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| stuartmcstuart |
Posted on 09-09-2007 23:47
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Does that mean Cycling.tv are covering it?
It doesn't appear so 
They did last year, when cycling.tv was soooo basic i remember. All I can find on tv listings is the 2 hour show next sunday on BBC2. Not exactly brilliant is it for Britains premier cycling event 
Then again, last year it wasn't up against the vuelta and the tour of Poland. they should move it back in the schedule...its left them with only two ProTour teams |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 10-09-2007 07:32
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Posted on 10-09-2007 15:11
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Cavendish wins again 
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Posted on 10-09-2007 15:41
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Yay! Im hoping Geraint can win a stage too soon.
Mark Cavendish extended his overall lead in the Tour of Britain by winning the first stage into Southampton.
The Manx rider, who won Sunday's prologue, came home in a bunch sprint ahead of Belgian Steven Caethoven.
He was led out by Roger Hammond, who finished fourth. Geraint Thomas was fifth and a fourth Briton, Ben Swift, a Barloworld triallist, finished 10th.
Cavendish is now 14 seconds ahead of Russian Nikolai Trusov in the standings, with five stages remaining.
The stage favourite, South African Robbie Hunter, crashed with 3.5km to go in the 71km stage from Reading and came home on his own four minutes later.
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 3.07.46 (44.38km/h)
2 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
3 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC
4 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile
5 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld
6 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira
7 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS
8 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC
9 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank
10 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld
11 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
12 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano
13 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
14 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed
15 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain
Edited by SportingNonsense on 10-09-2007 15:41
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| stuartmcstuart |
Posted on 10-09-2007 16:27
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Great result for Cav! |
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 10-09-2007 16:32
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Super win, Did you see where Gerdemann finished And Hunter |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 10-09-2007 16:36
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They say that time trials are the race of truth but several riders in Sunday's Tour of Britain prologue felt they had been cheated out of a better placing after a failing in the official timing system.
An electronic timing company had apparently been hired to time the riders as they powered round the 1.6-mile prologue course in Crystal Palace National Sports Centre but when they did not turn up race officials had to revert to manual timing with a stopwatch at the line deciding the official race times. As a consequence the times were shown with tenths of a second instead of hundredths and there was no way of knowing how accurate they really were.
Fortunately, Mark Cavendish's winning margin was so huge that nobody could question that he was the rightful winner but several of the riders who finished close together in the top ten were left with the doubt they could have finished higher up.
The time gaps between some riders were so small that Australia's Zak Dempster could have perhaps finished third instead of fourth if the timing had been more accurate. Geraint Thomas (Barloworld) could have been fifth instead of seventh and Chris Newton (Recycling.co.uk) could have been best British rider behind Cavendish instead of Thomas. Several team managers and directeur sportifs made it clear to Cycling Weekly they were not happy with what they described as the 'amateurish' race organisation of the Tour of Britain.
oh and well done Cav for today, maybe he can dominate the tour
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 10-09-2007 16:41
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Smoothie wrote:
Super win, Did you see where Gerdemann finished And Hunter
Hunter crashed, dunno about Gerdemann
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 10-09-2007 16:43
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awesome stuffB)B)
the brits are really quite dominating so far
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| Crommy |
Posted on 10-09-2007 16:50
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@doddy
The British are so good at mucking things up 
Great win by Cav though B)
Edited by Crommy on 10-09-2007 16:52
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 10-09-2007 18:03
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yeah i was wondering why no times were up yesterday, the riders turned and looked at the clock but it only displayed the time (gmt).
Pretty poor by Sweetspot, but what else can we really expect.
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 11-09-2007 16:02
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Trusov wins the stage today
The bunch got split on Exmoor
Trusov takes Yellow, Cav keeps Points jersey
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 11-09-2007 17:30
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STAGE 2 - Non starters/finishers/eliminated Riders
Yeovilton - Taunton 11 September 2007
Issued: 11 Sep 2007, 15:51
Did Not Finish: 31-Hunter.R, 51-Newton.C, 56-Bonser.A, 92-McCauley.G, 146-Wolf.M, 162-Gerdemann.L
Did Not Start: 121-Dekkers.H
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 11-09-2007 17:33
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ooooooh
bad luck for Hunter, McCauley, Gerdemann and Dekkers
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Posted on 11-09-2007 17:35
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Russia's Nikolai Trusov steered clear of a late crash to win the second stage of the Tour of Britain and take the yellow jersey from Mark Cavendish.
