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

[Maxiton]

Guess it's an indication of cyniscism that I judge how bad the slight barbed wire incident before was by at least they're still wearing pants...

Hahaha.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Samu back in the yellow jersey group

 

[LaFleur]

Only about 40 riders left in the group? Man, I love TdF!

 

[Mshengu]

dont drop your chain man!

 

[Mellow Velo]

Garmin have lost it all.

 

[The Sheep]

Dan martin in voecklers group

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Ale Jet - chain off - out of front group

 

[Unkown]

Pretty sure RSNT has all 9 riders in the front group, pretty impressive.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Wiggins sitting the furthest back of the Sky riders, but seems pretty chilled. Odd.

 

[perico]

Vande Velde and Dan Martin coming back. Vande Velde looks really strong, and hope he gets back.

 

[Arnout]

Samu back in the yellow jersey group

Samu's never been out of it.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Vandevelde looks quite strong, Martin struggling to hang with him

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Dan martin in voecklers group

Crap. ....

 

[gustienordic]

Dan martin in voecklers group

He won't challenge for GC, so it doesn't matter.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Samu's never been out of it.

He was 100+yds back with the mavic car when I last saw

 

[The Sheep]

He won't challenge for GC, so it doesn't matter.

But this would be a stage where he could challenge for the win usually

 

[Arnout]

Samu's never been out of it.

I retract this statement, it seems he had a flat or something at the moment I was going for a coffee, I thought you were talking about him losing contact on a hill or something.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Vande Velde and Dan Martin coming back. Vande Velde looks really strong, and hope he gets back.

Wish they'd give time gaps to the various chase groups. The VdV/Martin group seemed to be in between the peloton and the large chase group.

 

[Fetisoff]

I retract this statement, it seems he had a flat or something at the moment I was going for a coffee, I thought you were talking about him losing contact on a hill or something.

Seemed to be a jammed shifter or something, so it was fixed on the go. Never had to stop

 

[Publicus]

Grivko is in some pain.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Wiggins sitting the furthest back of the Sky riders, but seems pretty chilled. Odd.

Right to the front now.

 

[Bala Verde]

From a quick replay of the major crash; people behind/or on the ground:

67 vdv
27Kern
72Bouet
86 Ghyselink
Daniel Martin
Wijnants
Zingle
de Greef
Voeckler
LLS
169 Rojas
207 Langeveld
201Gerrans
206Lancaster

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

He won't challenge for GC, so it doesn't matter.

He's here to try and win a stage, so it definitely does matter.

 

[Arnout]

Seemed to be a jammed shifter or something, so it was fixed on the go. Never had to stop

Ok, thanks for the info

 

[Trofinios]

Wiggo looks comfortable.