Dimension Data and EF Education First - Drapac p/b Cannondale winning World Tour races on consecutive days. What a time we live in.
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Vuelta a Espaņa & Tour of Britain 2018
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Wasn’t it, I don’t think I’ve ever seen that done in any colours other than red, white and blue (GB, France and maybe USA) before. It reminded me to dig out my shonky video of the Patrouille de France over the Champs-Élysées.
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The Italians do it in their tricolore (indeed the acrobatic team is called Frecce Tricolori (tricolour arrows))
They may well be at Monza this weekend.
ursus minor noted that a meh stage on a Thursday afternoon seemed like a strange choice for such a display. The best guess I have is that it was a naval squadron based in Cartagena.
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- Mar 2008
- 9766
- Tyne 'n' Wear (emphasis on the 'n')
- Dundee Utd, Gladbach, Atleti, Napoli, New Orleans Saints, Elgin City
Finally caught up with the ITV highlights after a long weekend at a wedding in Norwich.
it's even more open than the pre-race 'what an open race' predictions, isn 't it?
Skeh manage to annoy even when they're not sucking the life out of everything-the arrogant way they packaged their relinquishing of the red jersey in particular.
Not seen enough of Caja Rural, whose jersey I always like, so far.
But enjoying it and looking forward to the summits to come.
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Watching the ITV highlights earlier I got the sense that David Millar wasn't terribly impressed with Valverde's performance.
Some proper Vuelta over the last couple of days, arid landscapes, no spectators, badly surfaced roads and courses that bear no relation to the roadbook.
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Some tinpottery from the Tour of Britain there, there was a crash just before the end of the neutral zone so they stopped the race just after the formal start point to allow the riders affected to catch up, then waved the flag and began the stage from a standing start rather than having a k of riding to bring the riders back up to a racing speed. Unsurprisingly there were no serious efforts at an immediate attack.
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I thought the logo for the newly renamed Geraint Thomas National Velodrome of Wales was quite clever :
https://twitter.com/TeamSky/status/1036299625966264321
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The morning break (just!) stuck in the Tour of Britain, Cameron Meyer won the stage and Bardiani's Alessandro Tonelli took the lead. Another group finished just behind including Alaphilippe, Roglic, Poels and Jungels - the race winner will likely come from those currently in the top ten on GC. Thomas and Froome were on domestique duty and lost three and eleven minutes respectively.
Difficult to tell what was happening at times owing to only having three camera bikes and some familiarly poor commentary. The lead man is passable - think he's the chap who does the circuit commentary at British Cycling events. Rob Hayles on the other hand has nothing to say beyond the bleeding obvious and delivers it in a very boring voice.
Rest day in the Vuelta. Dan Martin has gone home as his wife is due to give birth to twins imminently.
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Tony Martin and Ben Swift among the breakaway four with a 35 second lead with 22km left in Britain, though my money is on Quick-Step and either Alaphilippe or Jungels.
My primary interest in this stage of the Vuelta is that it visits a part of Spain near the Portuguese border I know virtually nothing about.
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