2014 TdF
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Could also be Nieve, he's quite teeny weeny (although I think Porte is titchier) and both had full-length tights on during the training ride.adr82 wrote:Sky are out on a training ride according to their FB page... I also noticed this photo from it:
Is that Richie Porte on the left??? :P It looks like a kid riding alongside them, albeit a kid in full team kit...Correlation is not causation.0 -
Map showing where's the greatest likelihood of seeing cows in France during this year’s Tour.
It'll be 'vachement difficile'.
Only a few brief chances - about a third of the way through stage 4, halfway through stages 7 and 18, and the beginning of stage 19.
(The green shows the main cow areas, the black line shows the rough Tour route)
Cow lovers obviously need to push Monsieur Prudhomme for moo-re Tour stages through Burgundy and the Massif Central.0 -
What about horses?0
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What's all that cloud doing there? Are we due some appropriately Yorkshire weather?adr82 wrote:
Sky are out on a training ride according to their FB page... I also noticed this photo from it:TMR wrote:So what's happening today for the Teams? Training? Anything on TV later?
Is that Richie Porte on the left??? :P It looks like a kid riding alongside them, albeit a kid in full team kit...0 -
iainf72 wrote:Lack of Impey strange, but hey ho.
Yellow on stage 2 is between someone on OGE and Sagan. You heard it here first
Kristoff a good bet too if he is going well IMO.0 -
This is FdJ scouting stage 17:knedlicky wrote:Map showing where's the greatest likelihood of seeing cows in France during this year’s Tour.
It'll be 'vachement difficile'.
Only a few brief chances - about a third of the way through stage 4, halfway through stages 7 and 18, and the beginning of stage 19.
(The green shows the main cow areas, the black line shows the rough Tour route)
Cow lovers obviously need to push Monsieur Prudhomme for moo-re Tour stages through Burgundy and the Massif Central.
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knedlicky wrote:Map showing where's the greatest likelihood of seeing cows in France during this year’s Tour.
It'll be 'vachement difficile'.
Only a few brief chances - about a third of the way through stage 4, halfway through stages 7 and 18, and the beginning of stage 19.
(The green shows the main cow areas, the black line shows the rough Tour route)
Cow lovers obviously need to push Monsieur Prudhomme for moo-re Tour stages through Burgundy and the Massif Central.
Amazing work knedlicky.adr82 wrote:What about horses?
Indeed. We must have at least one beautiful horse again this year.RichN95 wrote:This is FdJ scouting stage 17:
Well that's a blessed relief. I was about to have a breakdown.Correlation is not causation.0 -
I bet their glasses sponsor (RH+?) are delighted that Tinkoff is pictured their in his O's...frenchfighter wrote:
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The four Gendarmerie Nationale cars were looking very clean and sparkly at Calais yesterday:
d.j.
"Cancel my subscription to the resurrection."0 -
adr82 wrote:
Sky are out on a training ride according to their FB page... I also noticed this photo from it:TMR wrote:So what's happening today for the Teams? Training? Anything on TV later?
Is that Richie Porte on the left??? :P It looks like a kid riding alongside them, albeit a kid in full team kit...
I was out today also and was baking in shorts and short sleeve jersey. Do pros have an aversion to sunshine or something? They must have been rather snug in all of that lot.0 -
You should know by now that the pros only take their legwarmers off for stages like the Stelvio.0
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frenchfighter wrote:Froome today. What an awful helmet.
Come on, the race hasn't even started yet. You can't go calling him names like that already. I'm sure he's nice when you get to know him!
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You should know that it's quite a bit cooler up North than in the South East today and there's rain about. It's not exactly cold at 16-17 degrees but a lot cooler than it has been. Tomorrow's forecast is pretty good though.phreak wrote:0 -
phreak wrote:adr82 wrote:
Sky are out on a training ride according to their FB page... I also noticed this photo from it:TMR wrote:So what's happening today for the Teams? Training? Anything on TV later?
Is that Richie Porte on the left??? :P It looks like a kid riding alongside them, albeit a kid in full team kit...
I was out today also and was baking in shorts and short sleeve jersey. Do pros have an aversion to sunshine or something? They must have been rather snug in all of that lot.
I'm guessing they working at such a low intensity that they risk getting cold from the windchill.
And from Laurens ten Dam's Strava data it was only 20C0 -
Various Twitter updates.
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Le Commentateur wrote:
Right, I'm off to paint "Sir who?" on some roads. See you in 3 weeks.
You have to have the music to go with it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=243BJu0zB50Correlation is not causation.0 -
^ BSE watch....a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.0
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http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/04/christophe-bassons-team-sky-chris-froome-tour-de-france-2014
Oh Christophe.Correlation is not causation.0 -
5 Miles of traffic from Leyburn back to the A1 :roll:0
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Can anyone think of anyone (in any field) that has clung to their 15 minutes of fame as hard as Bassons has? A couple of one hit wonders maybe.Above The Cows wrote:
If he had a big issue with legitimate TUEs he should have raised it when he didn't have a book to flog? The self appointed guardian of ethics using other people's reputations for personal gain.
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RichN95 wrote:
Can anyone think of anyone (in any field) that has clung to their 15 minutes of fame as hard as Bassons has?Above The Cows wrote:
If he had a big issue with legitimate TUEs he should have raised it when he didn't have a book to flog? The self appointed guardian of ethics using other people's reputations for personal gain.
Of course he knows he can says anything he wants and no journalists will dare question him.
Are people really saying now that TUE's are akin doping, that your willingness to accept a TUE is proof of a willingness to dope?
Someone needs to just come out and say enough is enough now. It's gone too far. This is silly.
As for Bassons it really is quite sad that he feels the need to flog his book on the back of Froome's perfectly legitimate TUE and then justify his criticism by making up some psychological bunkum. It is equally sad that journalists would then just repeat such a position wholesale without questioning it, but then Fotheringham clearly dislikes Froome.Correlation is not causation.0 -
Nice article on Andy Schleck: http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/07/ander ... motivated/
Nothing we didn't really know or suspect before, but a good read.0 -
Fotheringham left out quite a lot of stuff that he said, that can be found elsewhere.Above The Cows wrote:Are people really saying now that TUE's are akin doping, that your willingness to accept a TUE is proof of a willingness to dope?
Someone needs to just come out and say enough is enough now. It's gone too far. This is silly.
As for Bassons it really is quite sad that he feels the need to flog his book on the back of Froome's perfectly legitimate TUE and then justify his criticism by making up some psychological bunkum. It is equally sad that journalists would then just repeat such a position wholesale without questioning it, but then Fotheringham clearly dislikes Froome.
"Sky communicate in the same way as US Postal". OK, how exactly? And you can't speak english, can you?
"My father was a bricklayer. If he was ill he didn't take a pill. He went home and rested" Well your dad was a skiver then.
"We are now seeing riders with thin muscles producing big power". You don't need big muscles to produce 400W. Teenagers can do it - they just can't maintain it.
But no-one will question it. There's now an anti-doping 'omerta' in the media where no-one is willing to say to the likes of Bassons or Vayer - sorry, but this is b0llocks.Twitter: @RichN950 -
RichN95 wrote:But no-one will question it. There's now an anti-doping 'omerta' in the media where no-one is willing to say to the likes of Bassons or Vayer - sorry, but this is b0llocks.
Aye and it's really getting on my wick.Correlation is not causation.0
