Tour of Britain

[Kermit power]

Well, not exactly the same weather conditions as the first day of the Vuelta, was it!

Impressive finish as always by Cavendish though.

I'm definitely looking forward to spectating in London.

[ewenm]

Cheddar Gorge on Friday for me (hopefully).

[Rocksteadyeddie]

I have a sneaky felling Cav might want to win the whole thing. Silence some of his critics.

Cheddar Gorge should be interesting.

[anonymous-user]

the wind could cause havoc today, certainly there is the opportunity fopr a few splits to develop but the HTC team is pretty strong, i can see cav staying in front until the middle of the week but i dont think he will win it as geriant thomas also has a few ideas of his own. cav will want to take the final stage and i cant really see anyone stopping him but stages 5 and 6 will be crucial and a few strong riders in a break on either day will be a blow to the rest.

[Rocksteadyeddie]

Agree about today in the wind - it's blowing a gale up North I believe. I was racing yeseterday and the wind was awful. First time I've really felt my deep section wheels to be a struggle. One lad got blown off and collected a broken collarbone for his troubles, albeit he was riding 100mm sections and adopting an interesting riding style apparently.

[Highway Star]

Any TV coverage of this anywhere?

[4sure]

Coming past the end of our drive today, or should that be blowing past !

Pretty windy here.

[ewenm]

Highway Star said:

Any TV coverage of this anywhere?

Highlights only I think - ITV4 20:00 - 21:00

[anonymous-user]

todays stage has been cancelled due to the expected high winds.
probably the right decision looking at the weather forecast but a shame none the less.

[itsnotarace]

Looked to be a nasty crash in the wet yesterday which caused Jens Voigt to retire, which is a shame. Nice riding by Renshaw to take Cavendish to the line, they are both so much faster than anyone else

[anonymous-user]

itsnotarace said:

Looked to be a nasty crash in the wet yesterday which caused Jens Voigt to retire, which is a shame. Nice riding by Renshaw to take Cavendish to the line, they are both so much faster than anyone else

broken finger apparently. I would have thought Jens could just hack it off with a chain tool and carry on.

[itsnotarace]

[TonyHetherington]

That's a shame about Jens. I was looking forward to seeing him in London!

[Highway Star]

ewenm said:

Highlights only I think - ITV4 20:00 - 21:00

Cheers Ewen.

I'd searched the Sky+ planner but must have missed looking at ITV4.

[ewenm]

Highway Star said:

ewenm said:

Highlights only I think - ITV4 20:00 - 21:00

Cheers Ewen.

I'd searched the Sky+ planner but must have missed looking at ITV4.

Actually the ITV website claims it's on ITV4 from 1pm today but I guess not if the stage has been cancelled.

I just tried to watch last night's highlights online but got too frustrated with 10+ mins of chat before any race coverage and adverts I can't fast forward through.

[condor]

I watched it on ITV4 1-2pm today - was highlights of yesterdays race.

[khushy]

my plan for Friday - Cheddar Gorge, Top of Old Bristol Hill then down to Wells for the finish - cycling of course!

khushy

[anonymous-user]

do we have enough interested parties for a meet around cheddar gorge then?

[thanetspeedshop]

TonyHetherington said:

That's a shame about Jens. I was looking forward to seeing him in London!

Yeah, pity JV is out (at least he can have a bigger perty for his 40th).

Here's the best of Jens in case anyone feels they're misssing out...

[Rouleur]

My brother and me rode over to Gun Hill near Leek in Staffs to watch earlier. I was surprised at how split up the peloton was, but some of them seemed to be suffering up the climb and there had obviously been a crash or two at some point.

Here's some pics for ya





It was a bit chaotic after the riders had passed through as there were spectators, bikes and cars everywhere, and just to make it more interesting a load of race support vehicles had been delayed by the crash so they were mixed in too... The ride back took in a fast rolling A road and we 'raced' some guys who thought they were fast, at least until they blew up after 10 minutes