Tour de France 2012

that interview with Brad was really moving, such an amazing achievement. Chapeau

Tour de France 2012 Stage 18 Cavendish sprint win - YouTube

I am never going to get bored of watching this.

Love the bit at 53 seconds when Sanchez looks behind and Cav nips in behind him all like "I'm not actually here, for srs, you have nothing to worry about, look at me just following along behind tum te tum"- BAM!

Flicking between itv1 HD and euro sport. Definitely prefer the itv commentary. Its just more lively :)

Fail.

It's lively because Phil has a constant stream of complete arse rubbish spewing out of his geriatrically slack jaw, whilst Sherwin attempts to interject and mop up all of the necessary corrections whilst maintaining his facial rigor mortis.

Completely awful.

^^ I love it when LLS looks at the rest of the field and points at Cav in disbelief, during the end of his own sprint. Epic.

nuzzle

strangest boner right now ... gunna have to finish it off (be 5 minutes)

Do you think Froomedog is unzipped too? Full skin on skin ftw.

sweaty skin on skin as well. Maybe the source of Cound Dog's ire

Wiggo's got a nice helmet, too.

Why is the length allowed different between di2 and cabled? Is it something to do with cable weight?

The tribar extension (limited by rule to 75cm ahead of BB centre) is measured to the lever pivot for conventional levers, but to the end of the shifter for Electrically-assisted riders

Are they allowed camelbak type systems? A waterpouch down their fronts would be pretty aero (if a little warm).

They are allowed, but only if used for drinking and only in the conventional position. You can't pad your skinsuit with a bladder full of air just for the aeros

@thejensie
"Pretty sure the Queen is not following me on twitter but if she does- please give Bradley a knighthood. He was legendary this 3weeks."

Indeed and one for Baldy Brailsford while we're at it.

Jens Voights on twatter: Pretty sure the Queen is not following me on twitter but if she does- please give Bradley a knighthood. He was legendary this 3weeks.

Dammit!

Wiggo air punch. GO TIM.

The backstory...

Whole audio of post stage press conference

http://soundcloud.com/cycling-central/tour-de-france-stage-19

This is an inspiring listen

Working in Boston this weekend, can't believe I'm going to miss the final stage tomorrow. CNBC has the worst coverage, 3/4 mins of footage followed by 6mins of repeat adverts. Fkn annoying.

Try ESPN. Far better.

Stupid question - How strict is the no racing for GC riders on final stage? i.e. If anything bad happens to Brad (a la tack affaire) would the either leaders wait or would it be open season for a last minute steal??

Stupid question - How strict is the no racing for GC riders on final stage? i.e. If anything bad happens to Brad (a la tack affaire) would the either leaders wait or would it be open season for a last minute steal??

well, it's not an official rule, but I can't imagine a situation in which firstly he'd lose that large an amount of time ( 6 mins back to Nibali) AND Liquigas/ the rest of the peleton would be so unsportsmanlike as to try to capitalise without being shut down by the majority.

The fucking cheating Itie bastards.

ASO would probably permanently un-invite anyone who pulled anything like that. It's a crit for the sprinters.

Class

Ned was sent out on a booze run with a Team Sky credit card

Literally if there was a problem with Brad tomorrow the entire peloton would carry him over the line. No GC contender would consider winning like that

Top Tip for Skoda marketing dept - Next time paint your tarmac ad as a mirror image

Stupid question - How strict is the no racing for GC riders on final stage?

This tour has been over for 2 weeks.

You really think it's going to get that exciting on the last day?

nuzzle

Take that, M'lle Cound.