Tour De France 2016

Oh bots. Though I had him in the team, but alas no.

Go GB :)

If it makes you feel any better I nearly put him in the team too

Yeah I put him in, then took him out. I sort of figured the break would be smaller and probably get swept up.

in the team! Boom

A video of the red spider... Can't believe how quickly it went down!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2nyDL4D­NWg

To his credit, Christian Prudhomme visited the Orica bus this morning to apologise to Yates on behalf of the Tour organisation.

Froome looks like a child who has stolen an adult's bike as he pedals
while in a tuck on the top tube

totally fucking WOW :)

Some pretty lolz descending there

90Kph ??

Relatively slow then. Must've been a headwind.

Insanely risky but brilliant to watch. He almost looked sheepish when he was talking to Brailsford afterwards...

bertie!

Everyone I've bet money on has crashed :S

Lucky I got some cash from office sweep of the recent shitball championships of the former British Republic of Foreign Europeland.

Forgetting Yates for a second can anyone confirm that Orica has fielded a team this year?

Matthews won today didn't he?

Yes. Just beat Sagan.

can anyone confirm that Orica has fielded a team this year?

As if by magic...

3 riders in the lead break... they'd heard I was unhappy with their performance thus far...

Good job they didn't offer him a new contract and he's leaving because Gerro is the future eh?

Well, Gerrans is higher than Matthews on the GC :)

Although, above Gerrans are Yates (obvs), Impey, and even Plaza Molina...

In other news I have just managed to excuse myself from a meeting tomorrow which is inconveniently scheduled for exactly when they will be on Ventoux. So now I (slightly surreptitiously) can watch the cycling instead.

Sounds like it's going to be frantic today (albeit for a flat stage). About to tune in...

I think this means it's been really cold up on Ventoux (-5C at the top overnight)

https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-di­vers-justice/tour-de-france-grand-froid-­sur-le-ventoux-deux-hypothermies-dans-la­-nuit-1468470446

My viewing pleasure today is being interrupted by a group of travellers who I am currently evicting . I've given them an extra hour so I can watch in peace.

Ha ha. Good plan.