Can someone explain team cycling to me?

[Frutos]

They will rely on Griepel stealing a wheel.

Weren't they the ones who did "Stuck In The Middle With You"?

 

[Birdie Boy]

Chin stroking time:-

That's how the mountains are categorised.

The mountain 'cat' number 4 -3 -2 -1 - HC, is representative of the gear a car would use to drive up it.

4th cat = a 4th gear minor hill/elevation.
1st cat = a tough mountain.

HC - Hors catégorie (Beyond classification) = You ain't getting a car up there.

Great analogy which I hadn't heard of, thx. When I rode up Elm Grove from Queens Park Rd over to Woodingdean, mapmyride said it was cat 5, which is probably correct, 5th gear would be ok going past the race course. I haven't driven up Elm Grove or Box Hill for a long time but going by this analogy suspect they are cat 3/4 hills, would that be correct?

 

[Stat Brother]

Great analogy which I hadn't heard of, thx. When I rode up Elm Grove from Queens Park Rd over to Woodingdean, mapmyride said it was cat 5, which is probably correct, 5th gear would be ok going past the race course. I haven't driven up Elm Grove or Box Hill for a long time but going by this analogy suspect they are cat 3/4 hills, would that be correct?

It's not an analogy.
That is how the mountains were categorised throughout the early part of the 20th century.
There's no such thing as cat 5.

Box Hill is cat 4, at best.

 

[Stat Brother]

Crucial time for Team GB.
Anyone without a good few minutes lead, before the end of Box Hill, won't win, and it'll be a sprint finish.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

The peloton is close to catching the chasing group.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

The leaders are 38 secs ahead of the chasing group and 1min 25 secs ahead of the peloton, with 80 km to go. Looking good!

 

[Stat Brother]

GB will want to keep the lead group up the road, till Box Hill is over with.

 

[pasty]

I genuinely have no idea whats going on, but everyone keeps saying team GB in a good position, so that'll do for me.

 

[Frutos]

Have we won yet?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I genuinely have no idea whats going on, but everyone keeps saying team GB in a good position, so that'll do for me.

At the head of the peloton, 45 seconds behind the leaders.

 

[Stat Brother]

I genuinely have no idea whats going on, but everyone keeps saying team GB in a good position, so that'll do for me.

After Box Hill there's 50kms fairly flat with a tail wind.

Team GB will expect to bring back any time gap under 5 mins.
As it's currently only a couple of minutes happy days.

Nibali and Gilbert are dangers to have them back having put a lot of effort in is great.

 

[Notters]

Wish they had a fecking distance to go on the screen.

 

[Stat Brother]

After Box Hill there's 50kms fairly flat with a tail wind.

Team GB will expect to bring back any time gap under 5 mins.
As it's currently only a couple of minutes happy days.

Nibali and Gilbert are dangers to have them back having put a lot of effort in is great.

Have I had a long blink.
Is there 1 or 2 groups up the road?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

A couple of small groups, 24 and 38 seconds behind the leaders - and the peloton 15 seconds further back.

 

[Stat Brother]

Nibali and Gilbert are the main men to have under control.

Boonen will be next.

 

[Box of Frogs]

Who is wearing the yellow t-shirt then?!?!

 

[Deleted member 18477]

This is getting exciting now. Team GB looking great at present!

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Gilbert is off!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Gilbert now 35 seconds ahead of the rest of the leaders. Suicide? or Genius?

54 km to go.

 

[Stat Brother]

Gilbert will put some serious time in, up BH for the last time.
He just won't get the minutes he needs. (Hopefully)