TDF 2013 - Stage 1 *SPOILERS*

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    iainf72 wrote:
    iainf72, what on earth are you doing in this thread? I know it's the first stage, but it's a sprint stage.

    It's more interesting than watching it on TV :P

    You haven't got Jørgen Leth slaughtering Froome's riding style :-) It's great stuff, there's a man who takes his cycling aesthetics seriously!
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Corsica is definitely on he holiday list for next year. Those mountains are fabulous.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Interview with Andy Pandy... just fell asleep...
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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Corsica is definitely on he holiday list for next year. Those mountains are fabulous.

    Just a heads-up on that: Corsican hotels are bad, really really bad.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Looks like some nice mountain climbing on Corsica.
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    LMAO! Is that Brian Holm?
    Yeah, cycling's very own hipster :D

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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    emadden wrote:
    Corsica is definitely on he holiday list for next year. Those mountains are fabulous.

    Just a heads-up on that: Corsican hotels are bad, really really bad.
    Merci.

    Those bands on Cav's jersey are just weird. Is there some issue with trying to fit sponsors logo on the front and avoiding the pockets on the back?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    That Belkin kit looks better than I thought it would
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Ha ha ha Inspector Carlton of the European Fisheries. Naughty fishermen and their illegal nets. Prepare for some angry French fishermen blocking the route tomorrow now that their forbidden fishing has been rumbled by the Tour.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Just tuned in and doing ITV 4. Paul in full history mode, I think if you watch a whole TdF on ITV4 it qualifies as an Open University module.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    OMG Andy was not hanging off the back for once! :shock:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    Right, just got rid of 8 rugby watchers - all disappointed, so no Ozzies here. But all cyclists ironically, who would rather watch paint dry than watch even the TdF on tele!

    Watching on europsort,but as usual will reserve the right to turn over to ITV4 when the adverts come on, and as we speak here they come and I switch and am hearing about watchtowers and Moors and Genovans.

    So I take it that apart from Froome involved in an early incident nothing has happened.

    Visited Corsica once on a day trip from Sardinia. Agree it is beautiful.

    Finally agree we need a seperate spoiler thread for each day. Some people will want to dribble over the previous day's action before they see the evening highlights of the new day. Also, it is time that all the pre-race cr@p chat is cast into the dustbin of history.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Did you know that Corsica is the most mountainous of all the Mediterranean islands? Well it is.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    No contribution from Orica, lightweights.
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  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    Did you know that Corsica is the most mountainous of all the Mediterranean islands? Well it is.

    I thought academics frowned on using Wiki...
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Disappointed that Tour de Francis isn't "smashin it" in the commercial breaks.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    oneof1982 wrote:
    Did you know that Corsica is the most mountainous of all the Mediterranean islands? Well it is.

    I thought academics frowned on using Wiki...

    :P

    You can use it for checking basics but not as a citable source in papers, this is what I tell my students. To be fair I wouldn't have put Corsica as the most mountainous, so you learn things everyday. Now I need to see a league table of the most mountainous Mediterranean islands.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Cav looking stoney faced. Deep rims and skinsuit....
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    How could some of you praise that GB jersey?!
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    To be fair it looked alright from the front...

    Still I'm claiming Cav for the Netherlands.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    ThomThom wrote:
    How could some of you praise that GB jersey?!

    I love it, yes it could be improved with the bands going all the way around but the white background makes it a bit World champ-esque.

    Not keen on the Belkin kit. Europcar win the green kit champs
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    To be fair it looked alright from the front...

    Still I'm claiming Cav for the Netherlands.


    Why don't you claim Froome, then you can be "Above The Cound" :wink:
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  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    Belkin have learned a lot from Sky re clarity of logos. Very clear and readable. Very neat.

    Love the GB jersey being there, and especially with WC bands.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    ThomThom wrote:
    How could some of you praise that GB jersey?!

    I love it, yes it could be improved with the bands going all the way around but the white background makes it a bit World champ-esque.

    It's the worst thing that has happen to the sport.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    oneof1982 wrote:
    Belkin have learned a lot from Sky re clarity of logos. Very clear and readable. Very neat.

    Love the GB jersey being there, and especially with WC bands.

    Got to agree with you there. No squinting to read the writing. Very Telly friendly
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  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    To be fair it looked alright from the front...

    Still I'm claiming Cav for the Netherlands.


    Why don't you claim Froome, then you can be "Above The Cound" :wink:
    I reckon with those elbows he'd be a liability around the house. You'd have to superglue the ornaments down.

    I am liking the Team After Eight Mints kit.

    Oops Bertie drops his musette.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Doobz wrote:
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    Just realised this. Is this worldwide?
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    ThomThom wrote:
    ThomThom wrote:
    How could some of you praise that GB jersey?!

    I love it, yes it could be improved with the bands going all the way around but the white background makes it a bit World champ-esque.

    It's the worst thing that has happen to the sport.[/quote]

    It will be announced by Kimmage that it was a secret design collaboration between fat Pat and LA
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Wouldn't surprise me.