Tour of Utah, Stage 3; Ogden to the University of Utah

[TourOfSardinia]

this streaming is pretty well done alot of other tours could learn from this.

would be nice to have more motorbike pics of the peloton just now - though

 

[BillytheKid]

Really enjoying the whole package of the Tour of Utah 'Tour Tracker' coverage, in some ways more user friendly than the TdF one anyway. Ok, camera work iffy at times, but the stats and info around the picture is really good.

Just stop the endless chatter and I would be alright with it all in all. No mention of the headwind. Schopp is doomed, but what an effort. Well done.

 

[kielbasa]

Tschopp is descending quite well, as he's been doing in the past.

That last "downhill" is just like riding windy flats in a hard gear. It's about power, not descending skills. I'm not sure a single rider who's been in a long break will have the power to pull it off. Sadly, I see another bunch sprint today.

 

[argyllflyer]

Just stop the endless chatter and I would be alright with it all in all. No mention of the headwind. Schopp is doomed, but what an effort. Well done.

They're certainly not short of things to talk about!

 

[BillytheKid]

They're certainly not short of things to talk about!

Long pauses....add....drama.....

 

[kielbasa]

So is it Liquigas or Leaky gas?

 

[BillytheKid]

The coverage has improve from the problems of the first day. I really enjoyed the TTT yesterday. Stage 5 and 6 are going to be tops.

 

[Der Effe]

Kelderman won? Or Bol?

Edit: Oh lol, it was Matthews.

 

[hrotha]

Are you kidding me? That's how they decided to cover the sprint?

 

[Zam_Olyas]

The finishing shot was disappointing

 

[argyllflyer]

The coverage has improve from the problems of the first day. I really enjoyed the TTT yesterday. Stage 5 and 6 are going to be tops.

Another awkward camera angle for the final though...

 

[kielbasa]

Matthews....

 

[brilleaben]

What a crowd.

 

[argyllflyer]

Are you kidding me? That's how they decided to cover the sprint?

Better than stage 1 though when they kept the shot from a static motorcycle pointing at empty road as they charged up towards the line!

 

[l.Harm]

Matthews won after being in the break of the day

 

[BillytheKid]

The finishing shot was disappointing

They did same the first day. I think the videographers at the finish and the producer have never covered a bike race. They have two fixed camera's at the finish, but keep using the helo shot.

 

[kielbasa]

My feed paused with 500 to go. I thought they were gonna go into commercial. Hey, I've seen it happen during New Years countdown, so why not.

 

[Pentacycle]

That's quite an impressive performance there! He finally got the tactics and the position right this time.

BMC failing again, as expected after a perfect leadout.

 

[BillytheKid]

That's quite an impressive performance there! He finally got the tactics and the position right this time.

BMC failing again, as expected after a perfect leadout.

Pretty much a straight in sprint with just one corner. Too bad they could not have routed through the Research Park.

 

[kielbasa]

In case anyone's wondering, that's not humid air hiding the mountains in the background. That's full blown smog from one of the brush fires around here. Hopefully, they put them out, cause tomorrow's stage is heading in their direction.

In addition to being hot, the air currently sucks in Utah.

 

[mewmewmew13]

The viewing quality of the feed is gorgeous but you didn't miss much as the finish line shots were quite ambiguous and anticlimactic.

It was hard to see what happened.

Crazy how that slipped away from BMC though....not surprised.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

That's quite an impressive performance there! He finally got the tactics and the position right this time.

BMC failing again, as expected after a perfect leadout.

It's pointless having a perfect leadout if you don't actually have a sprinter in your team.

 

[ElChingon]

Crazy how that slipped away from BMC though....not surprised.

They were just making sure their 2012 year is a true failure.

 

[theyoungest]

They were just making sure their 2012 year is a true failure.

Last year was a failure as well... they just happened to win the Tour de France.

 

[Pentacycle]

DSQ Matt Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
DSQ Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
DSQ Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Team Argos - Shimano.

Apparently the jury's been a little too strict, they've taken three riders out of the race for hanging onto (team) cars.

They sure know how to treat foreign teams who spend a lot of effort to race here,
not knowing that in America touching a car means being kicked out of the race immediately.