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Tour de Yorkshire, Cambridge...and oh yes France as well!!

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Panwearsjaune · 31/05/2014 13:05

Bike T minus 35 days and counting, to the Grand Depart from Leeds 5th July, with two stages in the White County, and then a third from Cambridge to the Mall in London. It's just soo exciting! It's the biggest biking event in the world, with approx 190 professional riders in about 20 teams racing across tarmac and cobbles, up mountains and down Dales and ending on 27th July on the Champs Elysee, Paris in the now traditional sprint finish there. So here's the thread to share in it all, swop info about accommodation for Tour watchers, road closures, the parcours (courses), peloton gossip, potential meet ups, tv coverage, who's got the nicest legs etc.. and everything to do with the thrills and occasional spills with the event that is a game of poker played out every day on 380 wheels. OF course if you are a newbie to all of this and are curious about the whys and hows of racing then ask and someone will pop up to answer questions. Hopefully.

So I'll depart here next with the routes of the UK 3 stages being taken so no-one gets lost and ends up in the dreaded broom wagon. Bike

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LostInWales · 05/07/2014 16:41
LostInWales · 05/07/2014 16:43

Oooh Spartacus!

LostInWales · 05/07/2014 16:44

FUCK FCUK FUCK arrrrrgghghgthghghg

MirandaWest · 05/07/2014 16:44

Oh no :(

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 05/07/2014 16:44

Shit - who is that from OPQ on the ground? Not Cav?

Panwearsjaune · 05/07/2014 16:44

oh dear.

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SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 05/07/2014 16:45

It is Cav - and it looks like his shoulder? Sad

BadRoly · 05/07/2014 16:45

Noooooo Sad

mswibble · 05/07/2014 16:45

Hope its not a broken collarbone!

canutesauntie · 05/07/2014 16:46

Nasty, Cav did look like he was leaning in a bit there

Ilovenicesoap · 05/07/2014 16:46

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Sad

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 05/07/2014 16:47

Oh god - poor Cav.

lljkk · 05/07/2014 16:47

Oh Fig, he's broken it, I'm sure. And did look awful his lean. :(

MirandaWest · 05/07/2014 16:47

I want to give him a (gentle) hug :(

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 05/07/2014 16:48

It did look bad, that lean - but maybe it looks worse in slow motion than in real time? >

canutesauntie · 05/07/2014 16:48

Wincing at every replay

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 05/07/2014 16:51

Millar thinks it is a collarbone.

DoctorTwo · 05/07/2014 16:51

Looks like he's bust a collarbone. Sad If so, that's him out and OPQS a man down. Do they have a GC contender?

LostInWales · 05/07/2014 16:51

Bollocks and now I have to go and smile and present awards to small football players, Cav looks sick, bugger, bugger bugger.

Selks · 05/07/2014 16:51

Def collarbone. Disasterous for him.

Panwearsjaune · 05/07/2014 16:52

Not pretty.

Catching up on thread.

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fixyourgardengate · 05/07/2014 16:54

Sorry, new to thread but watching with an 11 month old who does not understand me wailing Nooooooo at the tv. Shock Angry Sad

ariadneoliver · 05/07/2014 16:54

Nasty crash. Hope that's not the end for Cav this year. :(

Ginfox · 05/07/2014 16:59

Gutted for him. So close to the finish!

lljkk · 05/07/2014 17:00

Wiggins came 2nd in 2011 Vuelta 9 weeks after breaking his collarbone.
I think this is harder on Cav, though.
At least Millar is saying the lean was legit practice (I think he's saying that).
I like Millar commenting. So tall! And Better eye candy than Boardman.

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