A Great Day in British Cycling History...

ALaPlage
ALaPlage Posts: 732
edited July 2012 in Pro race
I was there at the top of the Rue De Rivoli which must surely now be commemorated as Brits Corner. This was my 4th year there and wow what a difference as the whole are was packed to the rafters with British cycling fans. A big difference to the dozen or so and two flags last year.

Here's a couple of pics I managed to grab that I am pretty pleased with even if I say so myself. Anyone else there who has got a pic to show?

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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Good work sir!
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  • luckao
    luckao Posts: 632
    Thanks for sharing. I trust you enjoyed your day :)
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Cracking photos. Looks like you had a fabulous day.
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    S'allright.
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    Well done that man, not just for a couple of quality photos but getting off his @rse and cheering them on!

    What a day, it must have been great to be in an environ filled with cycling enthusiasts, rather than watching at home with just yourself and a cycling pal to enthuse together.

    I still loved the occasion though.
    Tail end Charlie

    The above post may contain traces of sarcasm or/and bullsh*t.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    I'm still a in a little bit of shock over the whole thing. A Brit in Yellow, about to wint the TdF leading out another Brit about to win his 23rd and 4th consecutive stage on the Champs who is also, by the way, the current World Champion.

    I'm struggling to take it all in. Until I came to the IOM I knew what it was like to be a cycling freak in Brum whereby you had to ride out ridiculously early to beat traffic and would be abused by people still going home from the night before. Now cycling is the thing to do, a bike is hip to have. Maybe this success can be the catalyst to making the UK cycling friendly like the continent.
    @JaunePeril

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  • carl_p
    carl_p Posts: 989
    Great photos. I've already stolen the Wiggo/Cav one and it sits proudly as my desktop background :lol:
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  • nevman
    nevman Posts: 1,611
    tumblr_m7kxxpQOjr1qhkr42o1_400.png

    Not mine but worth posting for the joy on both faces.
    Whats the solution? Just pedal faster you baby.

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  • AndyRubio
    AndyRubio Posts: 880
    The best bit:

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    My hour on the plinth
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    AndyRubio wrote:
    The best bit:

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    No-one f*cks with the Badger. Don't you just love him?
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  • dg74
    dg74 Posts: 656
    nevman wrote:
    tumblr_m7kxxpQOjr1qhkr42o1_400.png

    Not mine but worth posting for the joy on both faces.


    That is a cracking picture. Absolutely brilliant!
  • AndyRubio
    AndyRubio Posts: 880
    The worst bit (on the right):

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    My hour on the plinth
  • AndyRubio
    AndyRubio Posts: 880
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    No-one f*cks with the Badger. Don't you just love him?

    +1. To bits.
    My hour on the plinth
  • Hugh A
    Hugh A Posts: 1,189
    Great pics. Loving that one of Wiggo and Cav - Maillot Jaune and Rainbow Jersey - just before another great victory!
    I\'m sure I had one of those here somewhere
  • Noclue
    Noclue Posts: 503
    Not to mention that Brits won a third of all stages, a truly astonishing tour.
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  • raymondo60
    raymondo60 Posts: 735
    Just got back from Paris. That was without doubt one of the greatest days I have ever experienced. Along with thousands of others, sang the National Anthem with all our hearts at the final ceremony. Absolutely shattered but worth every single moment. God bless the Wiggo!
    Raymondo

    "Let's just all be really careful out there folks!"
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    Noclue wrote:
    Not to mention that Brits won a third of all stages, a truly astonishing tour.
    Amazing — ten years ago we'd have thought one stage win was beyond expectations. Chapeau!
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • ALaPlage
    ALaPlage Posts: 732
    Thanks for the comments on the pics. It was an amazing day. Blisteringly hot and a great atmosphere. The final two laps were just amazing and on the last lap to see Bradley charging past you leading the Sky Train.... Well words don't do it justice.

    Pic to prove my point and to lay claim for future years that the top of the Rue De Rivoli is now "Brits Corner". If the Norwegians can have the underpass corner at the other end of the Rivoli then this other end should be ours :D

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    Note the Union Flags, the picture of the Queen and of course the tribute to Bradley with our sideburns bearing fans :D
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  • ALaPlage
    ALaPlage Posts: 732
    Another Brit Fans picture. These Guys also hung a Club Jersey up from Kingston Wheelers so if anyone from the club knows them say chapeau from me for a great home made poster.

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    ALaPlage wrote:
    Another Brit Fans picture. These Guys also hung a Club Jersey up from Kingston Wheelers so if anyone from the club knows them say chapeau from me for a great home made poster.

    GoWiggo9268.jpg

    Ah, kids realising the realities of watching pro-cycling live.

    A lot of time hanging around, guarding your spot on the pavement....

    Funny how you always forget that bit.
    _
  • ALaPlage
    ALaPlage Posts: 732
    Another pic I took which I'm pleased with as it captures the Train in full flow.

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    nevman wrote:
    tumblr_m7kxxpQOjr1qhkr42o1_400.png

    Not mine but worth posting for the joy on both faces.

