Paris - Nice 2016 **spoilers**

[mjr]

 

[mjr]

And the disqualification/relegation is confirmed. I feared they might not because it was a French sprinter but I guess they won yesterday and this was a bit much, sticking an elbow into another rider's arm.

 

[raindog]

Jalabert saying nothing wrong with it - twat. If it had been the other way round he'd be screaming blue murder.

 

[roadrash]

some great backtracking by sean kelly initially saying he didnt veer off his line and every sprinter sticks the elbows out, after hearing the decision kelly says the exact opposite

 

[Hont]

What is the correct pronunciation?

NAV-rat-ill-ov-uh not Nav-rat-ill-OH-vuh. Sound clip here...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Cs-Martina_Navratilova.ogg

More info here...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2007/07/how_to_say_wimbeldon_names.shtml

You just have to remember to add an uh to the male equivalent (e.g. Martina's stepfather's surname was Navratilov). It's an odd one because everyone seem to pronounce Petra Kvitova correctly (AFAICT) rather than Kvit-OH-vuh. And Sharapova doesn't help by accepting the incorrect pronunciation of her name.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

That's one of the more blatant examples of 'leaning' I have seen. Bouhanni is a bit of a bruiser...

Of the people you would normally have expected to be there today, Greipel is probably still not fully recovered, but I am surprised how poor Kristoff has been in getting up there and Kittel, once again, was nowhere. Not sure why.

 

[mjr]

Does doping damage eyesight?

I was amazed the front three stayed on their bikes, as were the German-language Eurosport commentators (probably ex-CX racer Karsten Migels). It looked almost like Matthews was riding on the ad hoardings at one point. 10 out of 10 for bike handling to all three, but less several thousand from Bouhanni for starting that collision.

 

[Apollonius]

If Bouhanni wants to ride a Scott, why doesn't he just ask?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Bouhanni is a little prick

 

[raindog]

couple of comments on l'Equipe

brestois-du-35 - 8 mars à 18:16
"Au moins pour une fois il est resté sur son vélo..."
ririgolo42 - 8 mars à 18:21
"parce que Matthews le soutient !"

"At least he stayed on his bike this time"
"Because Mathews was holding him up"

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

That's one of the more blatant examples of 'leaning' I have seen. Bouhanni is a bit of a bruiser...

Of the people you would normally have expected to be there today, Greipel is probably still not fully recovered, but I am surprised how poor Kristoff has been in getting up there and Kittel, once again, was nowhere. Not sure why.

Not watched the stage yet but very strange that The Beautiful Marcel is missing.

 

[smutchin]

Indeed. I've given up pronouncing names with ova at then end (as in Navratilova) 'correctly' for that reason. Although some commentators get Boonen right so your colleagues sound like they're watching P+P. In which case they have my sympathy. ;-)

They weren't mocking me for being wrong, they were mocking me for being pretentious enough to get it right!

 

[smutchin]

Not watched the stage yet but very strange that The Beautiful Marcel is missing.

I missed today's stage because I had to go out, but yesterday it looked like a combination of grim conditions and very hard racing making it impossible for the sprinters' teams to control the race, and I'm guessing it was much the same today from what I'm hearing.

That being the case, it was a surprise not to see Kristoff figuring (although he obviously did a bit better today, looking at the results).

 

[Crackle]

Stills make it look worse

sprint at about 3.00

 

[mjr]

Stills make it look worse

sprint at about 3.00

The frontal shot video flatters. Helicopter shot made it look pretty bad too but isn't in that YouTube clip.