Maybe PTO is being nicer to us as they make us watch it at a crazy late hour.

I paid £6.99 for the Eurosport monthly subscription last night, doesn't really bother me, if this was a big boxing event you'd be paying 15 quid or whatever it is just for 1 fight.

Frodo 25 back, Blum has decided not to go with Ditlev and stay behind Frodo, Brownlee 2nd, Ditlev 4th 5secs back.

fair enough. i'm in the tricky spot where i don't have a TV, and there aren't really any other sports that i care enough about. plus i'm allergic to subscriptions, so there's no world where i'm watching boxing/MMA, let alone paying for it. maybe the olympics or track, some cycling . . . but then i'm stuck watching it on my laptop which isn't ideal.

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brownlee's gonna brownlee, and make 'em all work.
maybe blu has decided to just watch the master and follow him.

would love to see kanute reconnect.

west now at 3:22. wurf at 5:00, and riding OK but not particularly faster than the others.

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Still got the run to go but I think LC has moved up a level. Everyone is an uberbiker these days. You'd never see JF get dropped on a bike leg 4 years ago.

Wonder if these boys have burned some dynamite sticks.

meanwhile, holy cow - lucy swum 35 seconds into the field. she put 1:18 into perez-sala!

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Yeh 1:18 is so impressive.

Front pack have put a minute into Frodo and Blum.

Frodo is looking back for Blum a lot.

Smith, Brownlee, Neumann and Ditlev make up the front pack.

Frodeno dropping back further. Is he done?

If AB is run fit then it's his to lose.

I think if KB isn't torched (big question) then he should outrun JF.

The rest is gonna be very interesting. Looking forward to see what run legs BK and TB's have?

LCB 2mins ahead of Findlay.

Brownlee in the box seat. Think Blu and Frodeno just swapped places.
Coming into town.
LCB getting a good moto draft !!!!

If he is, and it's too early to say, I think the hard swim was a roll of the dice.

Frodo and Blum out onto the run side by side, commentary said 40 secs behind the leader Brownlee.

1:05 down per the tracker

Brownlee has put 28secs into Ditlev, Blum and Frodo 1:20 behind, Brownlee just dropped Smith.

Brownlee pushing a stronger pace (than any) with Smith desperately holding on (not for long I fear - see May St George IMWC).
3:00 minute kms doesn't seem sustainable.
#ETA: Neumann running slightly faster than Blu

Brownlee took off showing everyone who the boss is. Let those harm-strings stay strong.

Are the other two Olympians playing a longer game watching each other? Or cooked?

Brownlee almost got wiped out by a spectator..

Brownlee has put 20secs into everyone on the run, but a random dude just walked straight into him, stewards need to get a grip!

Findlay putting 30secs into LCB on the bike 01:28 back.

Blum has dropped Frodo, looks to have put about 10secs into him.