I predict Alejandro Valverde is going to get plenty plates of soup spilled over his lap over the next 10 days after the way he treated the French hero today.
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In his Tour diary, Richie Porte says he's sick, at the doctor's car for the past two stages, and he will struggle to complete the Tour.
Oleg Tinkoff in tears after his team's win: http://tour2014.tv2.dk/2014-07-19-ti...r-fortjent-det Contador watched the stage from a TV studio. He said it would be difficult to be ready for the Vuelta: http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showpos...ostcount=16965 |
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#3054 |
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And today's forcecast for the weather at the finish is "Utterly lashing it down."
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How cruel was that! Just 10m short!
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Yes very very cruel. Led for the whole race except the vital 10m !!!!!!!!
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#3057 |
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Ah, so wanted them to stop away.
Too cruel. |
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#3058 |
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aw geez.........
![]() I usually watch on ES but I'm getting really fed up of all the 'inserts' where they stick the race in a little box in the corner whilst they show interviews with riders about their favourite sausage or tell what happened in 1934 Show us the damn race ! I switched over to ITV4............ |
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another thing about the inserts
there are two kinds there are the ES inserts which they do themselves and seem to clutter up half the stage..........but there are also some inserts which are in French and presumably embedded in the feed.........funny thing is that those ones have the Phil and Paul commentary when it includes clips from races !....... I bet ES are not to happy about that !.........
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Does anyone know who will be England's team leader(the person they working to try and win) in the commonwealth road race. Sir Bradley is only doing the track team persuit.
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It's got Bradley down as being in the road event not the track. Along with Steve Cummings, Alex Dowsett, Thomas Moses, Ian Stannard and Scott Thwaites.
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It's got Bradley down as being in the road event not the track. Along with Steve Cummings, Alex Dowsett, Thomas Moses, Ian Stannard and Scott Thwaites.
Is Steve cummings then the team leader then. |
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Can I ask a question please guys ?
Who should I be watching out for in the Commonwealth Games ? I'm guessing Sir Bradley will be a strong favourite but who else ? Any of our other Olympians |
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Wiggins will only be riding the team pursuit. Kenny has been indifferent since the Olympics at an age when he should be improving. Be interesting to see if he does better than last year.
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Can I ask a question please guys ?
Who should I be watching out for in the Commonwealth Games ? I'm guessing Sir Bradley will be a strong favourite but who else ? Any of our other Olympians |
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Can I ask a question please guys ?
Who should I be watching out for in the Commonwealth Games ? I'm guessing Sir Bradley will be a strong favourite but who else ? Any of our other Olympians |
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Bit of a shame that Daniel whatsits who is the voice of the tour is hanging up his mic after this year.
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Wiggins will only be riding the team pursuit. Kenny has been indifferent since the Olympics at an age when he should be improving. Be interesting to see if he does better than last year.
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To be honest, I think the team is still in somewhat of a transitional stage post London and pre Rio. I think they will have tough competition from the Oz and Nz teams.
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I think the women's racing is going to be more exciting actually. All the big stars from the British Olympics team, against strong Aussie, Kiwi and Canadian riders plus some really good young Scottish cyclists who have come through in the last couple of seasons.
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Watched the caravan and the Tour go by this morning - great fun
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Rui Costa and Simon Yates didn't start today
Big breakaway group of 21 riders have got nearly nine minutes They've got two big climbs to come.......the cat 2 which they're just about to start on (and will go past the Casertelli memorial on the way down the other side) Then there's a big HC climb followed by a 20K descent to the finish There's a good chance that the breakaway will stay away and we might effectively have two races with the breakaway riders going for stage victory and the GC contenders battling it out up the last climb and on the descent |
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Watched the caravan and the Tour go by this morning - great fun
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Simon Yates another one that packed in at a planned date. Why he couldn't keep going to Paris I don't know. Only six more stages left!
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Simon Yates another one that packed in at a planned date. Why he couldn't keep going to Paris I don't know. Only six more stages left!
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Looks like the Belkin team have been saved by a co-sponsorship deal with the Dutch national lottery
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Did you get lots of sweets and plastic tat ?........
![]() No, we left those for the kids - just a free newspaper
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