Yup, nibbles nobbled for nabbing a nudge from the team car.. There is a sticky bottle, and there is a sticky jet rocket. That one was really taking the piss.
Chaves has a winning smile, doesn't he.
You'd think he'd have learnt from the TdF incident (which established he's a lying git) that those noisy things hovering overhead have cameras in them!
You'd think he'd have learnt from the TdF incident (which established he's a lying git) that those noisy things hovering overhead have cameras in them!
Yup, naughty nibbles nobbled for nabbing a nudge from the team car.. There is a sticky bottle, and there is a sticky jet rocket. That one was really taking the piss.
My favourite:Gotta admire the power of those riders to push the cars like that.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CNHVCsqUkAAqriZ.jpg)
Naughty chaps.
There was no ITV4 on last night (or NOT on our telly!) so I don't suppose anyone knows if a video/highlights exist elsewhere that can be accessed by computer? This is the one I was really really interested in watching because of our Vejer connection!! Typical isn't it!!!!!
Last night ITV4 wasn't working on our TV. A rescan got it working, but by the time I'd managed to figure out that manoeuvre I'd missed the first 15 minutes of the programme.
So Millar says with 8k to go that the breakaway don't have a chance - "100% not the slightest hope, believe me". I'm finding his overly-detailed insider-style analysis of the race slightly irritating.That's a shame, I really like it. Nice to have a genuinely expert expert for once! (and he can actually speak clear Engllish). time will tell - by next year we might have heard the same insights over and over.
Wonder how Froome managed to crash?
It isn't *necessary* to have a camera moto (or support moto) in such close proximity. They always have the option of dropping back etc.Yet (as you well know!) riders will crash without any cameras or motorbikes (e.g. closed circuits).
Their prime directive is 'first do no harm'. I think we are starting to see more and closer TV, and a new generation of moto pilots who do not have the experience (and directors pushing for ever closer footage) leading to more incidents.
Dave, I know it gets joked about a lot but have you any idea what he is doing when he keeps looking down? Is it a wattage read out or just a Paula Radcliffe-type thing? Whatever it is, it must be a bad thing to be coninually taking your eye "off the ball" like that.
It isn't *necessary* to have a camera moto (or support moto) in such close proximity. They always have the option of dropping back etc.Yet (as you well know!) riders will crash without any cameras or motorbikes (e.g. closed circuits).
Their prime directive is 'first do no harm'. I think we are starting to see more and closer TV, and a new generation of moto pilots who do not have the experience (and directors pushing for ever closer footage) leading to more incidents.
Surely the riders have an equally prime directive of "finish the stage/race" - yet many fail in this through their own fault (or that of other riders). They also always have the option of dropping back.
Oleg Tinkof has apologized to Chris Froome for saying he rode 'like a girl' yesterday. As far as I know, he hasn't apologized to girls yet.
I think you've misunderstood me: I meant that most crashes between RIDERS could be avoided by the riders dropping back i.e. not riding dangerously close to each-other.It isn't *necessary* to have a camera moto (or support moto) in such close proximity. They always have the option of dropping back etc.Yet (as you well know!) riders will crash without any cameras or motorbikes (e.g. closed circuits).
Their prime directive is 'first do no harm'. I think we are starting to see more and closer TV, and a new generation of moto pilots who do not have the experience (and directors pushing for ever closer footage) leading to more incidents.
Surely the riders have an equally prime directive of "finish the stage/race" - yet many fail in this through their own fault (or that of other riders). They also always have the option of dropping back.
Racers dropping back shouldn't be the solution though.
But Quintana isn't liekly to be drawing his pension any time soon..They are both eligible for the young rider category.
I think you've misunderstood me: I meant that most crashes between RIDERS could be avoided by the riders dropping back i.e. not riding dangerously close to each-other.It isn't *necessary* to have a camera moto (or support moto) in such close proximity. They always have the option of dropping back etc.Yet (as you well know!) riders will crash without any cameras or motorbikes (e.g. closed circuits).
Their prime directive is 'first do no harm'. I think we are starting to see more and closer TV, and a new generation of moto pilots who do not have the experience (and directors pushing for ever closer footage) leading to more incidents.
Surely the riders have an equally prime directive of "finish the stage/race" - yet many fail in this through their own fault (or that of other riders). They also always have the option of dropping back.
Racers dropping back shouldn't be the solution though.
Of course that would totally change the nature of bunch racing. But it would be safer; in fact, it would be safer than the current setup, despite the occasional horrendous misjudgement by a moto-rider.
(I'm not saying that the motons' driving can't be improved - but its a fact that their presence is an integral part of professional televised racing. )
Although I read that both the recent Astana upsets were TVE moto's.Astana? Tinkov-Saxo. One was a neutral service, one was TVE.
(Can anyone get excited about TofB while this race is still going? )
Has anyone ever seen Oleg Tinkov and Donald Trump in the same room together?Oleg Tinkof has apologized to Chris Froome for saying he rode 'like a girl' yesterday. As far as I know, he hasn't apologized to girls yet.
I thought he doubled down and pontificated that girls shouldn't race at all?
Has anyone ever seen Oleg Tinkov and Donald Trump in the same room together?Oleg Tinkof has apologized to Chris Froome for saying he rode 'like a girl' yesterday. As far as I know, he hasn't apologized to girls yet.
I thought he doubled down and pontificated that girls shouldn't race at all?
Never mind about all of that chaps. What about that stage finish yesterday!! How steep!? 21.67% to be precise at some point it was. I'd need all the drugs on offer to get up those hills!! Well done Frank Schhhhhleck!
It's Dumoulin Rouge!We need a feeble handclap smiley. This one isn't really appropriate here: :thumbsup: