Tour of Britain 4-11 September 2016 *spoilers*

[deptfordmarmoset]

Has Stannard wrapped this up yet? He was miles out front with 30km to go

Ian ''kin 'ard'' Stannard won that by a country mile. A big ride from him. And he looked appropriately shattered at the end of it.

 

[fossyant]

At the risk of coming across as a grammar nobber, I could put up with the commentary were it not for the mangling of continuous verbs

It is "he is sitting"....it is NOT "he is sat"...sheesh. I think Rob Hayles still lives in Hayfield which is just down the road from me. If he does that again I'm going to chuck a brick through his windows

I'll come with you, and we'll get Nick Craig too from down the road as backup (my colleague is his neighbour and friend).

 

[fossyant]

PS has anyone seen Wiggo's "micky take" - he can't have been seriously walking as he hopped off, trotted and hopped back on !

 

[MikeW-71]

PS has anyone seen Wiggo's "micky take" - he can't have been seriously walking as he hopped off, trotted and hopped back on !

I just spotted some film of it on Facebook, he did it just after the top of the Struggle, hopped off, ran a few steps and hopped back on. Got a big cheer for that.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

PS has anyone seen Wiggo's "micky take" - he can't have been seriously walking as he hopped off, trotted and hopped back on !

Yes, just see it as a news/sponsored item on FaceBook

http://selfieonbike.com/bradley-wiggins-running-up-the-struggle-tour-of-britain/

 

[nickyboy]

Interesting that Ian Stannard lives in Alderley Edge these days so today was very much on home roads. I wonder if that was of any benefit to him?

 

[suzeworld]

Quiet day in here?

Amazing crowds out today in Cheshire - rumour has it local schools delayed their back-to-school date as a policy arond this race .. great if true!

 

[brommers]

Interesting that Ian Stannard lives in Alderley Edge these days so today was very much on home roads. I wonder if that was of any benefit to him?

If he lives there he's get a very big wedge from Sky - Premiership footballers country

 

[iandg]

'When you get in the pointy end of a bike race'? Did he really say that?

 

[brommers]

Amazing crowds out today in Cheshire - rumour has it local schools delayed their back-to-school date as a policy arond this race .. great if true!

I doubt it - they were all gathered together in their school uniforms .

 

[mjr]

I ended up on the Bike Channel (also showing it live). The fact that Rob Hayles was, in comparison, the height of erudition says everything about ITV4's monkey team

OJ Borg leading on the Bike Channel. More of a radio presenter than a commentator but often works with Rob Hayles for BBC radio 5's Bespoke and coverage flows in a similar easy style. Bit odd to have race coverage with a presenter and pundit but no commentator, but it's still less grating than Porter and Smith.

 

[suzeworld]

I doubt it - they were all gathered together in their school uniforms .

Maybe so, but a lot of them really did not go back yesterday.

 

[nickyboy]

Interesting that Ian Stannard lives in Alderley Edge these days so today was very much on home roads. I wonder if that was of any benefit to him?

Seems it was the case

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...ke-solo-stage-glory-at-tour-of-britain-282524

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Maybe so, but a lot of them really did not go back yesterday.

Yet schools fine parents for keeping kids off school? Teachers are lazy feckers, any excuse for another day off.

 

[brommers]

217km in length and 4,225 metres of climbing today. Do you think that tomorrows stage will be a protest one from the peloton?