TDF 2013 - Stage 5 *Spoilers*

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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    nic_77 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    You might be the right man to take this avatar if you fancy:
    tumblr_mpb54iUhy51rhcvito1_1280_zpsb1ea7aa2.jpg
    Thank you for the kind thought... but to me the polka dot jersey is above any one rider (and I can't decide whether I warm to M. Rolland yet, despite his fine Alpe d'Huez win in 2011).

    Now that brings to mind another question (going wildly off-topic)... anyone know whether Lance still holds his Alpe corners (19 & 21 I believe)?
    http://www.afp.com/en/node/616640/

    If they've been taken away beware of going straight on at those points :shock:
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Bouhanni doing his best to climb off.
    Meanwhile, Kirby thinks he's on the attack. :roll:
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    FROOME EYEWEAR UPDATE:

    White jawbones: AFFIRMATIVE! AFFIRMATIVE!

    :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    nic_77 wrote:
    Now that brings to mind another question (going wildly off-topic)... anyone know whether Lance still holds his Alpe corners (19 & 21 I believe)?
    http://www.afp.com/en/node/616640/

    I'll try an remember to look as I grovel past on Saturday.
  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    Above The Cows wrote:
    FROOME EYEWEAR UPDATE:

    White jawbones: AFFIRMATIVE! AFFIRMATIVE!

    :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
    lol, I noticed he had gone back to them the other day. At least he's easy to spot in the peleton :lol:
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Above The Cows wrote:
    FROOME EYEWEAR UPDATE:

    White jawbones: AFFIRMATIVE! AFFIRMATIVE!

    :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
    Good. They make him easy to spot. Ullrich and Hincapie were the same
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  • nic_77
    nic_77 Posts: 929
    oneof1982 wrote:
    nic_77 wrote:
    Now that brings to mind another question (going wildly off-topic)... anyone know whether Lance still holds his Alpe corners (19 & 21 I believe)?
    http://www.afp.com/en/node/616640/

    I'll try an remember to look as I grovel past on Saturday.
    Ta. They are numbered in reverse, so 21 and 19 are in fact corner 1 and 3. Hopefully you won't be too cooked by then!! (Mind you the first km or so is one of the steepest sections.)
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    RichN95 wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    FROOME EYEWEAR UPDATE:

    White jawbones: AFFIRMATIVE! AFFIRMATIVE!

    :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
    Good. They make him easy to spot. Ullrich and Hincapie were the same


    If you put those three names in the same tweet, that's Twitter speak for PROOF that he's a doper
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Carlton still not seeming to understand that Argos-Shimano took the day off yesterday having realised that they couldn't win the stage, had no GC contender and didn't have anyone who was going to get into the yellow jersey even if they had won the TTT
  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    nic_77 wrote:
    oneof1982 wrote:
    nic_77 wrote:
    Now that brings to mind another question (going wildly off-topic)... anyone know whether Lance still holds his Alpe corners (19 & 21 I believe)?
    http://www.afp.com/en/node/616640/

    I'll try an remember to look as I grovel past on Saturday.
    Ta. They are numbered in reverse, so 21 and 19 are in fact corner 1 and 3. Hopefully you won't be too cooked by then!! (Mind you the first km or so is one of the steepest sections.)

    Completely OT, but will have done Glandon, Telegrpah and Galibier by then as well! Come to think of it it might be dark by the time I get there.
  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    "we'll be live at every stage of the Giro d'Italia"
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Stunning scenery today. The race always makes me realise how little of France I've seen (mainly the ugly bit of north west France plus Brittany, Normandy and the Ardeche which I love) and that I should start going there regularly on holidays. Makes me wonder why so many of us Brits go further afield. Great scenery, good climate and easy to get to.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    ALIHISGREAT wrote:
    "we'll be live at every stage of the Giro d'Italia"

    I thought I imagined that!
  • nic_77
    nic_77 Posts: 929
    oneof1982 wrote:
    nic_77 wrote:
    oneof1982 wrote:
    nic_77 wrote:
    Now that brings to mind another question (going wildly off-topic)... anyone know whether Lance still holds his Alpe corners (19 & 21 I believe)?
    http://www.afp.com/en/node/616640/

    I'll try an remember to look as I grovel past on Saturday.
    Ta. They are numbered in reverse, so 21 and 19 are in fact corner 1 and 3. Hopefully you won't be too cooked by then!! (Mind you the first km or so is one of the steepest sections.)

    Completely OT, but will have done Glandon, Telegrpah and Galibier by then as well! Come to think of it it might be dark by the time I get there.

    Ah, La Marmotte? Good luck - that's a tough event!
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    I do love the Orbeas that the Euskies ride
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    They should take them up that quarry to finish, sort of Strade Bianchi meets super steep Alpe D' Huez.
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Haha! Sean just admitted that he missed an incident that just happened because he was reading the paper while Carlton warbled on about the Eifel Tower!
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    I do love the Orbeas that the Euskies ride

    Decent bike this year. Photo in 2013 Gear thread.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Did you see that guy get taken out!
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  • MrTapir
    MrTapir Posts: 1,206
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    I do love the Orbeas that the Euskies ride

    I agree, I particularly like the seat post/top tube interface area, very nicely designed.
  • TheStone
    TheStone Posts: 2,291
    oneof1982 wrote:
    nic_77 wrote:
    oneof1982 wrote:
    nic_77 wrote:
    Now that brings to mind another question (going wildly off-topic)... anyone know whether Lance still holds his Alpe corners (19 & 21 I believe)?
    http://www.afp.com/en/node/616640/

    I'll try an remember to look as I grovel past on Saturday.
    Ta. They are numbered in reverse, so 21 and 19 are in fact corner 1 and 3. Hopefully you won't be too cooked by then!! (Mind you the first km or so is one of the steepest sections.)

    Completely OT, but will have done Glandon, Telegrpah and Galibier by then as well! Come to think of it it might be dark by the time I get there.

    Me too. I won't remember to check.

    I reckon they've removed him.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Graeme_S wrote:
    Haha! Sean just admitted that he missed an incident that just happened because he was reading the paper while Carlton warbled on about the Eifel Tower!

    SK, dribbling despair at CK's increasingly surreal baby chat, "Ah. I didn't see it... just reading the paper." I don't think I can forgive Eurosport for this.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    THe iron content in the soil is oxidised by the heat Carlton - basically it's rust
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    Did you see that guy get taken out!

    Wasn't watching, but rewound when CK went on about it. Fantastic elbow to the chops. We need more of this.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    oneof1982 wrote:
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    Did you see that guy get taken out!

    Wasn't watching, but rewound when CK went on about it. Fantastic elbow to the chops. We need more of this.

    Absolutely pole-axed, quite right as well.
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    oneof1982 wrote:
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    Did you see that guy get taken out!

    Wasn't watching, but rewound when CK went on about it. Fantastic elbow to the chops. We need more of this.

    Absolutely pole-axed, quite right as well.


    Bugger, missed it. Need clip. Want clip. :(
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    68km to go, break of 6 still clear at approximately 7'20"
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  • MrTapir
    MrTapir Posts: 1,206
    Who's this Ulrika Greenedge that Sean keeps talking about?
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Sean been given a new headset as apparently he was having trouble with the old one. Sadly for him that annoying and constant noise in his ears is Carlton, and nothing to do with the headset!
  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    CK'ism:

    "If you go campning round here you can get troubled by a wild bore"

    That is CK comes and talks to you while you are in your tent.

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