Tour de France 2012

Amazing win for Cav, but that helmet cover still look's gash.

They don't have a lot of choice in the matter. Does make them easier to spot tho

I don't know about you guys, but I am going to use my settlement money to buy one of the TacX VR trainers. I will then get into good enough form for the Tour de Pologne. It'll be real cool.

They don't have a lot of choice in the matter. Does make them easier to spot tho

I don't think the covers are compulsory, just the silly colour.

lots of herne hill namedropping on eurosport today!

anyone know of any good (live) radio commentary feeds?

This alt+tab to cyclingnews.com isnt cutting it.

BBC sport 5 live xtra covers some:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cp89g/broadcasts/upcoming

Eurosport's Studio will be decamping down to LookMum to cover the tour on Thursday 5th July.
So if you are free and want to see the studio portion of the show with James Richardson and guests Magnus Backstedt and Rob Hayles, before the stage starts and after it ends (not quite sure what they'll be doing inbetween, probably watching it with the rest of the punters) then get thee down there.
I have no idea how it will be laid out, or how full it will be but it will be interesting.

Also if you miss this one, don't worry, Eurosport will be back down there for two more stages later on in the Tour

awesome. did you see cav look at him shaking his head before he overtook him for the sprint points.

Having a word about his line I thought... although maybe he was just taking the piss?

yeah you are right. saw him dodge that in the recap

Have ITV 4 gone to ads during the sprint point? Or is it just me?

Na. Sprint first then an ad break.

Loving Cav winning the sprint whilst dishing out verbals. Must be heart breaking to contend with when he's got his wind up.

awesome. did you see cav look at him shaking his head before he overtook him for the sprint points.

Cav is such a cool customer. Seems more grown up.

He's Manx, we're all that cool. FACT!

Nancy is cooler than you and Cavendish, and she's Womanx.

True^

Sivstov has abandoned. It looks like all the punctured/crashed others will still have time to get back on.

Is Sivtsov be a big loss to Team Sky? I'm guessing any team members going will be a loss in the mountains, but it doesn't seem like he's a specialist climber?

I'd never heard of him until he fell off.

:)

He's a loss, as he's strong on the flat and the mountains (and finished 9th overall in the Giro last year).

I saw him win the U23 Worlds in Verona in 2004.

he's also been training with Wiggo all year, although perhaps not as key a support rider as Rogers, froome or Porte. Seems I missed a lot so far!

is it just me, or is that advert from the Lebanese Tourist Board just a man dreaming about various breasts?

is it just me, or is that advert from the Lebanese Tourist Board just a man dreaming about various breasts?

repped, nail on the head, wife was laughing when she saw it, it's just bikini clad women and booze with a fat chap in a life jacket!

fair play the stage and crashes have smashed this race to bits