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Tour of Britain 2015 - no time to run out of biscuits now, MN peloton!

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YellowJerseyPan · 06/09/2015 09:41

Whilst we're still riding up and down northern Spanish mountains, the home tour is rolling out of the beautiful Beaumaris on Angelsey, to start this years ToB with Lord Wiggo and Cav amongst other stars.
They go north into Scotland via Cumbria, down through Northumberland, to the Midlands and across to E Anglia before hitting London next Sunday.

If you tap on this map once things will get ever so slightly clearer...and we have race teams coming up....

Tour of Britain 2015 - no time to run out of biscuits now, MN peloton!

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CarpeJugulum · 06/09/2015 09:44

Can't get to see this (boo!) but will try to catch it in the TV.

Who has the coverage? I've lost my sky remote so can't hunt the channels other than at the box and that's a bit of a faff!

YellowJerseyPan · 06/09/2015 09:49

ToB Start list:

Tour of Britain 2015: start list

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YellowJerseyPan · 06/09/2015 09:54

TV coverage for UK is on ITV4 daily - 3 hours live from 1pm and then a highlights show usually at 8pm for an hour (except tonight when it's 10pm). Eurosport are still trudging round Spain...

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YellowJerseyPan · 06/09/2015 09:59

So to push us off, here is the route map for Stage 1 today, Angelsey to Wrexham, which essentially means the fun of riding Snowdonia....

Tour of Britain 2015 - no time to run out of biscuits now, MN peloton!

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YellowJerseyPan · 06/09/2015 10:03

And for ease of ref. here is the official website with more info and much clearer stage maps

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YellowJerseyPan · 06/09/2015 13:48

and no race radios. Interesting.

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EndoplasmicReticulum · 06/09/2015 17:02

I watched them set off earlier on ITV, as went on holiday to North Wales this summer and I wanted to see Beaumaris on the telly. If anyone ever visits there is an amazing ice cream shop. Doubt the peloton had a chance to stop for one, shame really.
First mountain points were at Pen-y-pass which is where we parked to climb Snowdon.

Now waiting for the highlights - with that and the Vuelta still going on I'm glad I don't have much to do other than watch cycling this evening.

YellowJerseyPan · 06/09/2015 18:16

ooh Snowdon, nice. Good views from the top on the day Endo?

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EndoplasmicReticulum · 06/09/2015 19:11

Nah, couldn't see a thing. We were lucky it wasn't actually raining or snowing, I think a bit of cloud probably comes as standard.

jorahmormont · 06/09/2015 19:15

I live in Wrexham, there was quite a lot going on today. We'd hoped to pop in but I was too poorly. Shame as I've read it was quite a finish!

puffylovett · 06/09/2015 20:45

It's coming past us next Friday, apparently (over near the roaches/ leek somewhere I think). One of our friends is demanding that we go along to watch

YellowJerseyPan · 06/09/2015 20:47

it WAS quite a finish...but the highlights aren't on yet...

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DramaAlpaca · 06/09/2015 20:51

Ooh, a Tour of Britain Thread!

I was watching the Vuelta, which I'd recorded on Eurosport, when someone decided to show a photo of a tweet giving the result of stage one of the TofB. Massive spoiler . I'd been so looking forward to watching the highlights later. The commentators had to apologise as lots of viewers complained.

YellowJerseyPan · 06/09/2015 20:54

I didn't think you'd be getting the ToB over there DA - that ITV4 was the sole carrier so a bit limited on coverage. My techy limits being made plain.
Still a good finish.

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YellowJerseyPan · 06/09/2015 20:58

Friday comes to Buxton in the Peaks, near me, but worky things that I just can't get out of means a non. It's about 15 miles away. Damn. Not been to a ToB before.

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DramaAlpaca · 06/09/2015 20:59

Yup we do. Highlights tonight, and live coverage on Eurosport 2 tomorrow, in HD no less . We don't have ITV in HD, so it's Eurosport all the way.

EndoplasmicReticulum · 06/09/2015 21:31

Highlights not on until 10! Am trying to avoid spoilering. ITV4 Vuelta coverage didn't mention it.
They did ask Nairo Quintana where he was hiding the motor and the batteries in his bike, which I thought was quite funny.
(the top 5 riders all had their bikes inspected by the UCI in case of motors).

DoctorTwo · 07/09/2015 17:57

I did wonder whether there was a thread, and lo and behold! :o

EndoplasmicReticulum · 07/09/2015 19:23

That was a good finish. I didn't see him coming either.

Likeaninjanow · 09/09/2015 20:56

I saw the IAM team at edinburgh Hilton yesterday. It was really exciting...loads of bikes crammed onto cars, and fit cycling types walking about!

MrSlant · 09/09/2015 20:59

Stupid school and sport and all that, not time to even watch this. Grrrrrr. (I am taking beach lifeguard exams, so exciting, so time consuming, so covered in bruises)(It is worth missing Cav for)

YellowJerseyPan · 09/09/2015 23:16

I'm a bad 'road captain' I'm afraid - just caught up with events now. Lifeguard stuff sounds really really interesting! Good for you, though less of the bruises.

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YellowJerseyPan · 11/09/2015 12:31

192 kms Stoke to Nottingham?

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EndoplasmicReticulum · 12/09/2015 15:43

Yes, if you don't go in a straight line!

MrSlant · 13/09/2015 17:48

Great last stage controversial

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