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"Here they come under the lantern r... sorry the er, um, er... they have 1 kilometre to go"
An An Post rider gets caught after a brief effort off the front in the run in - "Leigh Howard's effort off the front didn't last long" (or words to that effect)
FFS, Porter should have been put to pasture years ago, his commentary at the Olympics was abysmal.
Phil and Paul can fuck off too.
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I think Wiggins came close to accidentally winning in Blackpool yesterday.
http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/2278516771/Tour-of-Britain-Stage-4-Blackpool
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I think Wiggins came close to accidentally winning in Blackpool yesterday.
http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/2278516771/Tour-of-Britain-Stage-4-Blackpool
(the sprint's from 3:15)If you mean the last Sky lead out man, that was Luke Rowe and looking at the last seconds, Wiggo pulled over and around the same time Cav eased off and dropped in behind other teams' riders. I 'think' the plan was to let Rowe either take the win and the time bonus or at least what they achieved which was to keep him in contention for the GC
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Is Lord Wiggo winning this, guys?
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And Porter's surely due his jotters..
Just to clarify, a Scottish euphemism for getting the boot. I used to work at a soup factory situated at the bottom of a small hill. Those fired would be sent "up the brae" rather than "doon the road" as most Northern Scottish-based employers cutting staff tended to say.
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If you mean the last Sky lead out man, that was Luke Rowe and looking at the last seconds, Wiggo pulled over and around the same time Cav eased off and dropped in behind other teams' riders. I 'think' the plan was to let Rowe either take the win and the time bonus or at least what they achieved which was to keep him in contention for the GC
That would make sense. Hayles said words to the effect of "Wiggins is off the front, I think". But who can blame him – coverage of the finish was almost of Olympic standard.
:)
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Those two? Their self-indulgent plappermouthing ruins race coverage for me.
Ha, dst's gone and done an urban dictionary entry.
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I bitch and moan but in fact am just happy that there's cycling being shown live on free TV.. No matter that Hugh Porter is getting decidedly Murray Walker and Rob Hayles voice sends me to sleep..
Totally agree. OK the coverage is a little under par but still it's cycling on the tele. That's a good thing. My wife got quite into watching the tour and Vuelta with me but is struggling with the ToB. Can't blame her.
And Rob Hayles' voice seems to be sending him to sleep too. Not exactly Mr Charisma is he?!
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Kristian House is having an awesome ToB, holding on to the KoM jersey, and even a podium place at blackpool
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ckingimages/7980244617/
he's the one on the right
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I'm glad it's not Muslim Shed who's doing so well.
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Wiggo leading the Peloton up Oakamoor and Cav following shortly after
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Bunch riding out from Brixton to Reigate tomorrow morning. Come join!
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Been some great racing the last few days, and I think the parcours has been great, very challenging, quite one-day classics-esque. Nice that the sun has made a late flurry, but equally some of the stages when the roads were flooded were ace too. Good to see JTL racing so well, he climbs like Contador.
And I don't mean he's been eating dodgy steak, but up out the saddle his style is very similar.
On the other hand Sky have made a right pigs ear of it.
And fantastic, fantastic crowds. Been out to see it myself twice, but the crowds in Caerphilly and the ones today were close to GT levels. Brilliant to see the fans there, and good to see Sanchez and Basso enjoying the race
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Lovely day in Devon yesterday. I watched them go up the hill from Dartmeet and then decided to follow for the rest of the route, but I didn't see them again... It was a pleasant ride down to the coast from Dartmoor though. I didn't manage the last 10km to the finish and turned off back to family headquarters, saving myself the embarrassment of rolling in nearly 3 hours after the main contenders.
The leaders (tastefully bookended):
The leader:
The little one:
dan531c
Tricky_Business
miro_o
Brave
wvm
Crispin_Glover
i_am_lono
Oliver Schick
peter_v
yetidamo
Shinscar
freddo
Jimmy_Fingers
Emyr
erikjonsson
nyoro-
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^^ it's seems slightly less shitty than last year. They have put some hills in now and the website works.
Those two? Their self-indulgent plappermouthing ruins race coverage for me. It actually makes me dumb – like watching Hollyoaks (but without the fit people being blonde girls).