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Tour of Britain stage 1
Anyone watching it live or live on TV?
I have completely NO interest as its really a Tour of England, A touch with Wales and a little venture into Scotland, but only the borders......So going purist as I shall not be following the race. F1 is on today, then Vuelta and GP Montreal tonight.
So my team is this
Daniel Lloyd
Jimmy Engoulvent (removed from startlist overnight 
)
Marc de Maar
Aidis Kruopis
Mark Cavendish
Jon Tiernan-Locke
Simon Richardson
Russell Downing
Boy van Poppel
If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.
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1, 4, 10, 12, 21,23, 55, 81, 97, not too bad...in the gpm
it was all a bit sketchy so i thought i'd leave it a bit until it got sorted out and they'd finished bagging and labelling everyone
still, nice of mr house and mr downing to show up
The results were probably late cos of all the carnage in tne lsst three k and working out. Who got the same time as luke....and who was not affected by Cavs triple axle. Dave A could win it now.
Good point - never thought of that. Must be a nightmare working out who gets the same time and who gets penalised.
I was about 20th, was annoyed that I didn't go with my gut on Kristian House, but then remembered that I was choosing between him and Downing anyway so it didn't cost me anything in the end.
Any chance you can sort the Dream Team to reflect the any 9 teams? Just now its showing
Mark Cavendish PC Sky 5
Bradley Wiggins GC Sky 5
Ivan Basso GC Liquigas-Cannondale 2
Fabio Sabatini AR Liquigas-Cannondale 0
Rony Martias DS Saur-Sojasun 53
Luke Rowe DS Sky 45
Boy van Poppel DS UnitedHealthcare 38
Kristian House DS Rapha Condor Sharp 33
Russell Downing DS Endura Racing 32
5th Equal......
Not bad until I saw someone right above me in 4th......
dave_atkinson
Think most of my team was taken out in the various crashes. Quick thinking by rowe mind. At least 10 points for me as a result.
Haha, 12 and 20 for me. I reckon my other 7 went down with Cav.
Last man
99 44 Ricardo Garcia Euskaltel Euskadi at 8' 45''
DNF
86 Willem Wauters Vacansoleil - DCM
2,3,9,15 Not bad comparing it to teams above
3,9,16 for me. Didn't think you were bothered
I couldn't give a stuff about the race. But a stage win on the game is a stage win.......Could be my only chance this season
True. I've already had one this season but I think I'm a Greipel type - only in shit small races
Yodel sprints
1 76 Rony Martias Saur Sojasun 12
2 111 Kristian House Rapha Condor 9
3 31 Jonny Clarke UnitedHealthcare 7
4 124 Niels Wytinck An Post Sean Kelly 5
KoM
1 111 Kristian House Rapha Condor 12
2 124 Niels Wytinck An Post Sean Kelly 9
3 76 Rony Martias Saur Sojasun 4
4 31 Jonny Clarke UnitedHealthcare 4
5 144 Lachlan Morton Garmin - Sharp 1
11 5 Christian Knees Sky Procycling st
12 106 Daniel Schorn Team NetApp st
13 154 Chris Opie UK Youth Cycling st
14 71 Jerome Coppel Saur Sojasun st
15 94 Daniel Lloyd IG - Sigma Sport st
16 151 Yanto Barker UK Youth Cycling st
17 153 Niklas Gustavsson UK Youth Cycling st
18 122 Sam Bennett An Post Sean Kelly st
19 61 Ivan Basso Liquigas - Cannondale st
20 116 Richard Lang Rapha Condor st
Thanks, Simon.
Stage One, Ipswich to Norfolk Showground
1) Luke Rowe, GBR, Team Sky, 4:51:05
2) Boy Van Poppel, NED, UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling, same time
3) Russell Downing, GBR, Endura Racing, same time
4) Jeremie Galland, FRA, Saur Sojasun, same time
5) Peter Hawkins, IRL, Team IG - Sigma Sport, same time
6) Rony Martias, FRA, Saur Sojasun, same time
7) Barry Markus, NED, Vacansoleil - DCM, same time
8) Paolo Longo Borghini, ITA, Liquigas - Cannondale, same time
9) Jonathan Tiernan Locke, GBR, Endura Racing, same time
10) Ben Grenda, AUS, Rapha Condor, same time
Rouleur Combativity Award
Niels Wytnick, AN Post Sean Kelly
IG Gold Jersey, General Classification
1) Luke Rowe, GBR, Team Sky, 4:50::55
2) Rony Martias, FRA, Saur Sojasun, + 0.03
3) Boy Van Poppel, NED, UnitedHealthcare, + 0.04
4) Russell Downing, GBR, Endura Racing, + 0.06
5) Jeremie Galland, FRA, Saur Sojasun, + 0.10
6) Peter Hawkins, IRL, Team IG - Sigma Sport, same time
7) Barry Markus, NED, Vacansoleil - DCM, same time
8) Paolo Longo Borghini, ITA, Liquigas Cannondale, same time
9) Jonathan Tiernan Locke, GBR, Endura Racing, same time
10) Ben Grenda, AUS, Rapha Condor, same time
Chain Reaction Cycles Points Classication
1) Luke Rowe, Team
SKODA King of the Mountains Classification
1) Kristian House, Rapha Condor
Yodel Sprints Classification
1) Rony Martias, Saur Sojasun
Yeah I have van Poppel and Downing too - and they'll get GC points as well of course so thats a good start (plus 5 for Cav...) - depends on which random other guys hung on in the lead group - all my guys were sprinters so I'm hoping one or two more of them avoided the crashes and got top 10. "Numerous crashes due to the narrow lanes in the last 20km" apparently. Anyone else think ITV are withholding the results until after the highlights programme? Can they even do that? Or is it just not very important?
Actually, I'm being dumb, the race was broadcast live wasn't it? So the results must be out there somewhere...
Its being shown live on Eurosport, Just not British Eurosport
So if thats right, I might be in with a shout of a stage win having 2nd and 3rd
Over an hour since it finished and the official website is still not giving any info.
Rowe 1st, Van Poppel 2nd, and one website said Downing 3rd, but thats all I can find...
There was little crash, then a few km's later there was a bigger crash, then with 1km to go there was a massive crash which wiped out most of the remaining sprinters.
I flicked it over to see Rowe getting the points and leaders jersey. Stage report from someone please......
Need to change my teamname to TEAM ROADRASH....ffs....disaster....
I think my entire team crashed.
I had hivert but noticed he was missing from the tour of britains websites startlist last night. Bit lucky.but only if his replacement sulzberger does something...
I too had engoulvent so went hivert only too find he's out as well
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