Tour de France 2014

My God! "...making the calculation...", "...the tour of France..."
SHUT UP KELLY!

I actually really like it when he says 'the Tour of France', as it's entirely correct.

Pretty sure they used Greipel's chin to knock down the Berlin Wall.

Googled it... They did.

The only problem, apart from his tender age at the time the Wall fell, is that it was first stormed from the west, and Greipel at that time would have been east of it. :)

Watching the highlights.

I'm developing a man zombie crush on Tony Martin.

Ah the comfort afforded by the cold, unblinking eyes of Kiriyenka, I could just lose myself in them

The size of Satan's balls, I can't believe he can sit on a saddle.

Luckily, he's not in the race. :)

I've never actually seen someone being stalked by the broom wagon . Bad luck Teddy

Poor old Ted King... did he just burn out?

Good interviews post race:

Nibali described it as his hardest ever GT ride.
Gallopin as the hardest 4hrs on a bike he's done.
Martin says he's lucky he had a mamil/amey cassette today or he'd have had to stop.

I've never actually seen someone being stalked by the broom wagon . Bad luck Teddy

I have, Tour of the Kingdom 1993. Luckily they gave me a cheeky wee tow so I made the time limit.

I've never actually seen someone being stalked by the broom wagon . Bad luck Teddy

This is Sacha Modolo on the lower slopes of Holme Moss this year. He didn't finish.

Amey cassette....chuckle

Ohh intrigue; Bert crashed twice and took Nico's bike after the first one.

cracking outro music at the end of eurosports coverage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNIqaCsP6x4

the win will always be overshadowed by the absence of Contador and Froome

Although Nibs' rides on stage 5 and today will go some way to countering that. Awesome performance there.

Just watched the highlights... No way is Nibali sober. No way.

Martin says he's lucky he had a mamil/amey cassette today or he'd have had to stop.

Not to diminish the couple of days he's had, but once he hit the wall he was barely moving at the bottom of the final climb.

Just watched the highlights... No way is Nibali sober. No way.

For me the Astana connection is the only doubt factor. Today he only attacked in the last 2.5km, and gained 15 seconds. Not outrageous.

tell me I can buy that yellow ridley helium

tell me I can buy that yellow ridley helium

Hopefully will be on eBay later...

Anyone know the delay from live transmission to on demand viewing on itv player?

Just watched yesterday's highlights but stage 10 isn't up yet and I don't want to sit here hitting refresh if it won't appear till tomorrow.

Should be up later in an hour or two.

Anyone know the delay from live transmission to on demand viewing on itv player?

Just watched yesterday's highlights but stage 10 isn't up yet and I don't want to sit here hitting refresh if it won't appear till tomorrow.

Contador won

Porte was strong as Froome's deputy last year and would deserve a tour win, but does he have enough of a team left around him to win?

If only they'd picked that chap with the beard and tattoos.

Given his tour of Austria win Peter Kennaugh should have been in the tour squad too.

Paolini checking this thread for updates on the stage.