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Sorry just seen this.............heart breaking to see him lose it with only 15 metres to go..........always watch the highlights but saw another fantastic finish in Seville today!
Anyone think this event is just better than Le Tour? The tour is great no doubt but I feel like this year everyone knew Froome was going to in and it just became a bit of procession with some interesting sub plots. The Vuelta seems to have far more mountains, a far better balance with GC contenders and just keeps my interest better. It seems more of a free for all rather than the tour which almost seems staged just because of the predictability of the whole thing with the way the teams ride.
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Who'd have thought it, a Manx-man who's a fan of cycling
Runs in our blood you know............cannot drive on the roads on the IOM without hitting, sorry, seeing a cyclist!!
A lot in what you say but would not miss either and can spend many an afternoon working with the TV in the back ground (and was knocked out by the scenery around Vigo on TV and almost as good when you are there!). One day I am going to count just how many times the name Sean comes up in commentary......
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I prefer the TDF coverage by a mile.
This year I think there were too many mountain stages introduced, in an attempt to stop SKy from winning (of course, the machine that is Chris Froome being ably pulled up every climb by Richie 'the little engine that could' Porte, put paid to that notion)
Also think the Vuelta just doesn't have the excitement (barring Tony Martin's race the other day) for me, lot's of the top riders don't bother with it as they target the TDF, and it seems monotonous with the climbs being so severe/regular that there is hardly any sprinting going on.
Also not so keen on the fact the marshalls dont appear to have checked the roads for potholes/bricks as the peloton arrives, resulting in crashes like the one from Dan Martin yesterday.
This year I think there were too many mountain stages introduced, in an attempt to stop SKy from winning (of course, the machine that is Chris Froome being ably pulled up every climb by Richie 'the little engine that could' Porte, put paid to that notion)
Also think the Vuelta just doesn't have the excitement (barring Tony Martin's race the other day) for me, lot's of the top riders don't bother with it as they target the TDF, and it seems monotonous with the climbs being so severe/regular that there is hardly any sprinting going on.
Also not so keen on the fact the marshalls dont appear to have checked the roads for potholes/bricks as the peloton arrives, resulting in crashes like the one from Dan Martin yesterday.
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I follow Eurosport rather than Channel 4 as I do not wish to enter a competiton or listen to Boardman riding the course or have 20 minute adverts in an hour.........so the coverage is about the same short of more accurate gap time differences in the TDF.
There have been a lot of sprint finishes such that it was good to see some hills today and it was good fun too with the final chase......
In th eold days they did not have roads never mind ones with potholes..................Ah the old days, them were the days!!!
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Yeah, I prefer Eurosports coverage as well. (although I did enter the TDF fantasy league after hearing about it on ITV4, and get a 2nd place on one of the stages (1st place would have won me a helmet )
I was on about the camera work etc and views.
One thing that the Vuelta has over the TDF is there aren't as many fnuts crowding the riders out and running alongside (unless they come later in the bigger mountain stages)
Oh, and when I were a lad, we used to live in't hole in middle of road....
)I was on about the camera work etc and views.
One thing that the Vuelta has over the TDF is there aren't as many fnuts crowding the riders out and running alongside (unless they come later in the bigger mountain stages)
Oh, and when I were a lad, we used to live in't hole in middle of road....
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I missed today's race, will watch the highlights before the live stage tomorrow.
Who'd have thought it, a Manx-man who's a fan of cycling
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http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/festival-of-fun-for-cycling-fans-1-5999282
I find that interesting. I genuinely fail to see how someone could prefer a stage where after 2km 8 guys make a break away. These guys are invariably chased down with 10km to go. Then there is a typical bunch sprint. Basically you get 200m of excitement. Each to their own but that type of thing just doesn't do it for me.
