tour of basque country (spoilers)

[Adam4868]

Me too, though I'm in sunny Valencia!
Smugly drinking some Spanish beer which is at least darkish.

No need for location reports thanks,some of us have work !

 

[rich p]

No need for location reports thanks,some of us have work !

No need for location reports thanks,some of us have work !

I'll remind you of that when you're next watching Il Giro

 

[Adam4868]

I'll remind you of that when you're next watching Il Giro

Mine are to futher my knowledge of professional cycling ( not really needed I know) relevant to this thread.
Where yours are for self indulgance of alcohol !
#feckingjelous

 

[roadrash]

you can both feck off

 

[roadrash]

Actually, now I think about it, I will be going abroad to watch pro cycling next month, ………………………….well going to Yorkshire is like a third world country

 

[roadrash]

Schachmann is going backwards on the 17% section of this climb

 

[roadrash]

bloody hell, forget that hes just about hanging on the back

 

[rich p]

I'm now watching it on Virgin to Go app on the balcony... Too bloody hot..
No sympathy required..

 

[roadrash]

your not getting any

 

[roadrash]

Schachmann loses the yellow jersey but hands it over to his team mate buchmann, bora can do no wrong in this race, adam yates in third

 

[Adam4868]

Great race for Bora,four stage wins.Clever riding by them today, Schachman hands jersey to Buchmann who deservedly won the stage.
I hope he can hold on till the end.

 

[mjr]

the crash at about 6km to go was caused by one rider sliding out on a wet metal drain cover and others braking too hard behind him also sliding out

Like for the info not the crash!

 

[roadrash]

well that last corner of the entire race proved costly

 

[roadrash]

Up front, Martin tried to distance Izagirre on the final classified ascent of Asensio, but was unable to break the Astana man's resistance. On the run-in to the finish, Yates took advantage of a short, unclassified ascent with 3km to go to punch his way clear, and he held off his fellow escapees by one second to claim the honours.

Martin won the sprint for second ahead of Fuglsang to secure second place overall, 29 seconds down on Izagirre. Fuglsang originally looked to have claimed the third step of the podium, 36 seconds down on his teammate, but the placing eventually passed to Buchmann after the commissaires amended his finishing time on the stage after he was misdirected in the final kilometre.

..Almost an hour after the finish, the results sheet was revised to place Buchmann third overall, 31 seconds down on Izagirre

 

[Flying_Monkey]

With the form his is in, Yates might well have won that overall, had it not been for his bad luck on the opening stage.