Tour of Turkey SPOILERS

[Minotier]

Cracking sprint win by Cavendish. Will they have finished the bananas off yet?

 

[thom]

Anyone still think OPQS have issues with their lead-out train ?

 

[raindog]

They got that one right, didn't they?
The sprint battles in the Tour between Greipel, Kittel and Cav will be bonkers.

smutchin - it must have been strange on saturday with Twickers two thirds empty?

 

[jifdave]

naughty viviani

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4KE8lc-w8I

 

[thom]

naughty viviani

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4KE8lc-w8I

That is rather gratuitous - wasn't Guardiani last year's future of Italian sprinting ?
Perhaps a bit of invidious of Viviani...

 

[jifdave]

That is rather gratuitous - wasn't Guardiani last year's future of Italian sprinting ?
Perhaps a bit of invidious of Viviani...

nice headbutt from cav too.... all go in turkey

 

[thom]

nice headbutt from cav too.... all go in turkey

I guess its all about establishing a pecking order. A few headless chickens in the peloton though.
OPQS roasted them this time - will Cav gobble up any more wins this week ?
(ok, that's enough for now…)

 

[rich p]

Queen stage tomorrow - I'm hoping that Simon Yates goes well.

 

[oldroadman]

Mountain stage tomorrow, so that's one we won't have to watch for. GC guys will be out in force.
On the other subject, the rugby was cracking, Sunday's game Wilkinson was majestic. Final, Toulon v Sarries at Cardiff. Might even be worth a little trip south and west.

 

[smutchin]

smutchin - it must have been strange on saturday with Twickers two thirds empty?

Strangely, the atmosphere was much better than in front of an 83000 crowd at Wembley a few weeks ago!

 

[thom]

Cav with the management hat on:

You can see him thinking through the names of the guys in the lead out, making sure not to miss anyone out.
I had a similar moment earlier today remembering the names of the children of a friend I hadn't seen in a year or so ;-)
That Tony Martin was not in the lead out is rather ominous for his competitors.

 

[smutchin]

The problem with having Tony Martin in the leadout is the danger of him dropping his own team!

 

[raindog]

Fantastic win for Taaramae, but what a ride for a youngster like Adam Yates. What a shame Simon wasn't there.

 

[thom]

Impressive indeed from Yates:

 

[rich p]

Fantastic win for Taaramae, but what a ride for a youngster like Adam Yates. What a shame Simon wasn't there.

I hexed him upthread!
He has a collarbone injury apparently - broken?