The Tour
It's going to be a blinking farce, isn't it?
Landis-gate.
Astana and the Shack will get dragged into the whole "medical bags" thing
People will think Saxo are on motorised bikes
There is bound to be whining about dangerous conditions in Holland
Cavendish will be moaning HTC aren't completely dedicated to him. Etc etc.
The "July" people will post en masse
Anyone know if the Tour of Austria is on telly?
Landis-gate.
Astana and the Shack will get dragged into the whole "medical bags" thing
People will think Saxo are on motorised bikes
There is bound to be whining about dangerous conditions in Holland
Cavendish will be moaning HTC aren't completely dedicated to him. Etc etc.
The "July" people will post en masse
Anyone know if the Tour of Austria is on telly?
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
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Iain, any chance of explaining what the different jerseys mean? And how come that English rider Cavendish won 6 stages yet didn't win the whole Tour de France last year?0
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but a handful of people held all the breaking news stories, all the info in their hands 20 years ago and they didn't turn into a farce and nobody was any the wiser. The TDF is a different age now.0
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Just a small point,Cavendish isn't English.0
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Well Saxo Banks bikes aren't called "specialised" for nothing.... :roll: I dont know about use but I am about to explode... :!:“To understand me, you have to meet me and be around me. And then only if I'm in a good mood - don't meet me in a bad mood.”0
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Does anyone think the flash flooding in the Cote D'Azur region could effect the tour?0
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rapid_uphill wrote:Does anyone think the flash flooding in the Cote D'Azur region could effect the tour?
Nah, Cavendish will being blowing enough hot air to dry it up “To understand me, you have to meet me and be around me. And then only if I'm in a good mood - don't meet me in a bad mood.”0 -
I think the guy with the yellow jersey is the one on the hardest drugs. the spotted jersey goes to the one on magic mushrooms, the green is for the best skunk. And the white to the youngest coke head
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But if Cav saves his sprint for the mountains, it could be exciting. With a spurt at the foot of each climb he might be able to get the jump on his rivals and win the yellow tunic each day. Once he's got enough of these in his wardrobe, he won't want to trade them for green ones.0
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iainf72 wrote:It's going to be a blinking farce, isn't it?
Landis-gate.
Astana and the Shack will get dragged into the whole "medical bags" thing
People will think Saxo are on motorised bikes
There is bound to be whining about dangerous conditions in Holland
Cavendish will be moaning HTC aren't completely dedicated to him. Etc etc.
The "July" people will post en masse
Anyone know if the Tour of Austria is on telly?
Yes, RS, Astana and Saxo should just bugger off and let that nice young Italian fellow have his way with the race.Le Blaireau (1)0 -
DaveyL wrote:iainf72 wrote:It's going to be a blinking farce, isn't it?
Landis-gate.
Astana and the Shack will get dragged into the whole "medical bags" thing
People will think Saxo are on motorised bikes
There is bound to be whining about dangerous conditions in Holland
Cavendish will be moaning HTC aren't completely dedicated to him. Etc etc.
The "July" people will post en masse
Anyone know if the Tour of Austria is on telly?
Yes, RS, Astana and Saxo should just bugger off and let that nice young Italian fellow have his way with the race.
Ricco? :shock:
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NapoleonD wrote:
OK, So you made a small mistake easy to do, though seeing where you come from you should have known better.The worst thing you can do on a forum is try and make out you were fishing when you weren't.Cause then we'll go on all night saying "got ya"
Right done my bit for the IOM,I'm off.
PS We aren't English,not even close.0 -
Danny1234 wrote:NapoleonD wrote:
OK, So you made a small mistake easy to do, though seeing where you come from you should have known better.The worst thing you can do on a forum is try and make out you were fishing when you weren't.Cause then we'll go on all night saying "got ya"
Right done my bit for the IOM,I'm off.
PS We aren't English,not even close.
:roll:
I thought it was the Yanks that didn't get irony, not the Manx...
My whole post was based on what I get asked all the time about cycling. Including people thinking Cav is English.0 -
Danny1234 wrote:
PS We aren't English,not even close.
Though if you hold a line like Cav you'll be in Morecambe in no time....Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
Danny1234 wrote:NapoleonD wrote:
OK, So you made a small mistake easy to do, though seeing where you come from you should have known better.The worst thing you can do on a forum is try and make out you were fishing when you weren't.Cause then we'll go on all night saying "got ya"
Right done my bit for the IOM,I'm off.
PS We aren't English,not even close.
Dude, you jumped in too quickly. You obviously get called English a lot and just reacted without thinking. NapD is perfectly aware that Cav isn't English.Scottish and British...and a bit French0 -
dulldave wrote:Dude, you jumped in too quickly. You obviously get called English a lot and just reacted without thinking. NapD is perfectly aware that Cav isn't English.
The way the British media play it is he's British if he's doing well (i.e. most of the time) and Manx if he isn't.
It'll be the same with Wiggins at the Tour and Murray at Wimbledon. Trust me.The most painful climb in Northern Ireland http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs200.snc1/6776_124247198694_548863694_2335754_8016178_n.jpg0 -
DaveyL wrote:Yes, RS, Astana and Saxo should just bugger off and let that nice young Italian fellow have his way with the race.
Nah, that Australian bloke.
But on a seriously note, there is likely to be thing seriously detracting from the racing, which we didn't really have in Italy. I know the hugeness is part of the Tours charm but when stories are bigger than the racing that's quite sad.
I wish they'd stop with these tailor made for Contador courses as well.Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.0 -
iainf72 wrote:
I wish they'd stop with these tailor made for Contador courses as well.
there will be words said if he crashes out with a busted collarbone on the Pave"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
iainf72 wrote:DaveyL wrote:Yes, RS, Astana and Saxo should just bugger off and let that nice young Italian fellow have his way with the race.
Nah, that Australian bloke.
But on a seriously note, there is likely to be thing seriously detracting from the racing, which we didn't really have in Italy. I know the hugeness is part of the Tours charm but when stories are bigger than the racing that's quite sad.
I wish they'd stop with these tailor made for Contador courses as well.
It was a bit of a soap opera in 2007 and 2008 as well, with all the drug busts.
I'd imagine this year there will be a fair amount of histrionics off the bike as well, one way or another.
Still, it'll be good to see ace crime fighter Bodry swooping down on the peloton in his cape.Le Blaireau (1)0 -
Rolf F wrote:Danny1234 wrote:PS We aren't English,not even close.
Yeah, as un English as the residents of the Isle of Wight aren't English; IOM really is convincingly foreign
(PS - yes, I do know that IOM has its own government and IOW does not!)
In Britain there are plenty of us who are British, but not English. We're called Welsh, Scots, Northern Irish, Manx, etc.
The Isle of Wight is as English as Anglesey is Welsh. The Isle of Man is no more English than, say, Gibraltar or Bermuda.0
