2012 Tour de France - stage 3: Orchies - Boulogne-sur-Mer (197km)

[TourOfSardinia]

Hi

Does anyone know of a live commentary in English. My French is not good enough to understand the TV commentary

Cheers

your better off with French than these guys:
http://sports-livez.com/channel/ch-9.php

 

[dgodave]

Nice fields!
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[nickel999]

lol..that was some sprint!

 

[Lones1]

your better off with French than these guys:
http://sports-livez.com/channel/ch-9.php

Maybe , but with my French, maybe not....

Thanks

 

[maltiv]

According to RAI crew who surveyed the last 30km yesterday the finish wouldn't result in much selection - so Cav could still be there.

Whether he is there or not is irrelevant. There's still 800 meters at 8% in the final. There's no way he can survive that. Not even with Riccó-like levels of CERA in his body.

 

[Frosty]

Orica serious about these intermediate sprints.

 

[Ney the Viking]

Lol @ Cav

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Cav killing all those doubters despite the box.

Kenny wasting his time in a competition he can't win.

2 point swing to Cav over Sagan

 

[Trofinios]

Walk in the park for Cav.

 

[cineteq]

Harmon and Cav's mocking wasn't nice.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Cav just having a little chat with Kenny Van, who was eyeballs out!

 

[Frosty]

Dont think Cav was mocking Kenny, more like he was complaining about the dodgy maneouvre Kenny pulled.

 

[Bala Verde]

third tier van Hummel making crazy faces going full gas. Cavendish goes past him two fingers in his nose and looks van Hummel in the eyes. =)

I don't really know what upset Cavendish though. It seems he is just eternally grumpy.

 

[Zerak-Tul]

Harmon and Cav's mocking wasn't nice.

Cav wasn't mocking anyone, he was yelling at the idiots for swerving dangerously in front of him, nearly swiping his front wheel.

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

Cavendish making a good job of not going for green, only him and Sagan left with a chance now.

 

[cineteq]

Cav wasn't mocking anyone, he was yelling at the idiots for swerving dangerously in front of him, nearly swiping his front wheel.

I get it, they have to make way for his highness Cavendish.

 

[Bala Verde]

According to RAI crew who surveyed the last 30km yesterday the finish wouldn't result in much selection - so Cav could still be there.

on the site here

http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/matchcenter/mc_wielrennen/comp_Tour_2012/1.1341287

the last kms are done in a car. (scroll down to the bottom ; time:11;45 on the time line)

Looks too tough for any sprinter.

At 300m a sharp left, at 250 a sharp right.

 

[woodie]

Harmon and Cav's mocking wasn't nice.

Cav wasn't mocking anyone, Van Hummel almost took out his front wheel and Cav was having a go at him for it

 

[TRDean]

Cav killing all those doubters despite the box.

Kenny wasting his time in a competition he can't win.
2 point swing to Cav over Sagan

Dumb comment..that is why you are writing on the internet and not racing lol. I guess they should all just give it to Cav? Get real...

 

[TRDean]

I get it, they have to make way for his highness Cavendish.

This ^^ HaHa... Cav and van Hummel have a history...at least Kenny will not back away from Cav!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

on the site here

http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/matchcenter/mc_wielrennen/comp_Tour_2012/1.1341287

the last kms are done in a car. (scroll down to the bottom ; time:11;45 on the time line)

Looks too tough for any sprinter.

At 300m a sharp left, at 250 a sharp right.

They're saying there's only 45s or so of hard effort involved coming from
a slight descent then followed by a flattening out at the finale.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Dumb comment..that is why you are writing on the internet and not racing lol. I guess they should all just give it to Cav? Get real...

Someone needs to calm down.

Kenny Van Hummel has no hope whatsoever for the green jersey, even with no Cav and no Sagan.

He should save his energy and try to get a top 5 in a sprint, rather than a prestigious 6th place in a sprint with 0 value for him.

From your later bitter comments I now realise you thought I was commenting on a Cav vs Kenny sprint. Obviously Cav is much much better, but it was clear to anyone who was not looking for an argument that my comment referred to the points competition, not that specific sprint.

 

[Mellow Velo]

I get it, they have to make way for his highness Cavendish.

You clearly have a problem with Cavendish that you need to get over.
Kenny Van cut across his front wheel, a la Ferrari.
Kenny is known to get a bit careless at times.

 

[Frosty]

Someone needs to calm down.

Kenny Van Hummel has no hope whatsoever for the green jersey, even with no Cav and no Sagan.

He should save his energy and try to get a top 5 in a sprint, rather than a prestigious 6th place in a sprint with 0 value for him.

Yeah, he should save his energy for the finish today

 

[TRDean]

Someone needs to calm down.

Kenny Van Hummel has no hope whatsoever for the green jersey, even with no Cav and no Sagan.

He should save his energy and try to get a top 5 in a sprint, rather than a prestigious 6th place in a sprint with 0 value for him.

This I will agree with...however...a rider like van Hummel needs to show his face whenever he can. And I do believe he is of a caliber to get a couple top 5 placings this tour. Anyway...I like Kenny and will support even intermediate sprints lol