Tour of Britain 2025 - spoilers

[Blazing Saddles]

Youtube.

I was watching that coverage on my phone until they were about 5 minutes away (from right next to the KoM point on Caerphilly mountain)

Good, because that’s what I was watching!

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

Bit of an afterthought, but does McCoy deserve some credit for winning the final stage making it three wins, or was it more that the others should have dropped him up Caerphilly Mountain?

 

[ColinJ]

Not sure why any of you would choose to watch it on broadcast ITV4 anyway, it's only in SD and looks terrible

I couldn't watch today but I've been watching the ToB earlier this week on ITV4 HD on Freesat

Which... no way was ACTUALLY in HD! I was watching it a few minutes ago, recorded on Freesat, and thinking how bad the picture looked.

 

[Rezillo]

Here's a photo of our TV screen near the start of stage 2 (the colour balance was not like that when viewed directly!).

I've seen better HD but it wasn't that bad and miles better than SD on Freeview and Freesat.

 

[Dorset Boy]

Why was Matthew Rowe being a dick using a flare? Someone in his position should know beeter

 

[mididoctors]

Why was Matthew Rowe being a dick using a flare? Someone in his position should know beeter

I Like the flares ...well the odd one

 

[ColinJ]

Here's a photo of our TV screen near the start of stage 2 (the colour balance was not like that when viewed directly!).

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I've seen better HD but it wasn't that bad and miles better than SD on Freeview and Freesat.

I spent a couple of minutes looking at the Freesat HD coverage with it in a smaller window and it looked as though that was the natural resolution of the broadcast. That would be around 720 p; better than SD, but not 1080 p HD!

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Why was Matthew Rowe being a dick using a flare? Someone in his position should know beeter

Yes I agree, it was very disappointing to see.

 

[Alex321]

Yes I agree, it was very disappointing to see.

And smell. There was the smell of smoke in the air for several minutes afterwards, with some riders still coming up the hill and having to breathe it in.

Though G was smiling at him.

 

[mididoctors]

And smell. There was the smell of smoke in the air for several minutes afterwards, with some riders still coming up the hill and having to breathe it in.

Though G was smiling at him.

I guess Even the bad things can have nostalgic value after a time

 

[poupou1975]

Why did Olav Kooij a lead out for Brennan?

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

Why did Olav Kooij a lead out for Brennan?

Brennan had better chance of GC overall.

 

[ColinJ]

Why did Olav Kooij a lead out for Brennan?

Brennan had better chance of GC overall.

And returning the favour?

Equally good for team results, and great for encouraging determined future lead out efforts from Brennan!

 

[T4tomo]

And returning the favour?

Equally good for team results, and great for encouraging determined future lead out efforts from Brennan!

yes at start of the week Brennan mentioned he fancied stage 3, so pretty much pre determined Kooij would sprint for 1 & 2 and Brennan got his chance on 3.

I guess there was an outside chance Brennan would keep up with front group up the tumble, certainly more likely that Kooij.

 

[Pross]

Finally downloaded the photos I got from the first ascent of The Tumble on my proper camera. Just a few below - I'm hoping the Tour goes up there in 2027 and I'll be back to claim this spot as it gave a nice view of the final bit of the steepest section. Not sure who the UAE rider is but I'm pretty sure there's a photo of me doing the Welsh hill climb champs back in the 90s at roughly the same point and pulling the same face