The Tour de France is So Boring...

guinea
guinea Posts: 1,177
edited July 2010 in Pro race
...and nothing ever happens in the first week.

Discuss.

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  • neilmacd
    neilmacd Posts: 128
    Especially when the peloton neutralise the race themselves in the final 20km.
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  • ednwireland
    ednwireland Posts: 85
    they'll ride slow over the cobbles to make sure nothing does :wink:
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Luckily, there is no *ing way Thor is listening to anyone telling him to slow down today.

    Which means all the sprinters teams will have to ride, which means the ever so delicate Schlecks will either have to ride or see Mick gain 10 mins on them.
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  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    Far from boring to date, barring the last 20k yesterday.

    Could be boring if the wimps win, or the most exciting if they decide to race :P
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    daviesee wrote:
    Far from boring to date, barring the last 20k yesterday.

    Did you see Sunday?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    How could watching other people ride a bike for 180kms be anything but boring?
    Smarter than the average bear.
  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    iainf72 wrote:
    daviesee wrote:
    Far from boring to date, barring the last 20k yesterday.

    Did you see Sunday?

    Yes.

    Have you seen every other flat stage in the past 20 years?

    Better than most, I'd say. Unless you are a Cavendish fan :shock:
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    Compared to the Giro yes it's boring - compared to going shopping it's riveting. If the peloton neutralise today then for me it'll devalue the race to some extent. How many will still be riding deep section full carbon wheels on the cobbles ?
    it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Some must be watching a different race.
    Other than the crashes, what has there been to watch?
    Sunday was a procession until the final 10kms and yesterday was scratched.
    A yawnfest.
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  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    What exactly are you expecting to happen?
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    Speculation was that there would be cross winds on Sunday which might break the peloton up and that the hills/descent yesterday would give the likes of Hushovd a chance to shed Farrar/Cav etc
    it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    Are you a cycling fan? I agree that the Giro organizers always do a better job of making a course that has more cycling strategy/racing by the GC guys throughout all three weeks but this has still been an exciting race. The prologue was fantastic despite the rain and stage 2 was incredibly exciting (granted not for the reasons ASO planned on). Stage 1 was only so-so, but every 3 week race has those stages.
  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    I didn't find the prologue particularly exciting - but I didn't expect to.

    Not sure what you saw in stage 1 and 2 that was incredibly exciting. The roll out of stage 1 was desperately disappointing given you often get quite a period of people attacking and trying to get in a break - instead we got three riders shoot off unchallenged.

    Stage 2 could have been incredibly exciting but for me the boycott rather spoiled it.

    Yes I am a cycling fan.
    it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    No amount of cycling fandom can ever make a prologue exciting.
  • Sheptastic
    Sheptastic Posts: 298
    millar almost getting yellow was exciting in the prologue, that was about it.
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  • Smokin Joe
    Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
    If you didn't find today's stage exciting you'd better check your pulse, because you probably died during the night.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Timoid. wrote:
    What exactly are you expecting to happen?
    Until today, that was exactly the point: predictability.

    Anyhow, wow, what a final 50kms. Nothing but excitement, all the way.
    Great result for the race prospects, too.
    None of the climbers killed off. All still in the mix.
    Armstrong having to completely re-think his strategy.
    Schleck jr ahead of Contador, but without the other prong of his attack.
    Cadel holding a trump card for once.........
    Dennis not having fallen off at all, yet! :shock:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Noodley
    Noodley Posts: 1,725
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Dennis not having fallen off at all, yet! :shock:

    Never mind motors in the frames, they should be checking for stabilisers on Menchov's bike! :lol:
  • paulcuthbert
    paulcuthbert Posts: 1,016
    Noodley wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Dennis not having fallen off at all, yet! :shock:

    Never mind motors in the frames, they should be checking for stabilisers on Menchov's bike! :lol:

    LOL
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