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JGSI wrote:
Not exactly generous odds , considering as ' lone' representative...afx237vi wrote:JGSI wrote:Anyone seen better odds than 4-1 for Sagan?
My PTP heart has said Cav... my money however...
8.4 (15/2) on Betfair at the minute. He's the only Slovak in the race... reckon he might get some help from the Italians?
He only lost that stage to LLS in the Tour because he was eating, Sagan doesn't need anyone.0 -
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Rick Chasey wrote:
From Cancellara
Gravel, deer, people eating picnics...definite crash in RP on the return leg.0 -
The Aussie kit is... beyond words.
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Le Commentateur wrote:Friday tapering
Clever Dutchies, they've put stabilsers on to make sure they don't crash.It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.0 -
Does anyone have a link to timings and the exact routing (as in which London streets). I'm thinking of heading into town to watch.
Apologies if this has been posted before.0 -
Wiggins
Contador is the Greatest0 -
Timoid. wrote:Le Commentateur wrote:Friday tapering
Clever Dutchies, they've put stabilsers on to make sure they don't crash.
I bet Gesink still manages to. And breaks something.
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RichN95 wrote:
They make me want to sing the Banana Splits theme tune.afx237vi wrote:The Aussie kit is... beyond words.
One banana, two banana, three banana, four
Aren't all Nat. Team kits crap by tradition ? Not that bad really is it?Take care of the luxuries and the necessites will take care of themselves.0 -
TheBigBean wrote:Does anyone have a link to timings and the exact routing (as in which London streets). I'm thinking of heading into town to watch.
Apologies if this has been posted before.
This is the best online map I've found recently
http://www.getaheadofthegames.com/trave ... -race.html
The timings are (allowing +/– 15 minutes as the race progresses and the actual average speeds become clear):
Men, 28 July
The Mall 10.00
Fulham 10.10
Richmond Park 10.18
Bushy Park 10.34
Ripley Village 11.12
Dorking 11.34
Box Hill loop 1 11.42
Box Hill loop 9 14.50
Oxshott 14.59
Esher 15.06
Hampton Court 15.08
Richmond Park 15.17
Fulham 15.31
The Mall 15.38
Women, 29 July
The Mall 12.00
Fulham 12.13
Richmond Park 12.21
Bushy Park 12.40
Ripley Village 13.22
Dorking 13.48
Box Hill loop 1 13.59
Box Hill loop 2 14.26
Oxshott 14.57
Esher 15.05
Hampton Court 15.08
Richmond Park 15.20
Fulham 15.40
The Mall 15.460 -
richard wants a baum wrote:
It looks like someone picked them up by their heads and dipped them up to their neck in an enormous vat of custard.0 -
richard wants a baum wrote:Aren't all Nat. Team kits crap by tradition ? Not that bad really is it?
The GB one looks nice I think 0 -
what is the GB one though is there some significance to the logo on the frontTake care of the luxuries and the necessites will take care of themselves.0
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The Belgian/Glasgow Wheelers kit is reliably awesome"In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"
@gietvangent0 -
disgruntledgoat wrote:The Belgian/Glasgow Wheelers kit is reliably awesome
Actually i like that one the exception that proves the ruleTake care of the luxuries and the necessites will take care of themselves.0 -
The Mad Rapper wrote:richard wants a baum wrote:Aren't all Nat. Team kits crap by tradition ? Not that bad really is it?
The GB one looks nice I think
It was all about Belgium. Heavyweight kit.
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richard wants a baum wrote:disgruntledgoat wrote:The Belgian/Glasgow Wheelers kit is reliably awesome
Actually i like that one the exception that proves the rule
It tickles me that GWCC thought the same and so ripped it wholesale. I almost joined them when I moved up purely on that basis. Frenchie should definitely get his application in."In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"
@gietvangent0 -
Who wants to play a game? This one's quite good: www.pinarellort.com
Warning: I may have just wasted an hour or two of your life.Twitter: @RichN950 -
Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom0
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Le Commentateur wrote:This is the best online map I've found recently
http://www.getaheadofthegames.com/trave ... -race.html
Thanks for the info.0 -
One for FF!
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W.T.F!!
Photoshopped surely? Or coming out funny on the lens?
I know Forstermanns legs are insane but that is just silly.Contador is the Greatest0 -
^^Don't fancy their chances with 9 laps of Box Hill.
Anyway, what's the general consensus on this plan? Watch the cattle on bicycles* going round and round the Surrey Hills on the tellybox, and then bomb over from nr New Cross to South Ken en vélo, allowing an hour. Then try to barge my way through the x deep crowd to witness a blur of Lycra just to say I saw some of it. Or watch it on a big screen in Hyde Park. Or stay at home.
*I'm Alan Partridge0 -
So who's more likely to get into difficulties on the climbs, Cavendish or Mickael Bourgain?
http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012 ... l-bourgain0 -
symo wrote:disgruntledgoat wrote:Namibia's Dan Craven may be my new favourite athlete.
Buying a Namibian flag now to turn out roadside just for the same reason.
Dan Craven looks like Jesus and is a nice enough bloke to be Jesus. If you see him then have a chat, he's just a really nice bloke who looks like Jesus. He did the Frome Cobble Wobble last year and he's a chatty man.
Jerry“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”- Albert Einstein
"You can't ride the Tour de France on mineral water."
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Le Commentateur wrote:Oi, get back to bed! Big day tomorrow.
Hopefully this won't be his finest moment of the games........0
