Tour of Britain 2015 the Racing (may contain **SPOILERS**)

[the_craig]

MOD NOTE:
This post has been Copied from the ToB thread in Road Cycling and General Discussions.

Use this one for the Racing aspects and the other for route/ viewing etc discussions.


The teams taking part in this year's ToB have been announced.

UCI WorldTeams
• BMC Racing (USA)
• Etixx Quick-Step (Belgium)
• IAM Cycling (Switzerland)
• Lotto Soudal (Belgium)
• Movistar Team (Spain)
• Team Cannondale - Garmin (USA)
• Team Lotto NL Jumbo (Netherlands)
• Team Sky (Great Britain)
• Tinkoff - Saxo (Russia)

UCI Pro Continental teams
• Cult Energy Pro Cycling (Denmark)
• MTN Qhubeka (South Africa)
• Team Novo Nordisk (USA)

UCI Continental teams
• An Post Chain Reaction (Ireland)
• JLT Condor presented by Mavic (Great Britain)
• Madison Genesis (Great Britain)
• NFTO (Great Britain)
• ONE Pro Cycling (Great Britain)
• Team Raleigh GAC (Great Britain)
• Team WIGGINS (Great Britain)

National Teams
• Great Britain Cycling Team

 

[Apollonius]

Impressed with the line-up of teams. The only team I will miss will be Orica Greenedge, as I would have liked to see the twins given a run out.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

It's bumpy that there Wales!

 

[rich p]

I'll be interested to see how Geoghan-Hart, Carthy and Alex Peters in the GB team perform. Tao G-H has opted out of Sky to stay at Axeon for another year. Good decision I think.
Carthy is at Caja Rural also m=taking an alternative route, while Peters is signing for Sky.

Cavendish against his young team-mate Gaviria who beat him twice in T de San Luis is interesting too, although there aren't too many obvious sprints.

 

[Crandoggler]

Stark contrast on the roads in Britain, versus the roads on the continent. Poor bastards!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I'll be interested to see how Geoghan-Hart, Carthy and Alex Peters in the GB team perform. Tao G-H has opted out of Sky to stay at Axeon for another year. Good decision I think.
Carthy is at Caja Rural also m=taking an alternative route, while Peters is signing for Sky.

Cavendish against his young team-mate Gaviria who beat him twice in T de San Luis is interesting too, although there aren't too many obvious sprints.

I caught the end of a Cavendish interview before the live coverage began and it sounded like he wasn't expecting much for himself. Kennaugh, though, sounded like he was keen.

 

[subaqua]

It's bumpy that there Wales!

I used to ride them roads every weekend as a teenager on my gas pipe Raleigh phantom . They are indeed bumpy !

Is good watching them and shortly they go through my home town.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

On ITV now if people want to watch it. Is it his jersey or is Wiggins a bit chubby? (For a pro rider I should add.)

 

[Crandoggler]

I thought that!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Yep, that's some bidon he's got there, and I'm not talking about water bottles.

 

[Big Dave laaa]

Fantastic turn out in my town of Mold for the TOB. Sprint stage right outside my house. Was a bit gutted that the breakaway hadn't been pulled back before they came through. Looking forward to watching the rest of the weeks riding now

 

[jarlrmai]

the ToB always has loads of interest, people want the jerseys and intermediates, the racing is fun and you can see they are riding on the same roads we do so you get a better idea of the conditions.

Loved the break really trying until the final K's

 

[Rallybiker]

Where I was at the top of Penmynydd hill outside of Llangefni, Anglesey, the break away gap was way more that 9 min. Very impressive margin to pull out in 20 odd miles!

 

[SWSteve]

I think Wiggo was in a baggy Jersey, thus making him look a bit tubby.

 

[SWSteve]

I'll be interested to see how Geoghan-Hart, Carthy and Alex Peters in the GB team perform. Tao G-H has opted out of Sky to stay at Axeon for another year. Good decision I think.
Carthy is at Caja Rural also m=taking an alternative route, while Peters is signing for Sky.

Cavendish against his young team-mate Gaviria who beat him twice in T de San Luis is interesting too, although there aren't too many obvious sprints.

Wasn't TGH signed on as a stagiare for SKY?

Edit: I know this doesn't mean he will continue as a pro after, but I thought we would give seen more of him in their kit, not the axeon one (even though when his stagiareness was announced it was also said he would race for GB at ToB)