Support/lust after our lads cycling in the Tour of Britain here!

Me too, Half, they didn't really look like they were pushing to minimise the gap, did they? I was surprised to see Bernie come in ten minutes after Cav though, with another group - it didn't seem like the front group were rising easily enough to split the race so much. An influential day, though!

Hopefully today Sky will be back in the mix :)

It was very funny, especially when he was riding the wrong way back along the course and chattering to the TV motorcyclist Victory parade is right though, it does feel like that.

I think Wiggo was just having a jolly yesterday a bit 'Well Cav's my team leader I'm going to show him the same consideration I was shown in the TdF'. I agree with whoever said this was his victory parade. I don't know about retaining the rainbow stripes but I sure as hell hope I can see him in them at about 2.30 pm today. Whoop!

I can't see Cav holding on to the rainbow stripes, to be honest. There are other people much more suited to the course than him. Does anyone have a map/profile for the Worlds?

It was bizarre behaviour from Wiggo yesterday - he was completely wasted going back for Cav, as Cav was already over three minutes behind and falling. Surely it would have made more sense to keep him and Knees up the front? Oh well. I missed the highlights show last night so missed what happened at the start - was there a crash? I saw Bernie come in really late but had no idea why...

HalfMum - that's not fair, doesn't he know how important it is? It didn't seem to go well for Sky today, hopefully they can get their act together tomorrow. Cav was never going to win the GC, he hates the hills but hopefully they can get someone else a bit closer.

I'd heard that the World Champs course wasn't up Cav's street - hopefully he won't be too tired after this week, and he did manage the hills well yesterday and Wednesday.

DH has new camera and if he manages to get some good pics we'll try and get them up.

Oh no halfmum. I will be chained to desk in the morning, even though they will be nearby. I need to catch up on what's happening, have been too buried in computer. Will go look on web site.

I've been thinking that's probably why he did the ToB, just to get some hill practice in. He doesn't settle well to doing nothing and I think he prefers to race rather than just go out and train. Not sure about the Worlds course though. I am taking my highly cycling literate friend with me tomorrow (she got me into all this years ago) so I will ask her opinion and then come back on here spouting it as though it is all my own

ToB in the rain was truly grim but also quite hilarious. I don't think I've ever been so wet before or since.

Right, my turn to go out. Dog walk which segues into picking up the younger two, multi tasking at it's finest.

That looks grim - I hate the rain! Dogs now walked, just a bit of work to finish off..... It is pretty yucky that gold jersey, and quite hard to spot, the stripes are much easier.

Do you know much about the course for the World Championships - is he likely to keep it? I heard that it was hillier and therefore less likely, but he seemed to manage with hills yesterday and the day before.

Just thought I'd share a photo from the Tour of Britain 2010. We waited hours in that horizontal rain and drove home without our trousers on as they were saturated. Was still a great day, I saw Bradley Wiggins for about 0.2 of a second

It was a lovely day for a bike ride

I think we may be having twin days frosty! Except with any luck DS1 will have made dinner for us all in food tech today not that I have slipped an emergency meal into the fridge just in case, oh no

Is it wrong to be pleased Cav will be out of that grim gold jersey tomorrow? I want to see him in his rainbow stripes.

I too am a lone female out of 5 lost, however DH is as obsessed as I am so we win, every time! Off to give dogs a long walk so they are happy while we are out tomorrow, then another hours work, then school run and dinner for five, then Tour highlights, pack my picnic, and then we're ready for tomorrow.

Excited, moi?

Don't think I could be happier right now, Caitlin Moran webchat, Tour on tv, dog on my knee. Sod housework/homework I'm having an afternoon off . Cav looks a wee bit tired!

Indiana Jones because I am the lone female in a household of 5 and therefore am constantly outvoted for the evenings viewing.

Nice article - do also read William Fotheringham in the Guardian, he's a great writer (lots of books too), plus an acquaintance!

So excited for tomorrow too! We'll be at different ends of the race frosty. Having trouble watching the coverage, apparently indiana Jones got precedent last night in our house

Watched it on ITV player after our night out, we couldn't miss it, especially knowing the result. Filthy weather for them, hope it's better tomorrow, I don't fancy standing out in the rain. Yes, loved Wiggo's little "out the way" move - it's fascinating watching Sky run the whole thing like that, and amazing when Cav accelerates.

So looking forward to tomorrow!

HalfMum - maybe if we were in Chat it would have attracted more attention - who knows!

Waves. M'in bed now. Have been watching thread but not managed to watch any Tour of B. thus no post. Suppose the 2012 topic is over now? Sounds as if sky team are doin'good.