The professional cycling thread

[funkyrobot]

944fan said:

Anyone seen Team Sky's car?

No Jags now.

[mcelliott]

Johnny said:

Loads of nice early coverage on Eurosport!

Carlton Kirby!!!

[Vipers]

Am I going nuts. Sports Mail section in the Daily Mail says "Only two men have won three Tours de France in the post war period and today Chris Froome will begin his bid to become the third. The first was Louison Bobart and the other was Greg LeMond".

There have been a number of cyclists who have won three times.

[mcelliott]

Cav the man!

Edited to add - I think he may be the first sprinter ever to lead all three major Tours.

Edited by mcelliott on Saturday 2nd July 16:11

[johnxjsc1985]

I couldn't see him in the bunch he is so small but then he just seem to pop out from nowhere. All that track work may have given him a bit of speed but that was Cav at his best and a Yellow jersey WOW just WOW.

[Rocksteadyeddie]

Proper shouting at the TV moment. Great to see him in yellow. First time he's beaten Kittel in a straight drag race for a long time.

[johnxjsc1985]

I haven't seen Cav that happy on the road for a few years now definitely think he will be fired up for another stage or two.

[Johnny]

Rocksteadyeddie said:

Proper shouting at the TV moment. Great to see him in yellow. First time he's beaten Kittel in a straight drag race for a long time.

Yep, same here! Very happy to see that kind of win. Proper pleased for him.

[BrotherMouzone]

Watching on +1, just caught up. Great win! One of the best finishes in recent years by Cav. Go Cav!

[Trigbert]

Brilliant!!! Thought it had gone when he lost Renshaw but showed his class. In yellow

[Dicky88]

Johnny said:

Rocksteadyeddie said:

Proper shouting at the TV moment. Great to see him in yellow. First time he's beaten Kittel in a straight drag race for a long time.

Yep, same here! Very happy to see that kind of win. Proper pleased for him.

+1 I was well happy when he won that. Deserves to be in yellow even if it's just for a day

[jesusbuiltmycar]

Great Stuff - I watched it on Eurosport and thought Carlton Kirby was going to have a heart attack he got so excited!

[FlyingMeeces]

jesusbuiltmycar said:

Great Stuff - I watched it on Eurosport and thought Carlton Kirby was going to have a heart attack he got so excited!

Yes likewise it was like the commentators on the Wales match last night!

[Quhet]

Seems odd not having Phill Leggett and Paul Sherwin commentating on the TDF, I'm not convinced by Boulting as a commentator. Great win for Cav though

[MikeyC]

Quhet said:

Seems odd not having Phill Leggett and Paul Sherwin commentating on the TDF, I'm not convinced by Boulting as a commentator. Great win for Cav though

agreed on all points - well done Cav !

being the underdog maybe takes some of the pressure away from him as he was always expected to win before

[mcelliott]

Today's stage could be a bit tricky with the cat 3 climb (Cote de la Glacerie) right at the end, possibly some small time gaps between the GC contenders - Sagan will be eyeing this one up though, made for him.

[Rocksteadyeddie]

mcelliott said:

Today's stage could be a bit tricky with the cat 3 climb (Cote de la Glacerie) right at the end, possibly some small time gaps between the GC contenders - Sagan will be eyeing this one up though, made for him.

Apparently it's about 1.5km long and generally not very steep, but with one kick after the roundabout. OJ Borg doesn't think the sprinters will be able to hang in there (although a slight health warning against what journos think as 'difficult' https://twitter.com/OJBorg). The weather may well complicate things too.

[johnxjsc1985]

well the afternoon is set just see the start of the GP and then switch to the TDF followed by some stretching before the footie tonight. Come on Cav.!!!

[Johnny]

Pretty much the same as my afternoon... More lounging than stretching though!

Cracking stage again, great finish. Happy to see Peto win.

I've got high hopes for this TdF:

[johnxjsc1985]

Froome finishing high in first two stages keeping out of trouble so far