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    #31
    Originally posted by Helios Creed View Post
    I was finding out who Cancellera was....
    Ah.

    I thought you knew him.

    By the way, I noticed a certain European Chief Executive was on the presentation platform yesterday when Cancellara got his flowers and lions and jerseys. He seemed very pleased.
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    Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



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      #32
      Originally posted by Helios Creed View Post
      It is amazing how quickly even an 8 minute lead can be made up when the peloton starts to speed up. Was watching the coverage while I made breakfast. Well, brunch really. You don't get completely what you would get at breakfast, but you get a good meal.


      I'm now feeling hungry. Went for a bit of a ride myself this morning. Very slow.
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      Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



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        #33
        Originally posted by Neil Young View Post
        Ah.

        I thought you knew him.
        I've seen him in the canteen, but I didn't know his name. You have to get there before him, otherwise he takes all the chips.

        Still trying to find out if we're going.

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          #34
          So can someone explain what happened?

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            #35
            McEwan won the stage, brilliantly it has to be said. Cavendish had problems and (presumably) didn't finish with the main group. Boonen waited too long before starting his sprint and McEwan got the jump on him (and the others).

            If Millar gets the polka-dot then he has either calculated brilliantly as far as out as the Cote de Goudhurst or he has been spectacularly lucky. If he hasn't then he's been a bit silly. I think his aim for the day was to try to get the jersey but not too hard so that he doesn't burn up too much energy given that his stated aim apparently is to get a career-high finish in the overall. That would explain why he was keener to pick up maximum time bonuses in the intermediate sprints than to contest the points in Goudhurst.

            Cancellara retains the yellow jersey.

            What's so complicated?
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            Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



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              #36
              Update: Millar took the polka-dot jersey.



              OK, that's Robert Millar but his namesake did win it today.
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              Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



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                #37
                Originally posted by Neil Young View Post
                McEwan won the stage, brilliantly it has to be said. Cavendish had problems and (presumably) didn't finish with the main group. Boonen waited too long before starting his sprint and McEwan got the jump on him (and the others).

                If Millar gets the polka-dot then he has either calculated brilliantly as far as out as the Cote de Goudhurst or he has been spectacularly lucky. If he hasn't then he's been a bit silly. I think his aim for the day was to try to get the jersey but not too hard so that he doesn't burn up too much energy given that his stated aim apparently is to get a career-high finish in the overall. That would explain why he was keener to pick up maximum time bonuses in the intermediate sprints than to contest the points in Goudhurst.

                Cancellara retains the yellow jersey.

                What's so complicated?
                Why does he retain the yellow?

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by Helios Creed View Post
                  Why does he retain the yellow?
                  Think of the Tour de France not as a single race but as a series of races (i.e. stages). The overall leader is the one that rides the races in the shortest aggregate time. Cancellara was 13 seconds clear of the field yesterday; today they almost all came in together and so are awarded the same time (that stops there being too much danger in the finishing sprint - as long as there is no gap of a second between two consecutive riders then all the riders in the group get the same time). As a result Cancellara is still 13 seconds clear of the field and so wears the yellow jersey tomorrow.

                  There are time bonuses of 20", 12" and 8" for finishing a stage in first, second and third and bonuses of 6", 4" and 2" for the first places in each of the intermediate sprints. These bonuses are deducted from the riders' aggregate times.
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                  Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



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                    #39
                    Originally posted by Helios Creed View Post
                    Why does he retain the yellow?
                    Fabian Cancellara is still in yellow. He finished in the main group and nobody made any time up on him (apart from a few bonus seconds here and there) so he kept the overall lead

                    McEwen
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                      #40
                      Im clearly too slow typing!
                      I know I'll often stop and think about them, In My Life, I love you more - 96

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                        #41
                        Originally posted by Neil Young View Post
                        Think of the Tour de France not as a single race but as a series of races (i.e. stages). The overall leader is the one that rides the races in the shortest aggregate time. Cancellara was 13 seconds clear of the field yesterday; today they almost all came in together and so are awarded the same time (that stops there being too much danger in the finishing sprint - as long as there is no gap of a second between two consecutive riders then all the riders in the group get the same time). As a result Cancellara is still 13 seconds clear of the field and so wears the yellow jersey tomorrow.

                        There are time bonuses of 20", 12" and 8" for finishing a stage in first, second and third and bonuses of 6", 4" and 2" for the first places in each of the intermediate sprints. These bonuses are deducted from the riders' aggregate times.
                        It's all very exciting. Much better than cricket.

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                          #42
                          Interesting stage - big crash at the end but fortunately it looks like Cancellara is OK and none of the big names appears to be injured. Weird sprint - Boonen seemingly unable to come past his lead-out teammate, Steegmans. Boonen takes over the green from McEwan.
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                          Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



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                            #43
                            Originally posted by Neil Young View Post
                            Interesting stage - big crash at the end but fortunately it looks like Cancellara is OK and none of the big names appears to be injured. Weird sprint - Boonen seemingly unable to come past his lead-out teammate, Steegmans. Boonen takes over the green from McEwan.
                            Yes.

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                              #44
                              Originally posted by Neil Young View Post
                              I just got back from London. A fantastic day and Cancellara was brilliant.

                              CSC in yellow!
                              bloody hell, i was doing the swag for this, spent hours and hours walking round hide park, then went to cantebury the next morning at stupid o'clock.

                              great atmosphere, but the hardest job ever. EVER.

                              great though. for work i actually enjoyed it. fuct now like.

                              access to certain areas was bollocks, and i have to say, the london police were ****e, the cantebury police great.

                              goes back to sleep for twelve hours
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                                #45
                                Originally posted by Flake View Post
                                bloody hell, i was doing the swag for this, spent hours and hours walking round hide park, then went to cantebury the next morning at stupid o'clock.

                                great atmosphere, but the hardest job ever. EVER.

                                great though. for work i actually enjoyed it. fuct now like.

                                access to certain areas was bollocks, and i have to say, the london police were ****e, the cantebury police great.

                                goes back to sleep for twelve hours


                                Pity, I'd have come round to say hello. Er, when you say "swag", what do you mean?
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                                Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



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