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Tour of Britain - Stage 5.....contains unmasked spoilers

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  • 11-09-2014 10:15am
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    MPFG
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    So this should be another exciting aggressive stage...hope teams go for it on haytor...need to do soemthing to wrestle it from Kwai

    ITV4 & Eurosport at 1.15pm

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    MPFG
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    ITV seem to think Wiggo can still win it.....wishful thinking I think


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    godtabh
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    MPFG wrote: »
    ITV seem to think Wiggo can still win it.....wishful thinking I think

    well it is ITV


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    godtabh
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    Strong ride from Archbold of Chain Reaction. still waiting for my skyspports tracker to update on Roche


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    godtabh
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    Roche I assumed finished in the main bunch after another attack


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    dastardly00
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    MPFG
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    godtabh wrote: »
    Roche I assumed finished in the main bunch after another attack

    He was 7th or 8th

    maybe he should go for sprinting instead :D

    They should have helped Garmin earlier ...madness


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    dastardly00
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    Fair play to Nico I suppose for attacking on the climb. But it just wasn't that steep and Kwiatkowski et al. were all on their toes.


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    godtabh
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
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    is roche still 4th overall?


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    MPFG
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    Yes ...still 4th ...on same time as 3rd place BMC rider

    If there was a long climb in this he have a chance of a win IMO


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    MPFG
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    Fair play to Nico I suppose for attacking on the climb. But it just wasn't that steep and Kwiatkowski et al. were all on their toes.


    ITV ask Kwaiatkowski if he has to worry about Roche
    He said he had to worry about the breakawy & all riders & Wiggins

    So subtext would suggest he is not that botthered about Nico's attacks :D


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    fat bloke
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    Hate to spit in the soup but ah...... anyone else finding this Tour of Britain a bit....well.... boring?
    Roche's digs have been good in the last few k but generally, I dunno what it is exactly, but I can't keep my finger away from the fast forward button :(

    I'm pretty sure the commentary is not helping. I'm much more content to watch the Vuelta roll along at normal playback speed.


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    MPFG
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    fat bloke wrote: »
    Hate to spit in the soup but ah...... anyone else finding this Tour of Britain a bit....well.... boring?
    Roche's digs have been good in the last few k but generally, I dunno what it is exactly, but I can't keep my finger away from the fast forward button :(

    I'm pretty sure the commentary is not helping. I'm much more content to watch the Vuelta roll along at normal playback speed.

    Yes the commentary has a lot to do with it....very boring and uneventful...wrote to ITV about making it more interactive
    Of course the Vuelta has the big riders and the summit finishes....
    Maybe 6 riders doesn't allow for much off the front attacking either

    Sky or some team should do something to open the race up and start racing earlier....


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    Pudsy33
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    Lads get on the eurosport coverage, Matt and Magnus are fantastic.


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    Brian?
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    It's boring because it's the Tour of Britain. I.e. a 2nd rate race for cyclists too chicken to embrace the epicness of la Vuelta.:)

    In all seriousness though, what's with the timing? If you want to engage people in a week long tour, why put it on at the same time as a Grand Tour? Same goes for the Tour of California.

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