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TdF stage 3

Greenedge boss says Goss is aiming for stage win today! Last 700m at 7% - is he telling the truth or bluffing and hoping Albasini will slip under the radar? I was planning on bringing Goss in for Chavanel tomorrow - do I stick to my guns or make the change a day early?  39

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Wig_Billy | 11 years ago
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At least my research into Brice Feillu paid off - last man home.  16

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chrisdstripes | 11 years ago
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Wig Billy I salute you!

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drheaton | 11 years ago
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Hmmm, 4 cat 4s tomorrow, will Morkov go again?

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livestrongnick | 11 years ago
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Nice day 154, Putting Morkov in saved me, Had Sagan and EBH too + Gallopin finally got some points  13

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chrisdstripes replied to drheaton | 11 years ago
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drheaton wrote:

Hmmm, 4 cat 4s tomorrow, will Morkov go again?

Just wrestling with that myself. I need a DS, max 7.6, that I can bring in for Albasini and keep until the TT. Even if Morkov doesn't go for any more breaks, he should still be looking at 15-20 jersey points in that time, but the gambler in me wants to try someone else...

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Simon_MacMichael | 11 years ago
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Re the finishing times given - bear in mind that fall, puncture or mech inside last 3km will get you same time as the riders you were with at the time.

Obviously there's a lag between the rider crossing the line in some cases minutes later, with their time in the provisional results recorded via their timing chip, and the time being manually adjusted afterwards.

That in itself doesn't apply if rider doesn't finish stage, in which case he is given last place on stage but time of riders he was with (happened to Phinney on Giro I think on the day Ferrari caused chaos.)

So organisers have to wait till a rider actually crosses the line before adjusting time/position, hence delay.

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drheaton replied to chrisdstripes | 11 years ago
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I've got two transfers and I need to use both to bring in sprinters but if Morkov is going to go again I'm sorely tempted to take the 20 point penalty.

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msw | 11 years ago
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Thank God for Bernaudeau and Morkov. Morkov 48 points today, Sagan 51!

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Raleigh replied to chrisdstripes | 11 years ago
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chrisdstripes wrote:

By the way, if that was too boring for anyone, the Tour of Poland startlists are up! #afterthelordmayorsshow...

NB. Do not Hashtag away from Twitter.

It only brings to the surface your addiction.

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Alan Tullett replied to dave atkinson | 11 years ago
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dave_atkinson wrote:

ah, Bernadeau and Morkov in the break, eh? *rubs hands*

got EBH, Sagan and Gerrans for the run in too. Hoping for a good day...

Not bad for a beginner  3

I had Morkov, Grivko, Sagan, EBH plus Chavanel for GC points. (Pity the latter didn't win though. I would have got over 200 for the first time then.)

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Raleigh | 11 years ago
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I was only 10 off 200  4  19

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Raleigh | 11 years ago
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Here's the 3km rule to Wiggins, from Cycling Weekly:

Bradley Wiggins rolled over the finish line at least one minute behind winner Peter Sagan in Boulogne-sur-Mer today.

Gaps had opened up in front of him and had it been a straight forward run in to the line he would have lost a good amount of time to the likes of Cadel Evans and Vincenzo Nibali who finished in the top ten on the stage, just behind Sagan.

So why did Wiggins cruise the last 400 metres, looking calm and relaxed?

Because Wiggins knows of UCI rule 2.6.026. This states that 'In the case of a duly noted fall, puncture or mechanical incident in the last three kilometres of a road race stage, the rider or riders involved shall be credited with the time of the rider or riders in whose company they were riding at the moment of the accident. His or their placing shall be determined by the order in which he or they actually cross the finishing line.'

Wiggins was caught up (actually by one of his own team mates) when riders swerved to avoid the crash on the final climb at about 300m to go. He had to stop, put his foot down and get going again.

Wiggins rode in to the finish line slowly, conserving energy, as he knew he was safe, even though he didn't crash.

He came over the line in 53rd place and was given a time difference of one second to Peter Sagan, the same as his team mate Edvald Boasson Hagen, who finished second.

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