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| sutty68 |
Posted on 12-12-2012 18:15
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Way to go Mark 
One stage and one win 
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 12-12-2012 18:32
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sutty68 wrote:
Way to go Mark
One stage and one win
Shame about Cancellara
1 down 2 to go!
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| rogvi97 |
Posted on 12-12-2012 20:59
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Good job Veltis! And Mark you keep the point's jersey AT LEAST! But a shame about Spartacus 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 13-12-2012 07:25
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Easy victory, nice
Spartacus... He tries to race ToB, crashes out in first stage |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 13-12-2012 10:45
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Obviously doesn't like the British food |
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| Daggen |
Posted on 13-12-2012 10:54
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What is a coccyx |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 13-12-2012 10:57
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Daggen wrote:
What is a coccyx
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 13-12-2012 11:05
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Daggen wrote:
What is a coccyx
It's the bone at the bottom of your spine. Also know as the monkey bone 
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 13-12-2012 11:06
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sutty68 wrote:
Obviously doesn't like the British food
There is nothing wrong with baked beans with little sausages on toast...
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 13-12-2012 11:07
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In Dutch we call it "staartbeentje" literally: tailbone. But I guess you can say that in English as well, no? |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 13-12-2012 11:08
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Ian Butler wrote:
In Dutch we call it "staartbeentje" literally: tailbone. But I guess you can say that in English as well, no?
Yep you can say that as well
EDIT: The dutch version is a great word! Possibly my favourite foreign word
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 13-12-2012 11:08
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the_hoyle wrote:
sutty68 wrote:
Obviously doesn't like the British food
There is nothing wrong with baked beans with little sausages on toast...
Maybe he was expecting steak |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 13-12-2012 11:08
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the_hoyle wrote:
sutty68 wrote:
Obviously doesn't like the British food
There is nothing wrong with baked beans with little sausages on toast...
Now your speaking my language |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 13-12-2012 11:10
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@Ian: This isn't Spain...
@Sutty: You are a fan as well then?
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 13-12-2012 11:14
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the_hoyle wrote:
@Ian: This isn't Spain...
@Sutty: You are a fan as well then?
OHHHH YYEEESSSSS, Add a fried or poached egg on top and its heaven  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 13-12-2012 11:24
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Now i have decided on what to have for dinner
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 13-12-2012 12:02
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sutty68 wrote:
Now i have decided on what to have for dinner
you are missing several rashers of bacon and a fried egg!
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Posted on 13-12-2012 14:52
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 12th September 2011 - Tour of Britain
(Stoke-on-Trent - Stoke-on-Trent)
Today is the first day of 3 difficult stages for the riders. The peleton heads out from Stoke-on-Trent towards the Peak District, crossing the well known local climb of Gunn Hill.
The team will look to keep everything together today, wanting to limit any losses I may lose on the climbs. I want to keep hold of Yellow for as long as possible.
12km: A break of 5 riders got away at the beginning of the stage, and yet again, we sent Isaac up the road.
18km: For the second stage running, the break's size grew to over 15 riders, and yet again the peleton did not seem happy with that.
32km: The lead group never got more than 1'43" on the peleton, and soon it was pulled back as we headed towards the Peak District.
52km: On the climb of Gunn Hill, further attacks went off the front, created two groups up the road.
61km: Martin Elmiger (AG2R) took the points over the top of Gunn Hill, and as they climbed towards the next KoM sprint, Andy Fenn (An Post) tried to bridge the gap to the escapees.
66km: Sadly for Isaac, he could not keep with the pace of the breakaway, and he was soon dropped.
68km: In fact, the climb was blowing holes in the breakaway group, and leaving riders to fend for themselves. Luckily for Isaac, Elminger failed to take full points, so keeps hold of his KoM jersey for one more stage at least.
75km: The climb was clearly harder than most riders thought. The peleton had split in several places, and only 42 remained as the route turned back towards Stoke.
89km: Albasini lead the peleton, and with the help of BMC, the time to lead group began to fall.
101km: With 20km to go, the break was down to just 6 riders, and had a good 3'56" gap over the peleton.
110km: Elminger was the first to make the move from the break in a bid for glory. It looked a decisive move, as no one wanted to react.
121km: And he stormed to victory! Fantastic win for the Swiss rider. The rest of the break came in 1'13", whilst I won the bunch sprint of the peleton to take 7th, and hold onto the Leaders Jersey.
| 1 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | 4h13'07 | | 2 | Dario Cioni | Sky ProCycling | + 1'13 | | 3 | Jack Bauer | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 4 | Andrew Fenn | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 5 | Hugo Houle | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | ... | | 8 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | + 3'28 |
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | 7h12'46 | | 2 | Christopher Sutton | Sky ProCycling | + 8 | | 3 | Thor Hushovd | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 12 | | 4 | Sam Bewley | Team RadioShack | + 14 | | 5 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 20 |
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | 33 | | 2 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | 25 | | 3 | Christopher Sutton | Sky ProCycling | 23 | | 4 | Thor Hushovd | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 22 | | 5 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | 21 |
| 1 | Isaac Côté | HTC - Highroad | 10 | | 2 | Sam Bewley | Team RadioShack | 8 | | 3 | Jack Bauer | Endura Racing | 7 | | 4 | Dario Cioni | Sky ProCycling | 7 | | 5 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | 7 |
| 1 | Sam Bewley | Team RadioShack | 7h13'00 | | 2 | Jonathan Bellis | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 6 | | 3 | Jelle Wallays | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 4 | Leopold König | Team NetApp | s.t. | | 5 | Mark McNally | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. |
| 1 | Sky ProCycling | 21h37'03 | | 2 | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 2'15 | | 3 | BMC Racing Team | + 2'15 | | 4 | Team RadioShack | + 2'15 | | 5 | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 2'15 |
HTC - Highroad Classification Overview
| + |  | 1 | + 19Mark Cavendish | 7h12'46 | | + |  | 1 | + 19Mark Cavendish | 33pts | | + |  | 1 | + 19Isaac Côté | 10pts | | + |  | 18 | + 19Isaac Côté | + 2'24 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 13-12-2012 18:09
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Nice to see Cav stay in yellow |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 13-12-2012 20:51
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You could've won that stage  |
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