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Kittel was lethal in those last 100 metres. Came form several bikes back, Swift looked like it was seen up.
They've given another break in the peloton today too and 11 seconds this time. Quintana on the wrong side of it as was most of the Top 10 in the GC. |
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Kittel now looks to be unbeatable given normal luck.
Be interesting to see if Cav can give him a race in the Tour ........ Quote:
This might be better for the broadcasting section, but Eurosport have had 5 different cycling tour stages on today. How have they dished out the commentators?
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Tour of California started on ES.........sounds like Brian Smith and Rob Hales who were doing the Dunkirk race and the Azerbaijan race respectively earlier today
I guess they're in the studio ! Bit strange for a first stage.........there's a group of 15 riders away including Wiggo, Cav, Boonen and other big names........but the peloton is bringing them back about 30k to go |
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Tour of California started on ES.........sounds like Brian Smith and Rob Hales who were doing the Dunkirk race and the Azerbaijan race respectively earlier today
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I think it's Matt Stephens with Brian Smith.........
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Good win for Wiggo in the California TT - sets him up well with a chance for the overall win if he wants to go for it. Mountain top finish tomorrow, so we'll get an idea.
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Good win for Wiggo in the California TT - sets him up well with a chance for the overall win if he wants to go for it. Mountain top finish tomorrow, so we'll get an idea.
Be a shame if he doesn't go to the Tour, but you could understand the team's/Froome's thinking if they don't select him. Rather like to see him and Froome take on each other, but can't see Sky allowing that. |
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Kittel has pulled out of the Giro with 'a fever'.
live feed has started on ES..........108K to go it's raining !........they might as well have stayed in Ireland.......
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Pretty much showing the whole stage today as it's only 112 K and pictures started before 108K to go
Apparently the riders are not happy about slippy conditions in the rain and are processing rather than racing........
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Even more racing this week - the British domestic Tour Series starts. A series of 10 Criterium City Centre races running over the next 5-6 weeks. Contested mainly by British teams, but the Endura team was on the circuit a couple of years ago, as well as lots of riders now doing the big races, First leg is tonight, Stoke-on-Trent, highlights on ITV4 tomorrow 22:15 or whenever the football finishes
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Apparently the riders are not happy about slippy conditions in the rain and are processing rather than racing........
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Looks like the riders have decided to neutralise the stage up to the bell for the last lap........at which time they'll all be given the same time for GC
Then whoever wants to can race the last lap for the stage win (but with no time bonuses) |
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Crashes all over the shop as soon as they started racing, so wise to keep it calm.
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Crashes all over the shop as soon as they started racing, so wise to keep it calm.
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Be interesting to see how Adam Yates goes on the final climb tonight after his performances in Turkey
hopefully that wasn't a flash in the pan ! |
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Yates was quite impressive again.........he managed to stay with the lead group all the way up and rode away in the last kilometre but had gone too soon and was caught in the last 100 yards
Wiggo led the group all the way up at a good clip..........people shelling out of the back until there were only a dozen or so left........but they all went past him in the finish. Good workout though and shows he's in good form |
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Great to see Wiggo riding well, I seriously thought he might retire last year.
Will be interesting to see what Sky do about the Tour team. Is Wiggins going to be too much of a distraction from Froome? Does Wiggins think he can win the only Time Trial which is basically the last stage? Can they really dare leave him out if he is good form - as it seems like he is? |
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That's because it has started raining again. If they hadn't been fannying around for the last 80km they would have been finished and sat on their buses by the time it started again.
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Easy when you're sat in your armchair, isn't it?
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Hilltop finish today at the famous Abbey of Monte Cassino, which was largely destroyed in the war by errr....ummm...well, the RAF actually.
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Hilltop finish today at the famous Abbey of Monte Cassino, which was largely destroyed in the war by errr....ummm...well, the RAF actually.
![]() Good to see the breakaway last home in California yesterday.......and bit of a surprise with the King of the Mountains outsprinting all the others on a pan flat finish.....that guy is in good form ! I just caught the highlight package of the GB Tour thing.......on Eurosport. I think they have a longer highlights show on ITV4 as reported earlier in the thread In both the men's and women's races the leader lapped the peloton......I think it was a 1.2K lap in Stoke city centre |
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Nasty crash in the giro this afternoon. One guy looked really bad. Giampaolo Caruso. He had to wait for what seemed an eternity for an ambulance. It was quite outrageous.
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Nasty crash in the giro this afternoon. One guy looked really bad. Giampaolo Caruso. He had to wait for what seemed an eternity for an ambulance. It was quite outrageous.
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Tour of California started on ES
I've been watching on the tour tracker site as I prefer Phil and Paul's commentary. |
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Bad day at the Giro for Katusha:
- Rodriguez, who completed the stage, has abandoned with two broken ribs, and a broken thumb (and some reporting collarbone damage). There is photo doing the rounds showing his forearm red with blood at the finish. - Vicioso is out with a broken thighbone - Caruso, who looked worst injured on the road, is out with left leg injuries and possible whiplash or collarbone break |
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