Tour de France 2016

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  • Fine on ITV Hub - no Carlton Kirby either.

  • Argh. It's been fine for most of the tour. I can stream HD YouTube videos but 360p Eurosport can't be done.

  • Yeah, will swap. Cheers!

  • anyone got a link for a steady stream?

  • ah, thank you, but i'm abroad

  • Get hola app plugin for chrome

  • Trick is to listen through headphones but remove the right one (might be the left..) and crowd noise is gone.

  • Ah - thanks for that tip!

  • Q: What's duller than Chris Froome?
    A: Richie Porte

    Can you imagine the conversations?

    *shudder

  • There's a lot of speculation spreading about Froome and Porte mounting a combined breakaway on the final climb and Porte being gifted the win. That's a wonderful idea, very bromantic. Also not going to happen. Just because Porte once rode for Sky, doesn't mean there's any allegiance there. It's the same as when Sky first won with Froome and pay off their debt to Cavendish for the shambles the year before. You just don't lead out a rider for another team.

    If Sky wanted to 2up the final climb, it would be with Froome and Henao or Froome and Pauwels or Froome and anyone else from the Sky train who has helped him get where he is in the race.

    If Froome and Porte end up away up the road as a pair, it'll be as a natural development of the race and if Froome gifts Porte the win it will be because he's earned it today, not some previous year.

  • Excellent heli-shot of pilot on ground giving the get-stuffed hand signal, followed by cameraman spinning camera wildly in panic.

  • Froome didn't get to enjoy his lunch.

  • Froome and Porte are good mates. I think if the situation developed where the two of them were up the road and contesting the stage today or tomorrow, then Froome would let Porte have it.

  • Does your phone autocorrect Poels to Pauwels? #rep if so, ha.

  • [Tunes in to ITV4 to see he's missed two hours of coverage]

    AAAAARRGH!!!!

  • Nope, genuine typo.

    I got Serge Pauwels bottle when he threw it on the Tour of Britain last year. Brain autocorrect probably.

  • What a great day to have a shit connection even though we're on fiber. Phone's out of data too.

    I'm going running.

  • Oh no, Windmill Tommy has taken a tumble. Hopefully not hurt too bad, would be a shame to see it after this far through.

  • tour de nutters.

  • What is the point of TVG? You'd hope your co-leader could at least help out a bit once there were some climbs...

  • From the Grauniad - There are as yet unconfirmed reports that Tom Dumoulin has abandoned after that crash with a wrist and elbow injury.

  • Windmills abandons :(

  • Ah no. Hopefully he can get fixed in time for the olympics.

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