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Le Tour de France 2014 Grand Depart Stage 1 Leeds - Harrogate & Preview
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 05-07-2014 20:24
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FroomeDog99 wrote:
Went to watch in Harrogate today and got a great spot near the line. Really enjoyed it, as my first ever cycling race. Shame Cavendish crashed but Kittel was very fast at the end and deserved it.
A couple of pictures of the sprint I took:
Great photos! How early did you have to get to Harrogate for a view like that?
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| nacho63 |
Posted on 05-07-2014 20:27
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I literally saw the last 800 metres when I got home from work, so disappointed for Cav, unfortunately it was his fault and has therefore apologized which is important I think. Obviously the incentive of win got to him a little.
Kittel is the now the fastest in the world now so I'm not suprised he won, Froome in 6th though  |
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| Failured |
Posted on 05-07-2014 20:31
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Can anyone recommend a good video sharing site. (Youtube, Dailymotion and Vimeo are out of the picture) CyclingHub is having some copyright issues...
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| jph27 |
Posted on 05-07-2014 20:33
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Great pictures FroomeDog! 
Will upload and post my Leeds pictures later. Have attached a picture of the view I had 3 hours before the finish, before I went walkabout and ended up deep in the crowd 
jph27 attached the following image:
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 05-07-2014 20:34
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SportingNonsense wrote:
FroomeDog99 wrote:
Went to watch in Harrogate today and got a great spot near the line. Really enjoyed it, as my first ever cycling race. Shame Cavendish crashed but Kittel was very fast at the end and deserved it.
A couple of pictures of the sprint I took:
Great photos! How early did you have to get to Harrogate for a view like that?
Got into place at 9:45, just before the real crowds began to come. Not a problem as I live nearby.
Cool photos of Ilkley as well. Looks as busy there as in Harrogate to be honest.
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 05-07-2014 20:44
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MrUfo87 wrote:
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MrUfo87 wrote:
Kwiatkowski stopped for Cavendish then it was a very dumb move. Well, at least the team don't have to work for him anymore and they can go for their own chance.
You are an idiot. Really. To stop and check out your crashed injured team mates..when you do not have GC ambition is dumb move?!
Troll
I already knew that but thanks for calling me anyway.
There are eight teammates for Cav so why should the one who could ride a classification stop? I didn't knew Kwiatkowski wasn't going for a classification at all, and I also don't understand it because he won the youth classification last year. Anyway the jury decided to take away his time backlog so eventually it doesn't matter at all.
sry. for over reacting.
And I admire your cool respond.. Btw I personaly think Kwiatkowski has no business near to top 10.. |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 05-07-2014 20:54
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Such a shame for Cav, he's not getting younger and separated shoulder is going hinder him way too much.
Love the Brits too 
https://instagram....FPI4ERpNv/
Edited by Alakagom on 05-07-2014 20:57
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 05-07-2014 21:00
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jph27 wrote:
Great pictures FroomeDog!
Will upload and post my Leeds pictures later. Have attached a picture of the view I had 3 hours before the finish, before I went walkabout and ended up deep in the crowd
Thanks. Decided to focus on getting a good spot in Harrogate instead of doing Leeds and then Harrogate. Interesting to see your photos. |
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 05-07-2014 21:23
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FroomeDog99 wrote:
Went to watch in Harrogate today and got a great spot near the line. Really enjoyed it, as my first ever cycling race. Shame Cavendish crashed but Kittel was very fast at the end and deserved it.
A couple of pictures of the sprint I took:
hang on a sec. Were you that guy near the finish line with the Kenyan Froomedog flag? |
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 05-07-2014 21:25
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Alakagom wrote:
Such a shame for Cav, he's not getting younger and separated shoulder is going hinder him way too much.
Love the Brits too
https://instagram....FPI4ERpNv/
hahahah at the Wimbledon on the Murray Mound they got asked which shot is Rafa Nadal's best shot 60% answered backhand |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 05-07-2014 21:26
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FroomeDog99 wrote:
jph27 wrote:
Great pictures FroomeDog!
