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I dont think the official stage results are right, they have Yates finishing over 3 minutes behind the peleton, no mention on his twitter about the times yet.
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Must be a chance that Adam Yates could be in yellow tonight........if VA gets dropped and Adam stays with the 'group of favourites' who'll probably contest the finish or at least be close enough to any breakaway to take over the GC
ee blimey........Bury's Adam Yates in yellow.......
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Must be a chance that Adam Yates could be in yellow tonight........if VA gets dropped and Adam stays with the 'group of favourites' who'll probably contest the finish or at least be close enough to any breakaway to take over the GC
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Cummings break. You often see this. One rider jumps away. The others shillyshally about chasing, and in the end no one chases.
Would they rather come a non chasing second, rather than Chase and come lower down? |
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Must be a chance that Adam Yates could be in yellow tonight........if VA gets dropped and Adam stays with the 'group of favourites' who'll probably contest the finish or at least be close enough to any breakaway to take over the GC
ee blimey........Bury's Adam Yates in yellow....... ![]() |
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Would they rather come a non chasing second, rather than Chase and come lower down?
Get a name as a rider who gets duped into giving others a free ride, and prepared to settle for second place, then he can kiss any future wins from breaks goodbye. To win in future, the rider has to be prepared to let it slide away today. |
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Cummings' sleek stage winning bike: https://www.youtube.com/embed/r2mli7Xwfbc
One of the few pro bikes below 7.0kg. Take off the bottle cages and race number, and it would be right down on the limit. The full compliment of 198 riders started today. It may no longer be the case this evening, especially with the stage starting off at 50 kph. |
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Cummings' sleek stage winning bike: https://www.youtube.com/embed/r2mli7Xwfbc
One of the few pro bikes below 7.0kg. Take off the bottle cages and race number, and it would be right down on the limit. The full compliment of 198 riders started today. It may no longer be the case this evening, especially with the stage starting off at 50 kph. Although it may slow down after the intermediate sprint
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13 man breakaway at the start of the climb about 30 seconds on the pack.
The Mavic mutual service bike that was brought down by the air bridge had an helmet cam, so hopefully we will get to see the footage later. What I have seen of it, it looks like Yates was helping to hold the air bridge up for the peloton to pass under. Quite a select group in the main breakaway including: DE GENDT, Thomas (LTS), YATES, Adam (OBE), ALAPHILIPPE, Julian (EQS), VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro (MOV), RODRIGUEZ, Joaquim (KAT), FROOME, Christopher (SKY), QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo Alexander (MOV), BARGUIL, WARREN (TGA), ROLLAND, Pierre (CDT), MARTIN, Daniel (EQS) |
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The Mavic mutual service bike that was brought down by the air bridge had an helmet cam, so hopefully we will get to see the footage later. What I have seen of it, it looks like Yates was helping to hold the air bridge up for the peloton to pass under
Cyclocosm's clip gone as well. http://cyclocosm.tumblr.com/post/147...-is-ridiculous Copies are still online so search before the copyright enforcers reach them.
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Eurosport had the Mavic clip just now.
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Armitstead has withdrawn from Giro Rosa suffering from illness, just four weeks before the Olympics RR.
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...ycling-illness Pooley came 13th in yesterday's hilly ITT, so I can't see her winning an Olympic medal. If she feels the same way, she may well concede her berth as she's not going to Rio for the kit/village atmosphere/etc. Quote:
The Mavic mutual service bike
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Nibali and Alaphilippe dropped whilst ES on the break
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Cummings would have very little chance of winning on the Rio course. He won today because the favourites had no interest in todays stage. The Olympics is a one day race and Cummings best results have come in stage races from breaks when already down on GC.
I'd have Cummings in my Olympics team but its right for British Cycling to build a team around Froome with Yates (ormaybe Thomas) as plan B. |
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Cavendish and Eisel 13 minutes down on the peloton with only the ailing Mørkøv behind them.
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GVA is now 7 minutes back so Adam Yates is virtual yellow jersey on the road.......
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The letour race centre is a waste of space today, says GVA is back in the Froome group which I know isnt right
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GVA is now 7 minutes back so Adam Yates is virtual yellow jersey on the road.......
Currently having trouble coping with the non-rainy and non-foggy weather, pours huge bottle of chilled water over his head. |
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Maillot jaune virtuel!!! Black puddings with big white bits and tripe all round in Bury!
tripe butties for tea........
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Talking of 'interest'........has anyone else thought that there is a lot less interest on the forum this year ?
Usually when the Tour is on we get a of newbies on the thread who only turn up for the Tour and often ask questions about how it all works and so on But this year it just seems to be the thread regulars.......... ![]() has interest peaked ?..... |
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Possible the Euros has distracted some?
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Possible the Euros has distracted some?
but I'd have thought there was something else on every year.......not just this year Yates is hanging on the back of the main group but looks like he's giving his all to stay there and he might drop off on the final climb |
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Hang on, weren't those the same two anti-aircraft guns we saw yesterday? French Army bluffing as usual.
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yes, that's possible........and Wimbledon
but I'd have thought there was something else on every year.......not just this year Yates is hanging on the back of the main group but looks like he's giving his all to stay there and he might drop off on the final climb |
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If Adam holds on he has done a heroic job, because as far as I can see he has not a single team-mate.
Nothing helicopter pilots love more than staging bombing runs along airstrips, seemingly. |
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Although it may slow down after the intermediate sprint
