Tour de France 2013 - Race Chat

above_the_cows

Macaloon wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

[Pedant Alert] Shame about them attributing 42 Tour wins to Cipo[/Pedant Alert]

But, the poetry, but.

pb21

Apologies if aleady asked but which stages would people reccomend taking off work to watch.

Obviously the AdH stage on the 18th is a no brainer, any others?

Macaloon

"I don't think Alberto would have been super-chuffed losing 2:17 or whatever it was to me in a time trial."

"I've seen people having their two bobs worth saying that last year was a boring Tour, but that's their opinion and they love to voice it."

Titchy Richie http://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/richie-porte/new-hair-cut-new-bike-must-be-time-for-the-tour-de-france

Richmond Racer

Macaloon wrote:

"I don't think Alberto would have been super-chuffed losing 2:17 or whatever it was to me in a time trial."

"I've seen people having their two bobs worth saying that last year was a boring Tour, but that's their opinion and they love to voice it."

Titchy Richie http://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/richie-porte/new-hair-cut-new-bike-must-be-time-for-the-tour-de-france

Love Richie. Basically saying FU on a number of points in that blog.

above_the_cows

Richmond Racer wrote:

Macaloon wrote:

"I don't think Alberto would have been super-chuffed losing 2:17 or whatever it was to me in a time trial."

"I've seen people having their two bobs worth saying that last year was a boring Tour, but that's their opinion and they love to voice it."

Titchy Richie http://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/richie-porte/new-hair-cut-new-bike-must-be-time-for-the-tour-de-france

Love Richie. Basically saying FU on a number of points in that blog.

This was my favourite: "I've had a few sleep-ins cut short as well. In the last three weeks, with the Dauphiné I've been tested nine times – three or four of those have been out-of-competition. People said at the start of the year that there wasn't a hell of a lot of testing out-of-competition but we were still getting it at races. In the lead-up to the Tour, the stakes are just that much higher so the testers have been busy. Now, people will probably suggest 'oh, he's being target-tested,' but you know what? Stuff it. If you're doing the Tour, this is normal; there's a lot more testing."

Us titchy people can be quite gobby.

RideOnTime

Geraint Thomas is concerned about 1st day carnage without a Prologue;

http://d2ride.co.uk/News-and-Blog.php

frenchfighter

Macaloon wrote:

"I don't think Alberto would have been super-chuffed losing 2:17 or whatever it was to me in a time trial."

"I've seen people having their two bobs worth saying that last year was a boring Tour, but that's their opinion and they love to voice it."

Titchy Richie http://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/richie-porte/new-hair-cut-new-bike-must-be-time-for-the-tour-de-france

1. He pretty much states there that Sky are boring and this year will be different because of the Spanish GT riders.
2. He likely reads the forums a lot.
3. Only one spelling mistake.
4. I like these insights.
5. When he says Chris rode without an SRM for one part of one race, A. it doesn`t matter but B. I presume the SRM here from the stage he refers to is not working?

above_the_cows

In other news, someone still has to make it ALL ABOUT HIM

Lance Armstrong says Tour de France wins were 'impossible' without doping

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/jun/28/lance-armstrong-tour-de-france-doping

Macaloon

Above The Cows wrote:

In other news, someone still has to make it ALL ABOUT HIM

Lance Armstrong says Tour de France wins were 'impossible' without doping

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/jun/28/lance-armstrong-tour-de-france-doping

Journos and doperati disgracing themselves with glee at the prospect of the rehabbed prodigal cash-cow.

above_the_cows

Macaloon wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

In other news, someone still has to make it ALL ABOUT HIM

Lance Armstrong says Tour de France wins were 'impossible' without doping

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/jun/28/lance-armstrong-tour-de-france-doping

Journos and doperati disgracing themselves with glee at the prospect of the rehabbed prodigal cash-cow.

It's the cycling press equivalent of sex for a tabloid or cellulite for The Daily Mail. Doping sells.

EDIT - And of course the more it gets talked about in cycling the more people think its only cycling that has a problem and then they get interested in the problem and thus further construct the dominant narrative, and on and on it goes...

