Tour de France 2013 - Race Chat

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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    DeadCalm wrote:
    With apologies:

    https://twitter.com/a_thomas_commin/status/350309838615633920/photo/1/large

    :evil:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Above The Cows wrote:
    DeadCalm wrote:
    With apologies:

    https://twitter.com/a_thomas_commin/status/350309838615633920/photo/1/large

    :evil:
    Sorry. I simply couldn't resist.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    DeadCalm wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    DeadCalm wrote:
    With apologies:

    https://twitter.com/a_thomas_commin/status/350309838615633920/photo/1/large

    :evil:
    Sorry. I simply couldn't resist.

    It did make me smile. Not the picture itself but the picture and the fact that you apologised for suggesting it.

    :D
    Correlation is not causation.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Well it did seem the right thing to do.

    Actually, I'm quite excited.

    I think the battle for green is a two horse race but both riders are fiercely competitive and want the jersey badly so I'm expecting a close and exciting battle.

    A contest for the white between between TJVG, Quantana, Pinot and Talansky (four great talents) should make for compelling viewing.

    I'm even hopeful that the battle for yellow could start as early as the second or third stage both of which are the kind of stages where Sky might, just might, be vulnerable. Certainly, if I was the DS of Saxo, Movistar, BMC, Garmin or any other team with aspirations of winning the race I'd be eyeing those two stages as possible chances to put Sky on the back foot early on.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    if andy shows any form in this race I demand the peloton flick him into a ditch
    "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
  • ermintrude
    ermintrude Posts: 514
    ATC you're a woman, you must be my long lost sister !
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    I was feeling excited a few weeks ago. Now I'm not. I don't know why. Maybe it is because the weather is suggesting it is February. The weather should at least suggest you may be able to dissect the stage just gone sitting outside with a beer. As it is at the moment I'm going to be sitting inside with a cup of tea under a blanket.

    I was planning on working from home for most of the Tour (I can do that now it is the holidays) go riding in the morning and do work/watch the stage in the afternoon. Now that looks less attractive as I'm back to wearing tights, ear warmers and long fingered gloves.

    Someone give me a reason to get excited, just not a picture of a sun drenched Corsica or anything Sagan related please.

    :cry::(:cry:

    Here you go, always a bonus to be at the rear

    http://i35.tinypic.com/rt0u12.jpg

    Joel, I am a woman.

    Even so, surely you can see the merit in that :oops:
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    ermintrude wrote:
    ATC you're a woman, you must be my long lost sister !

    Moo!

    In other news Team Sky release some new publicity shots ahead of the Tour.

    New official Tour de France team photo

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    And the more playful team bonding, having fun photo

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    Correlation is not causation.
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Joel, I am a woman.

    Are you?
  • confused@BR
    confused@BR Posts: 295
    @Joel... Tut Tut very bad form...

    Cross Chaining.... How could you?????
    'fool'
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    The Mad Rapper wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Joel, I am a woman.

    Are you?

    Last time I checked, yes.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Squaggles
    Squaggles Posts: 875
    Shock horror female interested in pro cycling :roll:
    The UCI are Clowns and Fools
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    he he

    Women fans of pro cycling - UNITE :)
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    ATC - I'm finding that Sky team bonding pic of yours mightily disturbing
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    he he

    Women fans of pro cycling - UNITE :)

    Word sister! 8)
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    ATC - I'm finding that Sky team bonding pic of yours mightily disturbing

    OK, well you won't want to look at the one they snapped on the beach today then...

    b8e7e23d-e0fd-43b3-af0c-1fd1f25edd8d_zpsc98541b2.jpg
    Correlation is not causation.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Squaggles wrote:
    Shock horror female interested in pro cycling :roll:

    It's a bit like walking into the LBS *cue tumbleweed*
    Correlation is not causation.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    he he

    Women fans of pro cycling - UNITE :)

    Are you a lady too?

    Perhaps you could add an avatar of you cycling with a bare bum just so that we know in future?
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Don't know how to embed this but...

    https://twitter.com/OffredoYoann/status/350345245822685184/photo/1/large
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    DeadCalm wrote:
    Don't know how to embed this but...

    https://twitter.com/OffredoYoann/status/350345245822685184/photo/1/large

    Here you go. Caption: Chris a l'air pas mal #tdf #bonnenuit

    BNytJRZCEAAhdoJ.jpg
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • cristoff
    cristoff Posts: 229
    Just catching up on presentation, have to say FDJ blue jersey looks fantastic.
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    Is the Team Presentation online any where?
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    The Mad Rapper wrote:
    Is the Team Presentation online any where?

    Not really worth tracking down. Vulgar boats carrying cyclists edge cautiously up to a pontoon, cyclists get off, troop off up some steps with their bikes, cycle through a giant chess piece and look bored and embarrassed on a stage for three minutes (waving briefly and abortively for the tiny crowd) and then cycle off. Repeat for an hour. It probably sounded amazing in someone's head after the third glass at the planning meeting, but didn't really come off in the flesh.
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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    Meh :(

    Thanks anyway.
  • cristoff
    cristoff Posts: 229
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    The Mad Rapper wrote:
    Is the Team Presentation online any where?

    Not really worth tracking down. Vulgar boats carrying cyclists edge cautiously up to a pontoon, cyclists get off, troop off up some steps with their bikes, cycle through a giant chess piece and look bored and embarrassed on a stage for three minutes (waving briefly and abortively for the tiny crowd) and then cycle off. Repeat for an hour. It probably sounded amazing in someone's head after the third glass at the planning meeting, but didn't really come off in the flesh.

    I just tuned in to see if;

    A. Contador got booed again
    B. Anyone fell off that narrow gangway into the water
    C. The interviewer asked Rowland how his Cortisol levels were holding up
    D. Contador got booed again
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    I like the FDJ kit, but more used to seeing Chabal in those colours than a skinny Jeremy Roy.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Photos:
    http://www.steephill.tv/2013/tour-de-fr ... /stage-00/

    My boy looking ripped and ready to rumble.

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    Contador is the Greatest
  • Crozza
    Crozza Posts: 991
    not as ripped as Froome it has to be said, who is verging on skeletal

    I've said it before - Tony Martin's neck is for too thin for his head
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Great L'Equipe pictures and words on sprinters via Inrng

    http://www.lequipe.fr/explore/cycling-human-cannonballs/
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    [Pedant Alert] Shame about them attributing 42 Tour wins to Cipo[/Pedant Alert]
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Above The Cows wrote:
    [Pedant Alert] Shame about them attributing 42 Tour wins to Cipo[/Pedant Alert]
    But, the poetry, but.
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