Chris Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 It's just two weeks until the TdF 2014 starts in Yorkshire. Looks like a pretty hilly route this year so Chris Froome is probably the favourite again this year, but here's hoping the other teams are learning from Sky's success in recent years and can make a good fight of it. Also hope to see a good fight for the green jersey between Cavendish, Kittel and Sagan again. Came across some on board videos of end of stage sprints and it looks fucking scary. Was going to post them in the ace-ic thread but figured the TdF deserved a dedicated thread in the sports section. To compare here's the TV coveragehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBOhfwXVkds And another one featuring Cav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJimF Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 Was planning on heading down to York to see them as I missed watching the team time trial in Nice last year, but doubt we'll make it due to the kid although he's not been too bad so may think again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 Well that was an interesting first stage! Gutted for Cav. Amazed he hasn't got a broken collar bone after that crash, hope he can carry on and get over the disappointment of not winning that stage. Cancellera just caused chaos with his last minute break. Very entertaining to watch. Crowds looked superb throughout the stage. Amazing to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJimF Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Just announced Cavendish out of the tour after crash yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Couple of videos with onboard footage from the first two days:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-pbN-hmQO0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Froome's out! 3 crashes in two days has taken it's toll by the looks of things and he quit before even getting to the cobbles. Sounds like today's stage has been just as chaotic as the organisers promised. Crashes every few minutes before they even reach the sections of cobbles. Hope they haven't harmed the rest of the tour too much. Would be a shame to see a decimated peloton after one early stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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