Richmond Racer

Who fancies a look at that Col de Sarenne descent?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43z6ds99 ... e=youtu.be

cougie

I've done the Sarenne - it was very gravelly with quite a few gutters across the road. Oh and unguarded drops.
If I recall correctly you descend and then have to climb again before descending to the valley floor. The middle climb wasn't appreciated by all of us. :-)

I guess it will be fine as the pack will have thinned out by the time they start it. I wonder if it will all go off on the first climb of the Alpe - or more likely the GC riders will stick together until 3k from the top the second time.

Turfle

Inner Ring posted a vid of Jeremy Roy doing that descent. I can't search for the link right now, but I'm sure it's easily findable.

oneof1982

Turfle wrote:

Inner Ring posted a vid of Jeremy Roy doing that descent. I can't search for the link right now, but I'm sure it's easily findable.

Try this:

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2013/06/col-de-sarenne/

mfin

TDF Countdown programme just starting on British Eurosport

mfin

Fairdoos Sagan's looks alone make him 'out-chav Cav'

adr82

Richmond Racer wrote:

Who fancies a look at that Col de Sarenne descent?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43z6ds99 ... e=youtu.be

Apart from the drops that looks in better nick than most smaller UK country roads... anyone who has the bad luck to live in an area where councils like to "resurface" roads by scattering an inch of loose gravel on top of the tarmac (and then slap up dozens of 20mph speed limit signs, acknowledging how unsafe it is) will know what I'm talking about.

Cleat Eastwood

There should be bonus PTP points to the person who guesses at what point Thomas falls off on a descent.

Richmond Racer

Cleat Eastwood wrote:

There should be bonus PTP points to the person who guesses at what point Thomas falls off on a descent.

STOP THAT NOW

oneof1982

There are 52 weeks in the year. 49 of them are not TdF weeks. 3 of them are. These 3 weeks start tomorrow.

Bring it on....

above_the_cows

Cleat Eastwood wrote:

There should be bonus PTP points to the person who guesses at what point Thomas falls off on a descent.

Does it have to be on a descent?

dish_dash

Cleat Eastwood wrote:

There should be bonus PTP points to the person who guesses at what point Thomas falls off on a descent.

Well they are going over the Horquette d'Ancizan again where he had his wobbles in 2010...

skylla

Posted this elsewhere, but deserves seconds. Here's Johnny:

nevman

Did go to Specsavers

alan_a

Cleat Eastwood wrote:

There should be bonus PTP points to the person who guesses at what point Thomas falls off on a descent.

If there is a sweepstake I'll take stage 2.

Total number of Thomas falls caught on camera - 9

oneof1982

You'll either love or hate this latest offering from the creatives at Rapha. Either way the poem will make you puke....

:roll:
http://www.rapha.cc/salute/?cm_mmc=emai ... g-_-salute

mfin

oneof1982 wrote:

You'll either love or hate this latest offering from the creatives at Rapha. Either way the poem will make you puke....

:roll:
http://www.rapha.cc/salute/?cm_mmc=emai ... g-_-salute

As soon as you gave away it was a poem it was a guarantee it was going to be awful.

What kind of people write poems like that? don't they realise the more inspirational they try to make it the more it sounds like complete and gutter guff. So much sh1te like this in TV advertising nowadays too.

mike6

frenchfighter wrote:

Macaloon wrote:

"I don't think Alberto would have been super-chuffed losing 2:17 or whatever it was to me in a time trial."

"I've seen people having their two bobs worth saying that last year was a boring Tour, but that's their opinion and they love to voice it."

Titchy Richie http://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/richie-porte/new-hair-cut-new-bike-must-be-time-for-the-tour-de-france

1. He pretty much states there that Sky are boring and this year will be different because of the Spanish GT riders.
2. He likely reads the forums a lot.
3. Only one spelling mistake.
4. I like these insights.
5. When he says Chris rode without an SRM for one part of one race, A. it doesn`t matter but B. I presume the SRM here from the stage he refers to is not working?

Oh grow up, FFS.

joelsim

I think SRM's should be banned for racing, fine in practice and training, but a race is a race and technology only makes it duller!

iainf72

Joelsim wrote:

I think SRM's should be banned for racing, fine in practice and training, but a race is a race and technology only makes it duller!

Oh noes, not again