Tour De France

[ashingtonleeds]

Congratulations to all concerned. Even though the riders were past in seconds it was a brilliant day.The crowds were amazing & some of the field art & decorations were
great - witty & funny too. Shame about Cav though.

[Mellor]

Another cracking finish today, Kittel looks unbeatable in a sprint finish and his lead out train is the best in the peloton I think. More big crowds but London didn't match up to Yorkshire for me nor was the scenery through Cambridgshire and Essex comparable. But a superb 3 days all in all. The atmosphere in the fan park and on the roadside on Saturday was magnificent.

We have a lot to be proud of in Britain and Froome leaves for a France in good shape. A similar, relatively easy stage tomorrow, and then it's stage 5 and the cobbles where anything can happen. Looking like I'll be a couch potato now through July. I find the whole event irresistible.

[daib0]

View from Blackstone reservoir, there was a great crowd there, they had a decent view albeit from about 400 yards away. Well worth the effort for those that made it.



Leaders



main Peleton

[Mellor]

Fantastic pictures

Enjoyed today's first stage in France. Froome off, bandaged on the move including some kind of wrist splint, straight to hospital for an x-Ray and back on the bike tomorrow. 10 miles on the cobbles will test Froome for sure. Can't wait. Kittel looks untouchable in the sprints (sadly). What an amazing event.

[Aces]

Froome is out injured, do we have anyone else left??

[SCOTTISH LEEDS]

Carnage on the cobbles of france today and they missed out 2 sections of cobbles as well, so instead of 9 sections there were only 7 due to the wet weather.

Geriant Jones is the only british rider left in team sky.

[ashingtonleeds]

I wonder what Mr Wiggins thinks.

[Mellor]

No, if you mean British contenders. Sky had no plan B, that would have involved selecting Wiggins. Their team leader now will be Porte who's an Aussie, a smashing bike rider but not quite good enough I suspect, he's 1 minute 54 seconds behind the race leader but well ahead of the favourite, Contador.

An epic days racing today in the rain and across several sections of cobbles in Northern France. The winner, Lars Boom, is a world cyclocross champion - it showed. The riders looked like my old grandad when he came home from the pit at the end of the race - black faces, white eyes.

The current leader, Vincenzo Nibali, is Italian. I imagine Cellino's behind his success

Cycling is a phenomenally tough sport. In the rain and across the cobbles the stage winner still covered just shy of 100 miles in about 3 hours 20 minutes. By my reckoning that's almost 30 mph. Amazing athletes in an amazing sport.

[daib0]

No, if you mean British contenders. Sky had no plan B, that would have involved selecting Wiggins. Their team leader now will be Porte who's an Aussie, a smashing bike rider but not quite good enough I suspect, he's 1 minute 54 seconds behind the race leader but well ahead of the favourite, Contador.

An epic days racing today in the rain and across several sections of cobbles in Northern France. The winner, Lars Boom, is a world cyclocross champion - it showed. The riders looked like my old grandad when he came home from the pit at the end of the race - black faces, white eyes.

The current leader, Vincenzo Nibali, is Italian. I imagine Cellino's behind his success

Cycling is a phenomenally tough sport. In the rain and across the cobbles the stage winner still covered just shy of 100 miles in about 3 hours 20 minutes. By my reckoning that's almost 30 mph. Amazing athletes in an amazing sport.

great post, please fill us in with more along the way

[Mellor]

My Mrs thinks I'm decorating the bathroom