2018 Tour of Britain (9/2 - 9/9)

[Pricey_sky]

Froome being a domestique 60km out heheheheh

He’s been working on the front for most of the day. Even shut down Martin’s attack on the first hill at the start.

Good to see him working for riders who’ve given him everything.

 

[del1962]

Froome being a domestique 60km out heheheheh

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Grim

then a crash

 

[Pricey_sky]

Alaphilippe attacks on the final hill and joins Carthy.

Davies still in front by a minute.

 

[RedheadDane]

Huh? Wasn't there less than 30 Ks? Now it says 77 Ks...

 

[Pricey_sky]

Re:

Huh? Wasn't there less than 30 Ks? Now it says 77 Ks...

14K to go. Eurosport pictures were terrible but it’s perfectly fine on ITV4.

Looks like a 6 man group just behind Carthy/Allaphilippe that contains Roglic, Poels and Jungels

 

[Rollthedice]

Some marginal gains needed for the live TV coverage.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Thought Eurosport would’ve had the same feed as ITV, they’ve not had any problems on that channel.

 

[Sestriere]

Great, now we have to watch those morons again ...

 

[Carols]

No pics at all here so please give an update

 

[Pricey_sky]

3 leaders 30” ahead with 6k to go.

Chase group of 8 contains Carthy, Alaphilippe, Poels, Sutterlin, Roglic, Bevin, Hamilton and Jungles.

20ish rider peloton were around another 30” back a few k’s ago but not seen them since. Was only one Katusha rider chasing anyway.

 

[Lequack]

Appealing coverage.

 

[Carols]

Pictures!

 

[Cance > TheRest]

We get to see the 'fivenal', yay

 

[Pricey_sky]

Could be close but the two leaders are struggling,

 

[Scarponi]

Meyer is a great rider

 

[Pricey_sky]

Meyer holds on for a great win.

Really good final there.

 

[Carols]

Really good final 4 km (when we got pics)! Meyer earned that and Jungels was a beast in the chase.

Thanks for the updates when Eurosport was down!

 

[Lequack]

So which team is the favorite to win the TTT?

 

[Midnightfright]

That was a great finish. Lovely ride by Meyer

 

[Pharazon]

Re:

So which team is the favorite to win the TTT?

only 14km... you've got to favour Quick step i guess

 

[yaco]

Meyer can do a a good GC if the team produces a Good TTT though I expect MS to lose time - Meyer, Kluge and Hamilton go well, though Power, Nieve and Ewan offer little - Losing Tuft at the last minute was a blow.

 

[Lequack]

Re: Re:

So which team is the favorite to win the TTT?

only 14km... you've got to favour Quick step i guess

It's a hilly one, last 7km is @ about 3%.

 

[luckyboy]

Re: Re:

Really good last 30km. Almost everybody from the break (not Rowsell) got something from the day.
Fun to do the live reports for this race.

 

[JRanton]

The TV coverage was terrible on ITV4 as well. They showed no footage of the peloton on the final climb