Anyone else hearing a really weird popping sound on the broadcast.
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Anyone else hearing a really weird popping sound on the broadcast.
The scenery will be beautiful, but hopefully the sights won't include some dead bodies found here and there. Cause then we're talking Midsomer Murders, or even Lewis over at Oxford.Mostly I'll be looking out for the stunning landscapes and sights in this race. It's a beautiful route, starting in the east of Cornwall, passing through the Dartmoor National Park, the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Snowdonia, the Lake District and the North Pennines, Edinburgh and over the Cairn o'Mount.
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Van Aert and Alaphilippe will go head to head and prepare for the Worlds - and Ineos will try to show off in their "home Tour". Other participents are for instance Dan Martin, Marc Soler, Tobias Foss, Mikkel Honoré, Ben Tulett and Giro stage winner Mauro Schmid.
Mark Cavendish is there for the sprints.
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Tour of Britain 2021 Stage 8 results
Wout van Aert is the winner of Tour of Britain 2021, before Ethan Hayter and Julian Alaphilippe. Wout van Aert is the winner of the final stage.www.procyclingstats.com
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Bravo Robin!! He was born 30 miles from where I live. Never thought I'd see him taking a stage and the leaders jersey at a WT race.
The scenery will be beautiful, but hopefully the sights won't include some dead bodies found here and there. Cause then we're talking Midsomer Murders, or even Lewis over at Oxford.
Anyhoo, I need to find a way to watch this tour (already missed a couple of stages), in the meantime I'll be living vicariously through you fine folk. And pictures, posters' pictures are always appreciated.
Are you in England right now?Yesterday was very foggy and one couldn't see much scenery, but today was sunny and nice.
The thing I love most about the British landscape is that there isn't much "furniture" on the side of the roads, for electricity and so on, that doesn't seem natural. Instead you have so many stone walls, the green growing exuberantly over the roadside, stuff like that... also there's so much land for the sheep which doesn't seem to have a clear end, instead of strictly square and defined fields for agriculture.
Are you in England right now?
I've only visited England once (Derby area and the Peak District), my first view of England before my plane ever landed was of sheep. Lots of sheep. They were lovely. (As was the Peak District National Park, of course.)
Bakewell has some nice pies though? (At least as a Yank tourist I found them nice.)I'm going to Bakewell on Wednesday for a meeting at the Park HQ... Sadly I'll miss the Ludo stage as a result.
Are you in England right now?
I've only visited England once (Derby area and the Peak District), my first view of England before my plane ever landed was of sheep. Lots of sheep. They were lovely. (As was the Peak District National Park, of course.)
Scotland I think would be lovely to visit, as well as Wales. I've never had the pleasure myself...Unfortunately I'm not. But I fell in love with the nature over there a good while back when I lived there for a short time... wanted to see Scotland again this year, but the travel restrictions hindered me... so next year, maybe. Never been to Cornwall, though!
OMG, ToB isn't WT. It sure has a WT field. Oh well I'm still happy for him. I saw him ride locally before he went to Europe.You actually still haven't, but you have every right to feel a both happy and a bit proud of his accomplishment today nonetheless.
I think he's just yanking your chain, or just being overly specific. (Which you tend to do once you reach the pro ranks.)OMG, ToB isn't WT. It sure has a WT field. Oh well I'm still happy for him. I saw him ride locally before he went to Europe.
Ouch, a TTT? This could go all kinds of wrong...On a separate note, tomorrow's TTT is the second and final featuring in a men's pro race all year, the other being at Coppi e Bartali. I believe this is a record low (at least for modern cycling) - last year's Covid-ridden season still had three between Coppi e Bartali, Colombia and Czechia, and every year before that had at least one in GTs with prep races adjusting accordingly, plus the traditional Tirreno TTT. The only other higher-profile TTTs this season are the Avenir one and the Euros mixed relay. Can't say I'm sad to see the discipline slowly disappear tbh.
TJV will be without a rider (Chris Harper) for the TTT. And Tony Martin looked fairly spent by all the kilometers he spend in front pulling the peloton. Not sure Jumbo will have their usual great result in this type of race, but we'll see.