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[Rascal]

Tour Of Britain dates/stages announced.

2013 Tour of Britain route:
Stage One: Sunday, 15 September - Peebles to Drumlanrig Castle (201km)
Stage Two: Monday, 16 September - Carlisle to Kendal (225km)
Stage Three: Tuesday, 17 September - Knowsley Individual Time Trial (16km)
Stage Four: Wednesday, 18 September - Stoke-on-Trent to Llanberis (190.9km)
Stage Five: Thursday, 19 September - Machynlleth to Caerphilly (177.1km)
Stage Six: Friday, 20 September - Sidmouth to Haytor, Dartmoor (137km)
Stage Seven: Saturday, 21 September - Epsom to Guildford (150.4km)
Stage Eight: Sunday, 22 September - The London Stage (88km)

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Here's the stages

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The Cumbrian stage looks like it will be a grueller.

 

[chesterbells]

Fresh off twitter; Porte leading; Froome in 4th on the mountain stage in Corsica

 

[Rascal]

Fresh off twitter; Porte leading; Froome in 4th on the mountain stage in Corsica

Its on Eurosport 2 at 2-45 and the Volta is on Eurosport 1 at 2-30 :)

 

[Rascal]

Highlights of the Criterium are on Eurosport at 7pm

If you didnt see it earlier watch for a superb attack.

I wont spoil it by telling you how it went ;)

 

[Rascal]

Hopefully you saw it.

How good was Froome, different class, great stuff from Porte too. Sky just destroyed everyone.

 

[Shands]

I watched the end of Catalunya then flicked over to see the final 10k of Crit Int. I didn't think it was too much of a surprise to see how strong Froome was, I'd expect him with the form he's already shown this year to be a cut above most of those guys. Porte's performance though was another matter; the way he rode away from, past and dropped, some very strong riders was quite something, this guy looks to be a serious GC contender at Grand Tours now. It will be extremely interesting to see how he fairs in the Tour Of The Basque Country next week. I think Sky are sending a team packed with more explosive climbers (Porte, Edmonson, JTL, Dombrowski, Heano etc) so it should be very entertaining.

 

[dom]

I watched the end of Catalunya then flicked over to see the final 10k of Crit Int. I didn't think it was too much of a surprise to see how strong Froome was, I'd expect him with the form he's already shown this year to be a cut above most of those guys. Porte's performance though was another matter; the way he rode away from, past and dropped, some very strong riders was quite something, this guy looks to be a serious GC contender at Grand Tours now. It will be extremely interesting to see how he fairs in the Tour Of The Basque Country next week. I think Sky are sending a team packed with more explosive climbers (Porte, Edmonson, JTL, Dombrowski, Heano etc) so it should be very entertaining.

Any idea who's covering the Basque Tour on TV ?

 

[Shands]

I watched the end of Catalunya then flicked over to see the final 10k of Crit Int. I didn't think it was too much of a surprise to see how strong Froome was, I'd expect him with the form he's already shown this year to be a cut above most of those guys. Porte's performance though was another matter; the way he rode away from, past and dropped, some very strong riders was quite something, this guy looks to be a serious GC contender at Grand Tours now. It will be extremely interesting to see how he fairs in the Tour Of The Basque Country next week. I think Sky are sending a team packed with more explosive climbers (Porte, Edmonson, JTL, Dombrowski, Heano etc) so it should be very entertaining.

Any idea who's covering the Basque Tour on TV ?

I'm not 100% sure on this Dom but I think Eurosport are covering it live. I've no idea as to whether or not ITV4 or Sky Sports are doing highlights, I just tried to check but couldn't find out, sorry.

If the provisional start list is correct, it looks like Saxo are sending their planned TDF line up so it could give a clear indication of how they're looking.

 

[Rascal]

I'm not 100% sure on this Dom but I think Eurosport are covering it live. I've no idea as to whether or not ITV4 or Sky Sports are doing highlights, I just tried to check but couldn't find out, sorry.

If the provisional start list is correct, it looks like Saxo are sending their planned TDF line up so it could give a clear indication of how they're looking.

Im sure it was mentioned on Eurosport yesterday that they are covering the race.

Just looked at the field, plenty of big names there. Should be quality :)

 

[Shands]

I'm not 100% sure on this Dom but I think Eurosport are covering it live. I've no idea as to whether or not ITV4 or Sky Sports are doing highlights, I just tried to check but couldn't find out, sorry.

If the provisional start list is correct, it looks like Saxo are sending their planned TDF line up so it could give a clear indication of how they're looking.

Im sure it was mentioned on Eurosport yesterday that they are covering the race.

Just looked at the field, plenty of big names there. Should be quality :)

Certainly should, although I'm not sure how much I'm going to get to see of it, I'm going to need Sky+ to step up to the plate next week! Book-ended by Flanders and Roubaix too, a cracking week lies ahead.

Glad to see Andy Schleck showing a little bit of form and fight at Crit Int too, maybe just maybe he might make the Tour in good shape after all.... Cadel Evans on the other hand looks to have peaked for Oman!!