There was a lot of movement to the side, of the road, but Sagan looks to be following a wheel as Cav tries to get through to follow the same. There's often leaning and so on. It's shitty for Cav, but shouldn't be a DQ.

Anyway, Thrilling Heroics tomorrow, I reckon.

It ain't ballet out there.

Sprints are regularly full of tension as riders fight for wheels and space and there’s frequent contact and danger, both voluntary and involuntary. Voluntary as in almost nobody wants to harm a rival but they have to defend their position and push for openings, all while travelling at 60km/h. This time Mark Cavendish tried to come past Peter Sagan. Sagan put an elbow out… but this seemed to be only after Cavendish was tipping over, as if Sagan was reflexively trying to correct his balance and trajectory rather than bodycheck Cavendish but the jury didn’t see it this way. The irony is that Sagan stayed upright and this gave the impression that he downed Cavendish for his advantage but had this been another rider perhaps they’d have fallen after tangling with Cavendish and the commissaires would not have been so zealous?

Oh, JESUS CHRIST PINOT

52 minutes seperates Pinot from a yellow jersey.

Thrilling Heroics?

Was a great course.. what a stage to the angliru

But more important news: I climbed Mont Ventoux!!!

De beklimming van de Ventoux by Rick Lindeman, on Flickr

Bloody well done, sir!

But not unexpected after years of sky leaks. This a good analysis of the dosis / blood value http://sportsscientists.com/2017/12/bri ... 5966796875