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[Mike T]

The descents today were terrifying to watch - rocks/cliffs/road furniture/barriers - misjudge and you are dead.

[stevefoster]

Almost makes fell running look normal!!

I thought fell running was normal:wink:

[The devil's own]

I thought fell running was normal:wink:

It is, it's the fell runners that aren't!

[stevefoster]

He just sits there and turns the pedals, uphill, downhill, on the flat. Superb commentary:thumbup:

[stevefoster]

It is, it's the fell runners that aren't!

Too true mate, never been accused of being normal:thumbup:

[nikalas]

Great stuff from Voigt too.

The man's a legend

http://teamjva.com/jens-voigt-soundboard/

[ZootHornRollo]

Cav will be fine in the Mountains - he has slimmed down specifically to help his climbing (with a slight lack of speed though.)

He just made it within the cut-off time. But then so did Sagan, who at one point looked like he might do a bit better.

I thought the stage was actually a bit of a damp squib, except for Rolland's excellent performance and some nice scenery.
The attacks from both Evans and Nibali were totally unconvincing, Sky's robotic organisation and superiority somewhat predictable.
If Wiggins wins this it will be very much in the style of Indurain or the later Armstrong victories. i.e., boring.

[ZootHornRollo]

Liggett and sherwen plumbed new depths yesterday - I had to mute the TV several times to avert its defenestration.

[PeteS]

Liggett and sherwen plumbed new depths yesterday - I had to mute the TV several times to avert its defenestration.

So true - not sure what Paul Sherwen is on but he is talking complete garbage most of the time. Perhaps he should stick to gold mining - apparently he owns half of Uganda these days!

He just made it within the cut-off time. But then so did Sagan, who at one point looked like he might do a bit better.

I thought the stage was actually a bit of a damp squib, except for Rolland's excellent performance and some nice scenery.
The attacks from both Evans and Nibali were totally unconvincing, Sky's robotic organisation and superiority somewhat predictable.
If Wiggins wins this it will be very much in the style of Indurain or the later Armstrong victories. i.e., boring.

Well Cav did well enough - no use wasting energy on such a hard stage. I thought Wiggins' performance was very reminiscent of big Mig - that metronomic pounding of the pedals - shame he does not have the acceleration of Nibali or Froom. It may not make great telly but you have to admit Sky are impressive though. David Millar on Twitter summed it up:

If Sky can control today they can control anything, that was about as bad as it gets. 1st and 2nd makes it even easier for them. Impressive.

[ZootHornRollo]

So true - not sure what Paul Sherwen is on but he is talking complete garbage most of the time. Perhaps he should stick to gold mining - apparently he owns half of Uganda these days!

at one point on the final climb (on the live coverage, I suspect it was edited out for the highlights) Liggett went totally mad and said Nibali was 'at this point ahead of Wiggins in the G.C.!!', when he'd opened up a 10-15 second break. Liggett was looking at the gap between the lead group (Rolland etc) and the yellow ...

We also had yet more rubbish about riders' mountain-biking experience from Sherwen, we had various instances of rider misidentification (from Liggett mainly), we had endless references to the 'AMGEN tour of california' from Sherwen, we had some drivel about 'some great rural views on this stage' (unlike other stages?) and 'those cows won't be concerned with the impact on the GC!' Straight out of Alan Partridge.