Tour de France 2010

There are sections along the ride which have extra sprint points attached. You sprint to them, and if you're first (or second, or third), you get extra points (which go towards the green jersey).

Thanks! So it's not a matter of sprinting and posting a good time between two points then? So the breakaway group have taken the points just now, even though they're not necessarily sprinters?

So the breakaway group have taken the points just now, even though they're not necessarily sprinters?

Yup. This is what won Tor the green last year.

Yup

Thank you kindly!

Eurosport are playing gun adverts in the break, first time Ive ever seen that on television in my life.

Thanks! So it's not a matter of sprinting and posting a good time between two points then? So the breakaway group have taken the points just now, even though they're not necessarily sprinters?

Yes.

If the riders were all in one group. The sprinters would move to the front and slug it out for jersey points. But when there is a breakaway this is obviously not possible. This is why Sylvain Chavanel is currently holding the green jersey.

Yup. This is what won Tor the green last year.

And how he proved himself to be a proper, all-round rider. Not a bag of muscle who needs to be led around the country for 99% of the time, only to hammer down the last 20 seconds.

I'm reminded of the Billy Connolly story on being an expert suddenly. :P

How do I get rid of that frigging Scientology ad?

I have multiple ad-blocker add-ons on my firefox. I go through each ad blocking them all

I'm reminded of the Billy Connolly story on being an expert suddenly. :P

Or Cav hater.

Cav has punctured.

Meh.

cobbles

Yeh.

Wegelius stacks it into a bush

How do I get rid of that frigging Scientology ad?

there's a tiny red "X" just above the player window

Geraint Thomas up near the front of the bunch

Cummings puts the hammer down!

Ohh big crash on the cobbles

crash!

Frank Schleck on the floor?

Frank is done!!!

Frank Schleck down for the count....nasty

Fuck.Tony Martin as well.

Its mayhem