Will upload and post my Leeds pictures later. Have attached a picture of the view I had 3 hours before the finish, before I went walkabout and ended up deep in the crowd
Thanks. Decided to focus on getting a good spot in Harrogate instead of doing Leeds and then Harrogate. Interesting to see your photos.
Thought about doing that but decided against it in favour of getting to see the riders up close at the start. Meant I didn't see much though.
The photos are just of buses and bikes to be honest, but with the race coming through Knaresborough tomorrow I should get some better ones. |
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 05-07-2014 21:49
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Failured wrote:
Can anyone recommend a good video sharing site. (Youtube, Dailymotion and Vimeo are out of the picture) CyclingHub is having some copyright issues...
Sorry to hear that - Giro was problematic too wasn't it? Loved the videos and will really miss it so hoping you find a workaround. |
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 05-07-2014 21:51
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
FroomeDog99 wrote:
Went to watch in Harrogate today and got a great spot near the line. Really enjoyed it, as my first ever cycling race. Shame Cavendish crashed but Kittel was very fast at the end and deserved it.
A couple of pictures of the sprint I took:
hang on a sec. Were you that guy near the finish line with the Kenyan Froomedog flag?
No, he was on the other side of the road. Was pretty close to him though. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 05-07-2014 22:08
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Yes, Ilkley was quite busy. All the towns were really - people lined up by 08.30 in Addingham and Skipton, when I rode through there.
Ive got my first photos up now from Harrogate. I was quite lucky with trains, but still it was around 2.30 by the time I made it to Harrogate - already heaving around the final kilometre.
Settled on a nice spot at around 1.5km to go as you could see riders coming from around the bend, and then when then out with the camera as they came past.
Captured riders including Terpstra, Martin, Renshaw, Cavendish, Degenkolb, Sagan, Greipel, Paolini, Contador, Cancellara (pre-attack), Valverde, Viviani, Eisel and Froome in the photos below.
  
  
And just spotted that I do have one of Kittel too, so that will be next on my upload list.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-07-2014 22:39
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Cavendish sa a dislocated shoulder and ligament damage but will decide in the morning if he is to continue or not, hope he does because the Tour needs Cav  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-07-2014 23:10
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Cavendish update on the Omega Pharma website :
https://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/...pdate/1826 |
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| wogsrus |
Posted on 06-07-2014 00:28
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Nice for Cav to say sorry to Gerro. Top win from Kittel though. |
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 06-07-2014 00:33
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Guido Mukk wrote:
MrUfo87 wrote:
Guido Mukk wrote:
MrUfo87 wrote:
Kwiatkowski stopped for Cavendish then it was a very dumb move. Well, at least the team don't have to work for him anymore and they can go for their own chance.
You are an idiot. Really. To stop and check out your crashed injured team mates..when you do not have GC ambition is dumb move?!
Troll
I already knew that but thanks for calling me anyway.
There are eight teammates for Cav so why should the one who could ride a classification stop? I didn't knew Kwiatkowski wasn't going for a classification at all, and I also don't understand it because he won the youth classification last year. Anyway the jury decided to take away his time backlog so eventually it doesn't matter at all.
sry. for over reacting.
And I admire your cool respond.. Btw I personaly think Kwiatkowski has no business near to top 10..
It's okay. I don't think as well but last year he surprised by finishing 11th so maybe he surprise us again this year.
@FroomeDog: I saw the word FroomeDog on the road during the race, was it you who painted it?
Good to see Cavendish being a good sportsmen. I hope his injury isn't too serious. Btw Gerrans and that Cofidis rider (Petit?) who fell as well are okay?
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 06-07-2014 00:37
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sutty68 wrote:
Cavendish sa a dislocated shoulder and ligament damage but will decide in the morning if he is to continue or not, hope he does because the Tour needs Cav
Indeed tour and specially he's team needs him. There is all team built around him. |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 07-07-2014 06:51
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Too bad that OPQS was so one-sided in setting up the team. Stybar would be great to have now for attacks, since Cav is home. At least they have Tony and Kwiatek.
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