Tour of Britain - 11th to 18th September - Race Thread

[Ney the Viking]

Not sure where Hoogerland is.

In break - B Wiggins (SKY) L S Haedo (SAX) D Martin (GRM) I Camano (EDR) M Frapporti (COG) P Ghyllebert (SKT) H Haussler (CTT) M Golas (VAC) with 4.30 at the moment.

Haedo fastest man of the group in a sprint? I always forget which of the two Haedos are the fast one Or will someone attempt to go solo over the last hill you think?

 

[hrotha]

Haedo fastest man of the group in a sprint? I always forget which of the two Haedos are the fast one Or will someone attempt to go solo over the last hill you think?

The fast one is riding the Vuelta. Or so I heard - can't say I've actually seen him there.

Haussler should be the fastest one.

 

[sublimit]

Haedo fastest man of the group in a sprint? I always forget which of the two Haedos are the fast one Or will someone attempt to go solo over the last hill you think?

JJ is quicker, Dan Martin has had a go but I'm not entirely certain whats happening at the moment.

 

[Pharazon]

Marco Frapporti wins the fifth stage of the #ToB. Bradley Wiggins second and JJ Haedo third.

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

JJ Haedo third.

That seems highly unlikely, since he just rode the time trial in the Vuelta this afternoon....

Susan

 

[Ney the Viking]

That seems highly unlikely, since he just rode the time trial in the Vuelta this afternoon....

Susan

Then I guess he really WAS fastest

what about the GC boys?

 

[sublimit]

He arrived by Helicopter to get more miles in..

Its a better performance than his more illustrious brother has pulled off at the Vuelta though. Haussler abandoned BTW.

 

[Pharazon]

That seems highly unlikely, since he just rode the time trial in the Vuelta this afternoon....

Susan

Sorry, i just quoted from a Twitter feed, which was unsuprisingly wrong

 

[Anonymous]

Sky auctioning off some of the kit from this tour, AND A PINARELLO for the wwf rainforest appeal

http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,19772_6378035,00.html

starting bid on the pinarello is £2k

 

[Reverend_T_Preedy]

Tomorrow's stage is a flat one. However, parts of it, especially the 1st half are pretty exposed. The wether forcast has cross tail winds of 21km/h. With HTC's numbers reduced it could be hard day out for them.

Let the wind blow.....

 

[Anonymous]

Stage 6

as the reverend says wind could play a big part. That part of eastern england is notoriously windy and exceptionally flat, very similar in geography to the dutch and belgian coastline (to which is was once attatched).
Columbia will struggle especially with Tony Martin now out. Could see debris in the peloton tommorow.

 

[salixcycling]

That part of eastern england is notoriously windy and exceptionally flat, very similar in geography to the dutch and belgian coastline (to which is was once attatched).

You stole that line from the ITV4 coverage

Columbia will struggle especially with Tony Martin now out. Could see debris in the peloton tommorow.

Debris would be good - cyclists racing should be good

 

[Anonymous]

You stole that line from the ITV4 coverage



Debris would be good - cyclists racing should be good

I havnt seen tonights or last nights itv coverage.

 

[salixcycling]

I havnt seen tonights or last nights itv coverage.

Did they steal that line from you then? It was in the after-the-race discussion.

 

[Anonymous]

Did they steal that line from you then? It was in the after-the-race discussion.

my secret is out I am Ned Boulting

 

[LugHugger]

winds forecast for 15-20mph tomorrow. there's no way that this is anything other than a gallop to the line along the seafront at yarmouth.

 

[luckyboy]

Been pretty windy everywhere for the past few days.

 

[Anonymous]

winds forecast for 15-20mph tomorrow. there's no way that this is anything other than a gallop to the line along the seafront at yarmouth.

tommorows wind. Could cause some problems over the first few k if they attack like they have been, and could cause a bit of fun around the curve at Cromer when they are going to turn into a headwind and the ride with a side crosswind.

 

[LugHugger]

anything's possible, Dim, but that tail wind will mean that making a break stick is going to be nigh on impossible.

 

[Anonymous]

anything's possible, Dim, but that tail wind will mean that making a break stick is going to be nigh on impossible.

its just that bit after beacon hill where it might come into play a bit i think. shall see tommorow

 

[Carlo Algatrensig]

my secret is out I am Ned Boulting

I was thinking more that you were the oh so charismatic Dean Downing

 

[Winterfold]

Cripes! At the risk of something like national pride this is a fecking good race so far. Not quite sure how sky blew the position they were in with 10k to go in stage 1 but don't really care either.

ACF you are funny

Now all we need is a 260km hilly classic in the Surrey Hills - I will be happy to show the riders how it's done - in 9 or 10 hours

 

[salixcycling]

I was thinking more that you were the oh so charismatic Dean Downing

Don't be so mean to Dean - he is warming to the camera and came across a lot better today than on earlier stages.

 

[salixcycling]

Apologies for the OT - I'm a senior member?? I'm sure it's somewhere deep down in the rules or FAQ but is this simply a result of post counts?

 

[Anonymous]

some cracking footage from constitution hill from brassyn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BswlXBX6SRA

Travis meyer virtually stops at one point