Trusov was part of a 36-man break which made a decisive move after two-thirds of the gruelling 105-mile leg.
He kept pace with the leaders and hit the front after avoiding a four-man pile-up close to the finish in Taunton.
Britain's Cavendish, the prologue and first stage winner, came home in 34th, more than 10 minutes behind Trusov.
The T-Mobile rider admitted he had felt the pace over the Exmoor Hills.
"It was always going to be a really tough day and that's exactly what it proved to be," he said.
"The team did a great job for me again but unfortunately for me there are more than 30 riders here this week who are better climbers than me.
"Hopefully Wednesday will see a bunch sprint again and we can challenge for another stage.
"I was always realistic that I wouldn't hold on to the yellow jersey but it was nice while it lasted."
Scotland's Evan Oliphant brought a smile to the home fans with a stunning finish to take 10th place on the stage.
Dutchman Piet Rooijakkers now holds the green jersey for the leading sprinter while Belgian Serge Pauwels has taken the king of the mountains jersey.
1 Trusov,Nikolai Tinkoff Credit Systems 3h58'53"
2 Roberts,Luke CSC @ s/t
3 Feillu,Romain Agritubel @ s/t
4 Sulzberger,Bernard DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed @ s/t
5 Blanco Rodriguez,David Duja Tavira @ s/t
6 Clarke,Simon South Australia.com-AIS @ s/t
7 Fleeman,Daniel DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed @ s/t
8 Goesinnen,Floris Skil-Shimano @ s/t
9 Verbist,Evert Chocolade Jacques-Topsport @ s/t
10 Oliphant,Evan DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed @ s/t
11 Pauwels,Serge Chocolade Jacques-Topsport @ s/t
12 Froome,Christopher Team Konica Minolta @ s/t
13 Bernabeu,Vicente Fuerteventura-Canarias @ s/t
14 Vogondy,Nicolas Agritubel @ s/t
15 Bonilla,Josí“drian Fuerteventura-Canarias @ s/t
16 Caccia,Diego Barloworld @ s/t
17 Keizer,Martijn Rabobank @ s/t
18 Cooke,Matt Navigators Insurance @ s/t
19 Victorino,Nelson Duja Tavira @ s/t
20 Tjallingii,Maarten Skil-Shimano @ s/t
21 Hampton,Russell Great Britain @ s/t
22 Bates,Gene South Australia.com-AIS @ s/t
23 Stubbe,Tom Chocolade Jacques-Topsport @01'43"
24 Palomares,Adrian Fuerteventura-Canarias @ s/t
25 Rooijakkers,Piet Skil-Shimano @ s/t
26 Lloret,Manuel Fuerteventura-Canarias @ s/t
27 Munoz Banon,David Fuerteventura-Canarias @ s/t
28 Lloyd,Daniel DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed @ s/t
29 Artetxte,Mikel Fuerteventura-Canarias @ s/t
30 Garrido,Martin Duja Tavira @ s/t
31 Caethoven,Steven Chocolade Jacques-Topsport @ s/t
32 Bonomi,Giosuχarloworld @ s/t
33 Pedersen,Martin CSC @ s/t
34 Cavendish,Mark T- Mobile @10'58"
35 Sulzberger,Wesley South Australia.com-AIS @ s/t
36 Goss,Mathew CSC @ s/t
37 Bonser,Ryan Recycling.co.uk @ s/t
38 House,Kristan Navigators Insurance @ s/t
39 Caldeira,Samuel Duja Tavira @ s/t
40 Mestre,Ricardo Duja Tavira @ s/t
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 12-09-2007 16:23
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1 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 3.48.41 (42.25 km/h)
2 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel
3 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile
4 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank
5 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 0.04
6 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 0.07
7 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 1.52
8 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 2.45
9 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 6.00
10 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain
11 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
12 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
13 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
14 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
15 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano
16 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank
17 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira
18 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
19 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC
20 Coen Vermelfoort (Ned) Rabobank
21 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano
22 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel
23 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile
24 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed
25 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed
26 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed
27 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank
28 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain
29 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC
30 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira
Ben Swift takes the KoM jersey
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 12-09-2007 16:39
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Shame for Hammond but great news for Swift  |
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 12-09-2007 16:44
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yup goos stuff from Swift, and again top 10 domination from the brits
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 12-09-2007 16:46
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Yeh were having a brilliant tour and its good for everyone else to see our young and upcoming stars |
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| niconico |
Posted on 12-09-2007 16:48
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Way to go Gossy |
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