TdF Stage 10 *Spoiler*

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  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    Pross wrote:
    They must have ridden harder than this on their rest day - it all looked so promising in the first 50km too :(
    You can tell can you.
    I've just cranked this thing up for the last few kilometers and found very little to catch up on.

    Tells you how bored you all are because you have reverted to the excitement of fighting :wink: amonst yourselves.
    So not yet then, I'm off and will be back'

    Who cares??? No one. Ta Ta.
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Ok so Paul just said it sounds like they are riding on water because the roads are melting....
    Contador is the Greatest
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Ok so Paul just said it sounds like they are riding on water because the roads are melting....
    Beloki again perhaps ??
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    edited September 2015
    del
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Boring stage but the scenery.... absolutely amazing.

    I suspect it's going to liven up as the break hits the Col du Noyer.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    AG2R have a nice cold bath after the stage

    According to Paul this is new 'technology'...
    Contador is the Greatest
  • chriskempton
    chriskempton Posts: 1,245
    Kléber wrote:
    Boring stage but the scenery.... absolutely amazing.

    +1

    They should give Harmon Kelly & Kirby the day off and get that Scottish bloke who does "Coast" to commentate on this
  • AidanR
    AidanR Posts: 1,142
    Contador and Vino attack together whilst Andy is back doing unnecessary bidon duty!














    Only kidding, still nothing happening, but I bet FF just jizzed in his pants :wink:

    :twisted:
    Bike lover and part-time cyclist.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Yep, I love my cycling but this is why it will never be a mainstream TV sport (not that I want it to be). I'm used to it on flat stages but rely on the mountains for excitement. On the plus side I've managed to do a lot of work today. Agree on the scenery though, can't wait to go to the Alps next year for my hols :)
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Pross wrote:
    Yep, I love my cycling but this is why it will never be a mainstream TV sport (not that I want it to be). I'm used to it on flat stages but rely on the mountains for excitement. On the plus side I've managed to do a lot of work today. Agree on the scenery though, can't wait to go to the Alps next year for my hols :)

    How do you explain test match cricket?
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    frenchfighter wrote:
    AG2R have a nice cold bath after the stage

    According to Paul this is new 'technology'...


    Do you have a link to this new tech??? My brain is imagining them all in a "cold" tub, having a cold beer. Although I have been know to take a cold shower after a long hot day riding and feel lots better(along with that beer or two). I'm old enough. Maybe I actually invented this "new" idea.
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    whats everyone had for lunch?
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    afx237vi wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Yep, I love my cycling but this is why it will never be a mainstream TV sport (not that I want it to be). I'm used to it on flat stages but rely on the mountains for excitement. On the plus side I've managed to do a lot of work today. Agree on the scenery though, can't wait to go to the Alps next year for my hols :)

    How do you explain test match cricket?

    There's always a chance of something happening next ball. Actually I find it like cycling in some ways, there's days where plenty happens and the match is in the balance and then other days where it's heading for a dull draw and everyone is just hanging around for the end.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    I hope those French fellows have got their chequebooks out.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Pross wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Yep, I love my cycling but this is why it will never be a mainstream TV sport (not that I want it to be). I'm used to it on flat stages but rely on the mountains for excitement. On the plus side I've managed to do a lot of work today. Agree on the scenery though, can't wait to go to the Alps next year for my hols :)

    How do you explain test match cricket?

    There's always a chance of something happening next ball. Actually I find it like cycling in some ways, there's days where plenty happens and the match is in the balance and then other days where it's heading for a dull draw and everyone is just hanging around for the end.

    Sure, but cricket is a major TV sport (or at least used to be) in this country, so there's no reason cycling couldn't be. Both can be exciting, but both are also punctuated by long boring spells where not much is happening.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    iainf72 wrote:
    I hope those French fellows have got their chequebooks out.
    I think Kiriyenka sold his Vuelta stage win to Arroyo, in return for a contract with Caisse
    http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/200 ... vuelta0819
  • Bakunin
    Bakunin Posts: 868
    Iain -- how much did Basso want from Gibo?
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    Is Aerts having a tilt at the dots? He's bagging a lot of mountain points.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    I wonder if any sprinters are still in this group.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Bakunin wrote:
    Iain -- how much did Basso want from Gibo?

    Not much - Just some of Gibo's imagination. And some sweets from Gibos aunt for his sister.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Pross wrote:
    Yep, I love my cycling but this is why it will never be a mainstream TV sport (not that I want it to be). I'm used to it on flat stages but rely on the mountains for excitement. On the plus side I've managed to do a lot of work today. Agree on the scenery though, can't wait to go to the Alps next year for my hols :)

    So how do you explain cycling is a mainstream TV sport in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, etc, etc etc?


    Besides, there's no need to watch the whole stage on a day like this; I don't; not everyone in England watches Stevenage vs Preston North End live, but football is still a 'mainstream TV sport'.
  • Bakunin
    Bakunin Posts: 868
    Do you think Evans is saying to himself --"why didn't we go this slow yesterday?"
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Bouet needs more than an open chequebook to help him at the moment.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    I think everyone is still there aren't they? I'm tempted to say I could stay with them but I can't ride that far anymore :lol:
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Holy crap, I'd be walking down that descent.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    We've just had a huuuuge thunderstorm in Chester, so it's strange watching the sunshine in France on telly
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Yeah we had thunder in South Wales earlier too. Twas more exciting than the cycling.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    popo marks moreau for the team gc
    "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 pm
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    mididoctors wrote:
    popo marks moreau for the team gc

    I thought that was done on time?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    What was Moreau up to? Did he think it was a first cat climb :?

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