Tour of Britain 15/09 - 22/09/13 (2.1)

[Froome19]

The barriers they have put up along the finishing straight dont look too wide apart, it may have just been the camera angle though. I will see in a couple of hours.

Quite sure, it is the same finish as two years ago which I was there for. Not particularly narrow that it will cause all that many difficulties. Though the final corner is pretty tricky.

 

[michaeldaddow]

Quite sure, it is the same finish as two years ago which I was there for. Not particularly narrow that it will cause all that many difficulties. Though the final corner is pretty tricky.

looks pretty narrow to me

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Correct. The team name is abbreviated as (CAN) and some BBC twerp has been confused by it.

Same guy as queried loudly in the studio on air what country C O L is when Urán took silver in the Olympic RR?

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Eurosport trying to get ahead of the next big trend, showing fecking archery (presumably there'a a big appetite for marginal sporting events between China and Korea in Europe nowadays).

 

[MatParker117]

Eurosport trying to get ahead of the next big trend, showing fecking archery (presumably there'a a big appetite for marginal sporting events between China and Korea in Europe nowadays).

ITV 4 is showing the stage as well.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

ITV 4 is showing the stage as well.

After I've paid for Eurosport, it's against my human rights to make me listen to Hugh Porter.

 

[Pharazon]

Petacchi is some leadout man

 

[JRanton]

Petacchi is some leadout man

Yeah, that was impressive.

 

[Frosty]

Viviani coming from way back again

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Stage:

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Expected more from Modolo this week.

 

[Frosty]

Modolo seemed to lose Bennett's wheel on the last corner and then just gave up.

Cavendish saying that he is looking forward to the worlds and has been training hard to help Froome.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

how tacky to add the backing music to the podium

 

[jens_attacks]

gotta revive that madrazo thread. what a show man

and superb leadout by alejet, what a professional legend!

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Really nice sprint by Bennett there. He took the last corner superbly, cutting in right onto Cavendish's wheel. Oddly enough Sean Kelly was just saying yesterday that he needed to be more aggressive in the final approach:

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/1...ady-you-can-see-that-the-talent-is-there.aspx

Anyway, a win from an elite selection on a hilly stage, a second on an uphill sprint and a second in a big flat sprint is pretty good going all around for him. He can't really do much more in a race like this to get noticed by bigger teams. Maybe he can follow Gediminas Bagdonas into the World Tour but hopefully without then becoming almost invisible to the human eye as Bagdonas has unfortunately been this year.

Good win by Cavendish on the back of an excellent lead out.

 

[Froome19]

gotta revive that madrazo thread. what a show man

and superb leadout by alejet, what a professional legend!

Yep met him before the race today and lol he is full of it, couldn't understand a word of his Spanish but it sounded funny

 

[Pricey_sky]

On my way home after a great day in London, great to cheer on a Cav win and Wiggins deserved the overall. A decent week of racing in my opinion and the ToB continues to improve year after year.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Apparently Viviani and Bennett exchanged a few angry words and a bit of pushing and shoving after the sprint:

http://worldwidecyclesblog.com/2013/09/22/super-sam-steps-up-a-gear/

 

[postmanhat]

Got there in time for the first lap. Then an hour or so in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, as part of the 'Open House; weekend. If this coincides with TOB again, it's a stunning building inside, well worth a visit.

Saw the last two laps at the 800m to go mark. Got to see most of the British stars coming through at snails pace to massive applause. Gave a big shout to Ian Stannard, but he pretended to ignore me

 

[42x16ss]

Yep met him before the race today and lol he is full of it, couldn't understand a word of his Spanish but it sounded funny

He has a reputation for being one of the funniest guys in the peloton, would love to meet the guy. Alway looks like he's having a blast!

 

[willbick]

Apparently Viviani and Bennett exchanged a few angry words and a bit of pushing and shoving after the sprint:

http://worldwidecyclesblog.com/2013/09/22/super-sam-steps-up-a-gear/

Totally impartial account there lol

 

[del1962]

Is Viviani the most dangerous sprinter in the peleton, when you look at this incident and the way he almost took at Rathe in Llanberis, he certainly must be up there.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Totally impartial account there lol

Yes. If the blogger had continued on much longer, Bennett would probably have killed him with a stone and been made King of Israel. However, the photos do seem to show a scuffle.