Tour de France 2018 stage 9: Arras > Roubaix 156,5 km

fishfoodie

Eamonnator wrote: »

Incontinental!

FTFY !

.. they can't keep the air in

CrowdedHouse

Should have used Wolber (remember them?!)

griffin100

Can't remember the last time I watched an entire GT stage from start to finish. Absolutely epic stage. No Kirby was an added bonus.

Delighted for Degenkolb and Martin after yesterday. Gutted for Porte.

mr spuckler

neris wrote: »

That was brilliant best stage in a tdf in a while

absolutely! everytime I left and came back in something big had happened.

MPFGLB

Dan Martin "Half a Sunday in hell"

https://www.itv.com/tourdefrance/interview-dan-martin-reacts-to-crazy-stage-9

neris

https://twitter.com/friebos/status/1018539631980228608

harr

I wouldn’t be a huge fan of watching a full stage of the TDF but I sat down today to watch the GAA and flicked over to Eurosport to see how things were going and ended up watching the full stage and missed the ga ..
Very entertaining stage today and couldn’t keep my eyes off it..

eeeee

His post-race interview was really something. What a time he's had. Great result.

Just watched the highlights it was so good I had to see it twice. Wonder what he was saying to GvA before the sprint when he was looking back at them

Lusk_Doyle

griffin100 wrote: »

Can't remember the last time I watched an entire GT stage from start to finish. Absolutely epic stage. No Kirby was an added bonus.

Delighted for Degenkolb and Martin after yesterday. Gutted for Porte.

Kirby was on the mike up until 100k to go anyway.

eagle eye

griffin100 wrote:

No Kirby was an added bonus.

That was the only bad part of it for me. I think Kirby is a great commentator.

dastardly00

Just watched the highlights.
What a stage. Might take a while for it to sink in. You have to love the pavé!

dastardly00

https://twitter.com/DanMartin86/status/1018514121933885442

Raam

Raw emotion. Never been happier for a stage winner.
https://twitter.com/VelonCC/status/1018526395276750849

Cav showing himself up for the class act he his there too.

dastardly00

Some great photos here


http://www.steephill.tv/2018/tour-de-france/photos/stage-09/

mr spuckler

dastardly00 wrote: »

Some great photos here


http://www.steephill.tv/2018/tour-de-france/photos/stage-09/

they're absolutely brilliant, particularly the capture of the 2 Sky riders mid-fall. not because of who they are, but imagine the photographers sitting there for a couple of hours hoping against hope to get some good snaps and then managing to get those!

nc6000

I wasn't too interested in this year's tour but watched the highlights yesterday on Eurosport and thought it was a great stage. I wonder how much it cost in damage to wheels and bikes etc.

neris

listening to interviews on TV & Podcasts with riders & Directors there seems to be a split on whether that stage should have been in the race.

mloc123

eagle eye wrote: »

That was the only bad part of it for me. I think Kirby is a great commentator.

Who is the sap that keeps calling geraint thomas "G"?

Melodeon

mloc123 wrote: »

Who is the sap that keeps calling geraint thomas "G"?

In fairness, I'm now hearing more than CK calling him that.
And not just commentators/TV pundits either, I've heard other riders and team management using it too.

I suppose the Welsh name 'Geraint' isn't the easiest to pronounce, especially if you're not a native speaker, and even native English speakers who aren't from a Welsh/Gaelic language region could have difficulty with it.

mloc123

Melodeon wrote: »

In fairness, I'm now hearing more than CK calling him that.
And not just commentators/TV pundits either, I've heard other riders and team management using it too.

I suppose the Welsh name 'Geraint' isn't the easiest to pronounce, especially if you're not a native speaker, and even native English speakers who aren't from a Welsh/Gaelic language region could have difficulty with it.

It was not Kirby I heard use it all day yesterday... very annoying

dastardly00

mloc123 wrote: »

It was not Kirby I heard use it all day yesterday... very annoying

Adam Blythe I think

retalivity

It just reminds me of this now everytime they mention him

neris

https://twitter.com/nyvelocity/status/1018485255190253574

CrowdedHouse

....passing a big field of oats the other day the peloton seemed to jettison dozens of bottles into it. check your porridge for bits of plastic!