Tour of Britain

He must have a massive finger if it takes up 10% of his body mass ;)

Jens Voight at 90% is still 90% more powerful than other humans at 100%. #jensfacts

I think that if Jens is at 90% after only breaking a finger he's getting soft..

is there any online coverage (live or highlights) of this tour?

cheers

ITV4 at 8

Peter's in Holland, H, so not sure they get ITV4 (do they know what they are mssing!).

It's available on their online player;

http://www.itv.com/itvplayer/video/?Filter=272265

thanks - but seems it's only available when you're in the UK :-(

one of my fav riders (I think he's clean Andy) is leading, interesting to see if he can hold on

Can you not fake your IP address into fooling it to think you're in the UK? Use this;

http://www.hide-my-ip.com/

I like Boom, he's a cyclocrosser. :-)

Thanks for that, I'll give it a try, but first I'm going out on my bike (chewing on peanutbutter sandwichdoping)

I was at the Dutch nationals beginning of this year, Boom was ahead of the field the whole time. He lives near me and we ride the same CX training grounds here
, still hope to meet him one day and try to keep his wheel for erm, 2 minutes or something

Can you not fake your IP address into fooling it to think you're in the UK? Use this;

http://www.hide-my-ip.com/

I like Boom, he's a cyclocrosser. :-)

try a vpn service like blackvpn? it's monthly pay as you go at about E5 a month for a UK server, it's what I use to watch BBC and ITV etc here in Germany and works well.

^ that sounds even better, cheers!

That was good fun!

Boy van Poppel, another Dutch CX star who turned pro this year is in 3rd in the GC - wow!

His dad was a bit good too.

Boy van Poppel

His dad was a bit good too.

That would be Man van Poppel.

a family thing, yes. watch his brother Danny too

sawfish you just gave me another reason as to why cav is a legend!

Jon Tiernan-Locke climbs like a beast. Me gusta.

Isn't Ipswich beautiful?

What's occurring tomorrow then? People meeting up?

I'm up for it, Dan.

Where serves good coffee that also overlooks part of the course?

wife and I will be down there, not entirely sure where, but there for the whole hog if folks are up for meeting

I plan on riding up for the afternoon race and will be meandering around the course throughout the race hoping to end up somewhere near the finish line.

im going down there now with my stepdad. not sure where the best place to watch it is yet.

Near the beginning of the week they were chatting pre-stage on ITV about the difference between racing the UK and the rest of the world and the answer, to paraphrase, was 'it's harder in England because the roads are worse so the rolling resistance is greater'.

Makes sense. I guess the undulating nature of the uk makes it harder too as tempo keeps coining vs alpine stages where its 1 hour of 12% gradient.

Had an amazing day with my two boys. We were 75 yards from the win line, and 'met' Cav after the race. See the pics here