Author Topic: Tour de France 2018 (Read 134955 times)

David Martin · « **Reply #350 on:** 14 July, 2018, 10:50:22 pm »

Quote from: Tim Hall on 12 July, 2018, 10:59:44 am

in Nidd if you're not careful.

How on earth can you get lost in Nidd?

T42 · « **Reply #351 on:** 15 July, 2018, 07:40:34 am »

Quote from: quixoticgeek on 14 July, 2018, 09:19:25 pm

Quote from: Porkins on 14 July, 2018, 09:10:10 pm
Tweet from De Gendt:

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I can’t verbally explain how much i don’t want to do the stage of tomorrow.

https://twitter.com/DeGendtThomas

Having done the Paris-Roubaix sportiv, I can completely agree with that. Having done it once, I would not wish riding on the Pavé on anyone.

J

I wouldn't wish it on a bike I was paying for myself, either.

woollypigs · « **Reply #352 on:** 15 July, 2018, 12:04:35 pm »

Bother!

SoreTween · « **Reply #353 on:** 15 July, 2018, 12:10:59 pm »

Yeah, that thins the plot. GWS.

TigaSefi · « **Reply #354 on:** 15 July, 2018, 01:28:40 pm »

Will Porte ever complete a TdF without crashing?

Beardy · « **Reply #355 on:** 15 July, 2018, 01:44:03 pm »

Quote from: TigaSefi on 15 July, 2018, 01:28:40 pm

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Will Porte ever complete a TdF without crashing?

that should,really be spoilererd.

Nick H. · « **Reply #356 on:** 15 July, 2018, 01:46:06 pm »

FFS. They shouldn't be racing here. Should have been a mountain stage.

T42 · « **Reply #357 on:** 15 July, 2018, 02:08:59 pm »

Some of those cobbles are high enough.

Meanwhile, we have a thunderstorm bearing down so I''m going to have to pull the Internet plug.

Hot Flatus · « **Reply #358 on:** 15 July, 2018, 02:10:11 pm »

Quote from: Porkins on 15 July, 2018, 01:46:06 pm

FFS. They shouldn't be racing here. Should have been a mountain stage.

Balls. Its brilliant.

Porte crashed out on a mountain stage last year.

Cavendish crashed out on a flat stage last year.

Beardy · « **Reply #359 on:** 15 July, 2018, 02:20:01 pm »

Quote from: Hot Flatus on 15 July, 2018, 02:10:11 pm

Quote from: Porkins on 15 July, 2018, 01:46:06 pm
FFS. They shouldn't be racing here. Should have been a mountain stage.

Balls. Its brilliant.

Porte crashed out on a mountain stage last year.

Cavendish crashed out on a flat stage last year.

This stage is beginning to look like a battling tops game with the winner being the last one standing.

Torslanda · « **Reply #360 on:** 15 July, 2018, 02:33:43 pm »

Wanted: Stabilisers

Call National Cycling Centre and ask for Dave

woollypigs · « **Reply #361 on:** 15 July, 2018, 02:35:33 pm »

Brilliant snap -

Exit Stage Left · « **Reply #362 on:** 15 July, 2018, 02:40:59 pm »

I wonder if some riders are misjudging the corners because discs modulate differently from caliper brakes.

woollypigs · « **Reply #363 on:** 15 July, 2018, 02:42:58 pm »

They spoke about that on ITV4 earlier, not having the fine touch as they are used to. Also that there is dust in the side of the tyres and tarmac which causes them to drop.

Torslanda · « **Reply #364 on:** 15 July, 2018, 02:51:02 pm »

Anyone spot the spoof soigneur? Sector 4 about 100m in.

Yellow jersey and holding up a 12" white pram wheel.

Beardy · « **Reply #365 on:** 15 July, 2018, 02:54:54 pm »

Well that’s a sneaky break. With all that dust the pelican can’t see them.

SoreTween · « **Reply #366 on:** 15 July, 2018, 03:01:45 pm »

Quote from: Torslanda on 15 July, 2018, 02:51:02 pm

Anyone spot the spoof soigneur? Sector 4 about 100m in.

Yellow jersey and holding up a 12" white pram wheel.

Yep, oi larfed

Exit Stage Left · « **Reply #367 on:** 15 July, 2018, 03:27:04 pm »

Quote from: woollypigs on 15 July, 2018, 02:42:58 pm

They spoke about that on ITV4 earlier, not having the fine touch as they are used to. Also that there is dust in the side of the tyres and tarmac which causes them to drop.

Some may be riding calipers rather than discs, in order to have a choice of wheels, and change them more easily.

grams · « **Reply #368 on:** 15 July, 2018, 04:06:13 pm »

The vast majority are riding rim brakes. Look at the photo above, for instance!

spesh · « **Reply #369 on:** 15 July, 2018, 04:52:43 pm »

That stage was well worth watching all the way through, though I feel sorry for whoever's got to edit it all down for the highlights program later.

Meanwhile, the plot thickens WRT Porte:

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“His collarbone isn’t broken. There are no broken bones. He’s been to hospital in Cambrai and is now on his way to Annecy. His bag is waiting for him there.”
Ochowicz on Porte.

https://twitter.com/ridemediaHQ/status/1018503620612927488

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“The doctor of the ambulance, said that it could be broken – ‘It looks like it’s broken’.”
– Fabio Baldato on Richie Porte's accident and #DNF.
“We’ll go on... we’ll try to have some fun also because otherwise we can all cry to the end."

https://twitter.com/ridemediaHQ/status/1018521915751845888

Exit Stage Left · « **Reply #370 on:** 15 July, 2018, 05:25:23 pm »

Quote from: grahamparks on 15 July, 2018, 04:06:13 pm

The vast majority are riding rim brakes. Look at the photo above, for instance!

Some were still riding discs, but I suspect most would have changed to rim brakes, so they can get a wheel from anyone. Those who normally ride discs would have a change in lever response to deal with.

Nick H. · « **Reply #371 on:** 15 July, 2018, 06:04:56 pm »

What do the neutral service people carry?

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #372 on:** 15 July, 2018, 06:14:30 pm »

Quote from: Porkins on 15 July, 2018, 06:04:56 pm

What do the neutral service people carry?

A bit of everything.

J

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #373 on:** 15 July, 2018, 06:16:20 pm »

I thought for a group of men who are paid to ride bikes, they would be better at keeping them up right...

I've just watched the Eurosport hilights, and it's like a compilation video of great cycle crashes!

Of those in the top 10 of the GC currently, how many of them are sprinters who aren't really going to be in GC contention by the time we've hit the lumpy stuff?

J

Exit Stage Left · « **Reply #374 on:** 15 July, 2018, 06:29:40 pm »

We've already had a Central Lancashire resident win the Tour, albeit one born in Ghent. So I wouldn't be averse to a winner from East Lancashire.

Adam Yates is through the most obvious obstacle, and we now have to see if he can build up enough of a cushion to compensate for his poor time trialling.

Author Topic: Tour de France 2018 (Read 134955 times)

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