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Cav wins !.........fairly easily in the end
Sagan was his main rival in the final sprint but Cav saw him off and Labato went past him into 2nd |
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Marcel Kittel has not raced since retiring from the Giro. He is starting a 5 stage sprinter friendly tour in the Netherlands tomorrow competing against the likes of Griepel, Bos and Petacchi.
Belkin have announced they are ending sponsorship after only 12 months (and part of that was covered by the Rabobank legacy.) |
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Cav looking pretty good in that sprint, but as he said after none of his really main rivals there.
But no doubt he his going to be pleased have Mark Renshaw back with him at the Tour this year
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Big crash in the sprint finish......Cav catapulted over his handlebars, did a somersault and landed on his back
waiting to see if he s injured......... |
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Wiggo has retired from the TdS after yesterday's crash and last week's injury, so presumably it is off to Manchester next week to get a month's team pursuit practice in.
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Before that, he has to prepare for the National Road Championships (most European countries including GB have theirs in late June). The time trial is just over a week away and victory for Wiggins is not a forgone conclusion with Dowsett participating as well; the road race takes place 3 days after that.
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Wiggo has retired from the TdS after yesterday's crash and last week's injury, so presumably it is off to Manchester next week to get a month's team pursuit practice in.
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Hardly surprising Wiggo cant be bothered with the way Sky have treated him
a cyclist with his record should of been shown far more respect that SKY have shown in recent times at the moment the team seems in disarray Thomas talking to other teams Boassanhagen wanting to leave Froome confidence just taken a battering Wiggo pigged off with the whole scenario |
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Wiggins has constantly suffered from poor self motivation, admits so in his autobiography.
I think Sky have had enough of it, if he wants to be taken seriously he needs to be 100% focused himself and not require others to boot him up the arse. |
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Of course Sky said that Wiggins was suffering from a chest infection this weekend, if true this would explain the the Swiss tour.
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Great on-bike camera sequence from Tour de Suisse showing the precarious jockeying for position in the closing kilometres: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE97i...=share&index=2
Giant-Shimano and BMC wheels all but touch at 1:28. Camera bike strays off road at 1:12. |
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two days in the mountains to finish the Tour de Suisse.......
coverage on now on ES2 just approaching the final climbs, 25k to go, with a breakaway group about4 minutes up the road Could be a tough one for Tony Martin, the race leader, as it looks like he'll be on his own with no team mates against more specialist climbers |
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Was that a timing error, or did that burst of activity really knock 35 secs off the gap in a couple of kilometres?
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Was that a timing error, or did that burst of activity really knock 35 secs off the gap in a couple of kilometres?
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Mark Cavendish is out of the National Champs with bronchitis - still plans to be ready for the TdF next weekend.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/28029752 Giro d'Italia stage winner Diego Ulissi of Lampre has failed a drugs test. He denies it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/28023316 |
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I don't think I've ever seen one of the national championship races before as I can't remember that Eurosport have ever covered them
It should be quite interesting and a bit different I guess the domestic riders will have a team so they might have 5 or 6 team-mates and no doubt Sky will have a big team but the guys who ride for the other Pro Tour teams could well be on their own So if Cav had ridden I assume he'd have no team, no lead out...........and the same will apply to Fenn, the Yates boys and the others riding for 'foreign' teams Could be interesting tactically ! I wonder if ES are showing the other Championships in each country ? |
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I don't think I've ever seen one of the national championship races before as I can't remember that Eurosport have ever covered them
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Guardian preview for today's TT. Still lots of Tour de France places up for grabs.
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...rance-team-sky |
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Looks like ITV is giving Le Grand Depart a grand treatment - it all starts on Saturday 5th on ITV1, 10.30am-5pm. Same again on Sunday. Less hours on Monday but still on ITV1 and then relegated to ITV4 when the tour continues in France on Tuesday. How exciting!
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Looks like ITV is giving Le Grand Depart a grand treatment - it all starts on Saturday 5th on ITV1, 10.30am-5pm. Same again on Sunday. Less hours on Monday but still on ITV1 and then relegated to ITV4 when the tour continues in France on Tuesday. How exciting!
![]() Info here http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1we...4#.U6wfWfldWvh |
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I presume Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen will still be doing most of their work for NBC? It's a rare sight if they are even seen on ITV.
Oh and I see ITV have the rights til 2019 now! |
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I presume Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen will still be doing most of their work for NBC? It's a rare sight if they are even seen on ITV.
Oh and I see ITV have the rights til 2019 now! Who does it ? |
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I nearly always watch on Eurosport unless ITV are on air earlier in the day .........but I thought Phil and Paul did the ITV commentary ?
Who does it ? On NBC, Phil and Paul are sometimes in their studios outlining the day's stage and stuff like that which is kind of nice. But Gary Imlach and Chris Boardman are doing that stuff for ITV. It would be nice to see Phil and Paul on ITV once in a while though. That was my main point - they are only ever heard and not seen.
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I think Phil and Paul do world feed commentary for a number of races rather than NBC, could ITV be using that?
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I think Phil and Paul do world feed commentary for a number of races rather than NBC, could ITV be using that?
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