Team Sky - 4 Brits take on the Tour.

tailwindhome
tailwindhome Posts: 19,431
edited June 2013 in Pro race
Team Sky's 2013 Tour de France team
Chris Froome (GB)
Richie Porte (Aus)
Vasil Kiryienka (Blr)
Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr)
Geraint Thomas (GB)
Peter Kennaugh (GB)
Ian Stannard (GB)
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor)
David Lopez (Spa)
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
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  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Every time somebody starts a thread about Sky, a kitten dies.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    inkyfingers wrote:
    Every time somebody starts a thread about Sky, a kitten dies.

    It's true, I just spotted it on my way home.

    images_zps81ace22d.jpg
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    inkyfingers wrote:
    Every time somebody starts a thread about Sky, a kitten dies.


    :)

    But not at thought of kitten death :cry:
  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    2 Brits, a Kenyan and a Manx ... based on your broad broom surely Porte counts as a Brit also, based on ancestry?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    inkyfingers wrote:
    Every time somebody starts a thread about Sky, a kitten dies.

    Indeed.
    No wonder Frenchie has become such a Sky stirrer.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,431
    Crankbrother wrote:
    2 Brits, a Kenyan and a Manx ... based on your broad broom surely Porte counts as a Brit also, based on ancestry?

    The Isle of Man no longer British then?

    Froome will travel to the Tour on a British passport, no?
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    TailWindHome wrote:
    The Isle of Man no longer British then?

    Technically no, its a British Crown Dependency and not actually part of either Great Britain or the United Kingdom. It does fall under the sovereignty of Queen Elizabeth II and so that complicates matters but ultimately who cares.*

    I think another kitten just died.


    *Apologies to any hardcore Manx nationalists out there.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,431
    Above The Cows wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    The Isle of Man no longer British then?

    Technically no, its a British Crown Dependency and not actually part of either Great Britain or the United Kingdom. It does fall under the sovereignty of Queen Elizabeth II and so that complicates matters but ultimately who cares.*

    I think another kitten just died.


    *Apologies to any hardcore Manx nationalists out there.


    I hate kittens.

    :twisted:
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    The Isle of Man no longer British then?

    Technically no, its a British Crown Dependency and not actually part of either Great Britain or the United Kingdom. It does fall under the sovereignty of Queen Elizabeth II and so that complicates matters but ultimately who cares.*

    I think another kitten just died.


    *Apologies to any hardcore Manx nationalists out there.


    I hate kittens.

    :twisted:

    God the internet must be hell for you. :wink:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
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  • cyclingtazz
    cyclingtazz Posts: 7
    why not support a British team and British rides that have made the team on merit
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    FocusZing wrote:
    Team-Sky-Tour-de-France-line-up_2961381.jpg
    This picture would be a whole load more beautilicious if Bernie was on the squad...





    ...or some kittens.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,431
    Who or what does Porte remind me of?
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Who or what does Porte remind me of?

    I know exactly what you mean, it's been bugging me for an age too and I can't quite put my finger on it.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • ad_snow
    ad_snow Posts: 469
    Above The Cows wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    The Isle of Man no longer British then?

    Technically no, its a British Crown Dependency and not actually part of either Great Britain or the United Kingdom. It does fall under the sovereignty of Queen Elizabeth II and so that complicates matters but ultimately who cares.*

    I think another kitten just died.


    *Apologies to any hardcore Manx nationalists out there.

    If anyone wants to know more (a lot more) about the 'British' and Crown Dependencies watch this.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10
    www.adriansnowcycling.blogspot.com
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Team-Sky-Tour-de-France-line-up_2961381-1_zps7d0ce412.jpg

    That's better.

    Dear god, I need to stop procrastinating and finish this conference paper!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • gingermagician
    gingermagician Posts: 326
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Team-Sky-Tour-de-France-line-up_2961381-1_zps7d0ce412.jpg

    That's better.

    Dear god, I need to stop procrastinating and finish this conference paper!
    Awesome! Forget Froome-dog, Froome-cat's the daddy now!

    Scarily appropriate cat for CF, btw...
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    GingerMagician wrote:
    Awesome! Forget Froome-dog, Froome-cat's the daddy now!

    Scarily appropriate cat for CF, btw...

    Thank you GingerMagician.

    On second thoughts I've made a alteration to squad selection. Now it is much better.
    Team-Sky-Tour-de-France-line-up_2961381-1_zps7d0ce412-1_zps019b02bc.jpg
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Any chance of using your skillz, ATC, and adding those hideous white Oakleys to Froome-cat?
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Team-Sky-Tour-de-France-line-up_2961381-1_zps7d0ce412.jpg

    That's better.

    Dear god, I need to stop procrastinating and finish this conference paper!

    I bet they are all on catnip.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Any chance of using your skillz, ATC, and adding those hideous white Oakleys to Froome-cat?

    You are making me cross over to the dark side of procrastination....
    f6221a79-7c5b-4ba7-a710-ab9f4ca4010e_zps0c1f2a18.jpg
    Correlation is not causation.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Am I alone in thinking that Sky are really boring?
  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    Joelsim wrote:
    Am I alone in thinking that Sky are really boring?
    I've never heard anybody suggest that around here........
  • stanislav
    stanislav Posts: 1,151
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Who or what does Porte remind me of?
    A short Michael Barrymore
    PTP winner 2015.
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    Above The Cows wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Who or what does Porte remind me of?

    I know exactly what you mean, it's been bugging me for an age too and I can't quite put my finger on it.

    Steve-O from Jackass
  • MrT
    MrT Posts: 260
    Looks like one of the guys from neighbours years ago.....either way he's standing on a large box or the others are kneeling
  • reallyarunner
    reallyarunner Posts: 125
    stanislav wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Who or what does Porte remind me of?
    A short Michael Barrymore


    He's all Wight, but you wouldn't want to go swimming in his pool
    When a true genius appears in this world, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him. - Jonathan Swift
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    thegreatdivide wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Who or what does Porte remind me of?

    I know exactly what you mean, it's been bugging me for an age too and I can't quite put my finger on it.

    Steve-O from Jackass

    I think there's a whiff of Robbie McEwan about him that doesnt help, bit of Dan Carter too...

    daniel+carter.jpg

    He just has that antipideon sort of look about him that makes him look like lots of people
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,431
    No that's not it.

    It's something along the lines of a thunderbirds puppet or ventriloquists dummy...
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • jamie1012
    jamie1012 Posts: 171
    Above The Cows wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    The Isle of Man no longer British then?

    Technically no, its a British Crown Dependency and not actually part of either Great Britain or the United Kingdom. It does fall under the sovereignty of Queen Elizabeth II and so that complicates matters but ultimately who cares.*

    I think another kitten just died.


    *Apologies to any hardcore Manx nationalists out there.
    Northern Ireland isn't part of Great Britain (the island) either, but it's still British (technically, not trying to be controversial there). The Isle of Man is, however, one of the British Isles, and the demonym for an inhabitant of any of the British Isles apart from the Republic of Ireland is "British". As you said yourself, it's a British Crown Dependency.

    Kennaugh is Manx and British.

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