    Saw this on the news this morning and reckon it's only a matter of time before someone moans about him being irresponsible. Not only not wearing a helmet but also encouraging his lad not to wear one. The pro helmet lobby are going to be incensed!!
  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    Pross wrote:
    nevman wrote:
    tumblr_m7kxxpQOjr1qhkr42o1_400.png

    Not mine but worth posting for the joy on both faces.

    Saw this on the news this morning and reckon it's only a matter of time before someone moans about him being irresponsible. Not only not wearing a helmet but also encouraging his lad not to wear one. The pro helmet lobby are going to be incensed!!
    Just realised in that pic Adidas gave Wiggo a pair of special Gazelle's there. Nice.
    EDIT: they are a standard colourway they do, didn't realise.
  • Gazzetta67
    Gazzetta67 Posts: 1,890
    Watching programmes this morning like "The Wright Stuff" on channel 5 makes you realise how ignorant most folk are about pro cycling and the fact that they had 2 "Comedian's" on a serious discussion programme taking the P*ss at every turn regarding wiggins,the tour etc made my blood boil. I was waiting on the usual "They are all doped up anyway"

    PS. Jeremy Vine on Radio 2 NOW between 1-2pm discussing wiggins win and asking if its less "Skillfull" than say winning wimbledon or the world cup than winning the tour ????? F***ing Neanderthals that we have in this country :evil:
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,554
    Seeing as Brits can't win either Wimbledon or the (soccer) world cup, it's a pretty redundant question! :mrgreen:
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Gazzetta67 wrote:
    Watching programmes this morning like "The Wright Stuff" on channel 5 makes you realise how ignorant most folk are about pro cycling and the fact that they had 2 "Comedian's" on a serious discussion programme taking the P*ss at every turn regarding wiggins,the tour etc made my blood boil. I was waiting on the usual "They are all doped up anyway"

    PS. Jeremy Vine on Radio 2 NOW between 1-2pm discussing wiggins win and asking if its less "Skillfull" than say winning wimbledon or the world cup than winning the tour ????? F***ing Neanderthals that we have in this country :evil:

    You really shouldn't listen to Jeremy Vine, they have Radio 2 on in our warehouse and whenever I go out there I find myself getting angry after listening to that programme for just a few minutes. There is a reason why serious programmes employ experts to comment on the issues of the day, rather than getting the opinion of Mildred from Tunbridge Wells. If I want to know the opinion of the man on the street then i'd talk to myself in the mirror.

    As for "The Wright Stuff"....
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Gazzetta67 wrote:
    Watching programmes this morning like "The Wright Stuff" on channel 5 makes you realise how ignorant most folk are about pro cycling and the fact that they had 2 "Comedian's" on a serious discussion programme taking the P*ss at every turn regarding wiggins,the tour etc made my blood boil. I was waiting on the usual "They are all doped up anyway"

    PS. Jeremy Vine on Radio 2 NOW between 1-2pm discussing wiggins win and asking if its less "Skillfull" than say winning wimbledon or the world cup than winning the tour ????? F***ing Neanderthals that we have in this country :evil:

    The problem here, is that you're watching the wright stuff and listening to radio 2.
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  • Gazzetta67
    Gazzetta67 Posts: 1,890
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Gazzetta67 wrote:
    Watching programmes this morning like "The Wright Stuff" on channel 5 makes you realise how ignorant most folk are about pro cycling and the fact that they had 2 "Comedian's" on a serious discussion programme taking the P*ss at every turn regarding wiggins,the tour etc made my blood boil. I was waiting on the usual "They are all doped up anyway"

    PS. Jeremy Vine on Radio 2 NOW between 1-2pm discussing wiggins win and asking if its less "Skillfull" than say winning wimbledon or the world cup than winning the tour ????? F***ing Neanderthals that we have in this country :evil:

    The problem here, is that you're watching the wright stuff and listening to radio 2.

    It's pouring down here so i cant go out on my bike poor me :( - least its not jeremy kyle i watched :D
  • luckao
    luckao Posts: 632
    A ridiculously contemptuous question. If they are more challenging in some way, so what? You need to first master those qualities in order to succeed. Instead of playing down Wiggins' achievement and undermining it with useless comparisons, they should be asking what football and tennis could learn from British cycling. That's too much to ask for crap radio shows designed to stimulate stupidity.

    At least most of the media, no matter how indifferent they usually are, realise what a great achievement it is.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Gazzetta67 wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Gazzetta67 wrote:
    Watching programmes this morning like "The Wright Stuff" on channel 5 makes you realise how ignorant most folk are about pro cycling and the fact that they had 2 "Comedian's" on a serious discussion programme taking the P*ss at every turn regarding wiggins,the tour etc made my blood boil. I was waiting on the usual "They are all doped up anyway"

    PS. Jeremy Vine on Radio 2 NOW between 1-2pm discussing wiggins win and asking if its less "Skillfull" than say winning wimbledon or the world cup than winning the tour ????? F***ing Neanderthals that we have in this country :evil:

    The problem here, is that you're watching the wright stuff and listening to radio 2.

    It's pouring down here so i cant go out on my bike poor me :( - least its not jeremy kyle i watched :D

    What a shame, glorious here and I'll be topping up yesterday's ridiculous tan lines riding home from work in a bit ;)

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