Competitive Cycling

[Thenop]

Tree green man was given a free pas it felt like. Oh well, he was bound to win at least one stage.

[Nickslikk2112]

Spent three hours waiting in showery rain to see the Tour of Britain finale.
All over in a blink of an eye as Olav Kooij won the sprint to the line.
It was worth it to see Geraint's farewell,we gave him a good send off.

[Nickslikk2112]

This was the finish on Sunday (action starts about 50s in)

Will Olav Kooij win for Visma again? Off to Decathlon CMA CGM next year, who seem to be building a sprint team, brought in Cees Bol as well for a lead out man.

[Nickslikk2112]

No Landismo today, but a win for Bernal. The two comeback kids.

Bloody pro-Palestinian protesters again. Bugger off to Israel and protest there. Don't ruin my cycle racing.

[Thenop]

Even though the cause might be just it's not the right place to protest.

A win for Bernal is welcome though

I just hope they don't ruin the TT in 2 days.

Highlight: Jorgenson just now blurting out into the camera: Victor we miss you! Lovely.

[Nickslikk2112]

Maiden win for Giulio Pellizaro today. Atop a pretty bleak mountain.

The rest more or less marked each other out, Pidock picking up bonus seconds. Almeida needs a team around him.

[Thenop]

Young Pellizari takes it with a strong looking Pidcock 2nd. He looks fit your man Tom, if he survives the TT he might end up being 3rd!

Surreal seeing all the scorched mountains..

[Nickslikk2112]

Young Pellizari takes it with a strong looking Pidcock 2nd. He looks fit your man Tom, if he survives the TT he might end up being 3rd!

And there's the problem: Time Trial. Although he once did a good one somewhere...

Surreal seeing all the scorched mountains..

Very.

[Thenop]

They have just announced the TT has been shortened from 27 km to around 12 km. Safety reasons. Which gives your man Pidcock a good chance.

[Nickslikk2112]

Top Ganna! He really murdered those last 4km.

Pidcock gained a couple of seconds on Hindley, but he's not good enough at the TT to win a grand tour.

Almeida gains 10s on Vingegaard. What would a 28km TT have done?

Saturday's going to be Brutal now!

[Thenop]

Quite boring TT to be honest, was never going to make much difference. Pidcock did well and it feels like Vingegaard was sort of 'coached' through it to save his energy for Saturday.

Oh well, interestingly enough Israel Premier tech were back to their old kit. Curious.

[Nickslikk2112]

Oh well, interestingly enough Israel Premier tech were back to their old kit. Curious.

Didn't notice that.

Maybe special skinsuits for the TT That they didn't have time to get new ones for.

[Thenop]

Oh well, interestingly enough Israel Premier tech were back to their old kit. Curious.

Didn't notice that.

Maybe special skinsuits for the TT That they didn't have time to get new ones for.

Think so, saw it when Riccitello was on the podium for take off.

[Nickslikk2112]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

Suppose the sprint was OK and Vingegaard got 4s back on Almeida.

Pity the cross winds weren't stronger.

[Thenop]

A masterclass in lead out and winning the sprint by Alpecin. Philipsen's 3rd in majestic manner.

For the rest quite uneventful.

Bring on Tomorrow!