TDF 2013 Stage 12 ***Spoilers*** Fougeres - Tours

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  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    dave milne wrote:
    The Mad Rapper wrote:
    Just looked on BetFair, the odds are utter crap on the favourites so I'll keep my money. I suspect Cavendish will destroy everyone today.

    got 67-1 on Matt Goss last night
    £3 ew nets me c£250 for the win or £52 for 2nd/3rd

    appreciate this is definitely a punt but he wa right up there in the last sprint and got caught behind the veelers crash and for a man of that class 67-1 sounds worth it

    Didn't you get the memo? Goss is the new Tyler don't you know.
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  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Macaloon wrote:
    TimB34 wrote:
    Can anyone confirm shorts, socks and gloves colours please?

    ... I should step away from the internet & do some work.

    No need for another image on that one, ta.

    Yep, my eyes are still recovering from the earlier shocker.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Argos brought some school kids as guest riders today. Good to see.
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Macaloon wrote:
    Not much of a looker.

    30sy7aa.png
    What the f*ck. I think he's deliberately trying to look silly now :)
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    edited July 2013
    Hold on a fu.cking minute!

    A breakaway and no Europcar??????????????????

    :shock:
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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    dave milne wrote:
    got 67-1 on Matt Goss last night
    £3 ew nets me c£250 for the win or £52 for 2nd/3rd

    appreciate this is definitely a punt but he wa right up there in the last sprint and got caught behind the veelers crash and for a man of that class 67-1 sounds worth it

    I thought about it, but I just couldn't see Cav, Greipel, Kittel and Sagan all going down in the same crash. I really don't know what has happened to Goss, he was stupidly fast, but he just doesn't seem to have that last little bit of 'Oomph!' now.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    goonz wrote:
    Apparently Cav not been invited to the Boxmeer Criterium due to safety reasons...
    What was their reason for not inviting him in 2007-12?
    Something that hasn't happened before won't happen again.

    It's like Antoine Vayer saying he would turn down a place in the Royal Society - wasn't going to happen anyway.
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    goonz wrote:
    Apparently Cav not been invited to the Boxmeer Criterium due to safety reasons...

    They haven't invited me either. Same reason - I'd bring everyone down on the first bend.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    RichN95 wrote:
    goonz wrote:
    Apparently Cav not been invited to the Boxmeer Criterium due to safety reasons...
    What was their reason for not inviting him in 2007-12?
    Something that hasn't happened before won't happen again.

    It's like Antoine Vayer saying he would turn down a place in the Royal Society - wasn't going to happen anyway.

    His invitation was withdrawn apparently. So it suggests he was invited in 2013 only to have that invitation withdrawn after stage 10.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    RichN95 wrote:
    goonz wrote:
    Apparently Cav not been invited to the Boxmeer Criterium due to safety reasons...
    What was their reason for not inviting him in 2007-12?
    Something that hasn't happened before won't happen again.

    It's like Antoine Vayer saying he would turn down a place in the Royal Society - wasn't going to happen anyway.

    The couldn't afford his fee, presumably.
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  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    RideOnTime wrote:
    goonz wrote:
    Thread rules:

    No arguing
    No rock formation posts
    No local history posts

    :mrgreen:

    Sorry matey - that's a BOYCOTT from me. Need a bit of heat. Needs to know the geology and I need the local history. :):):)
    Didn't say no "I Spy" – sneak 'em in that way.
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  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    adr82 wrote:
    Macaloon wrote:
    Not much of a looker.

    30sy7aa.png
    What the f*ck. I think he's deliberately trying to look silly now :)
    "I, Robot".
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    edited July 2013
    The former rider Twan Poels, a member of the Boxmeer organising committee, is reported to have said: "We may be looking for a sprinter, but Cavendish is not that. I have seen the TV images of the sprint together with the board and I decided to take him off the list.

    "Simply put, we find his actions not very good. The jury may think he is not responsible for the fall of Tom Veelers – we absolutely believe otherwise."

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/jul/11/mark-cavendish-veelers-tour-de-france

    Volksrant not reproducing the quote from Twan Poels but it does say that the organisers condemn the actions of Cavendish.

    "De organisatie van het criterium van Boxmeer veroordeelt de actie van Cavendish"

    http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/6504/Tour-de-France/article/detail/3473975/2013/07/11/Boxmeer-veroordeelt-actie-Cavendish-Brit-niet-welkom-in-criterium.dhtml

    Same in De Telegraf

    http://www.telegraaf.nl/telesport/tour-de-france-2013/21723416/__Boxmeer_weert_Cavendish__.html

    Quite frankly it all seems a sad attempt at publicity by the Boxmeer organising committee.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Le Commentateur wrote:
    "I, Robot".

    Not messing about today. You can see the anti-attack drone holding station over his right shoulder.
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  • MrTapir
    MrTapir Posts: 1,206
    Macaloon wrote:
    Le Commentateur wrote:
    "I, Robot".

    Not messing about today. You can see the anti-attack drone holding station over his right shoulder.

    talking of the anti-attack drone, I was watching a bit of the highlights with Froome and the other riders at the press conference and i thought, Pete Kennaugh is really beautiful. He seemed to be wearing eyeliner but maybe its natural.
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Emma Pooley wants a female TdF running alongside the mens.
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  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    ok I've just come in. Hi

    Who's going to win today? Cav/ Greipel /Kittel /Sagan ?
    Predictable or unexpected?

    What's the scuttlebutt? Thanks
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    goonz wrote:
    Emma Pooley wants a female TdF running alongside the mens.
    "alongside" as in what? Same course earlier in the day?
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    goonz wrote:
    Emma Pooley wants a female TdF running alongside the mens.

    I want a million quid and a steak cookd for me when I get home.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Greipel is wearing a skinsuit today and has just changed his helmet for a more aero one.

    Someone wants the stage pretty badly.
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  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    adr82 wrote:
    goonz wrote:
    Emma Pooley wants a female TdF running alongside the mens.
    "alongside" as in what? Same course earlier in the day?

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/23271761
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,563
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    goonz wrote:
    Emma Pooley wants a female TdF running alongside the mens.

    I want a million quid and a steak cookd for me when I get home.

    I'd like people to pay to watch me play squash and five-a-side football... well, actually, I might settle for just one non-paying spectator.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Deliverance country
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  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    goonz wrote:
    Emma Pooley wants a female TdF running alongside the mens.

    I want a million quid and a steak cookd for me when I get home.

    You're 4 months too late for that ...
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Hi.

    Was wondering if someone could tell me what echelons are about?
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,549
    TheBigBean wrote:
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    goonz wrote:
    Emma Pooley wants a female TdF running alongside the mens.

    I want a million quid and a steak cookd for me when I get home.

    I'd like people to pay to watch me play squash and five-a-side football... well, actually, I might settle for just one non-paying spectator.

    I want people to pay me to not watch me not play squash or five a side football. Currently most of the world is receiving this service completely free, which is just wrong. I must be able to monetize it.
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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    Is Emma Pooley a lesbian? That will decide whether I fancy her or not.
  • hangeron
    hangeron Posts: 127
    ECHELON doesn't exist......forget you ever heard the word


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON
  • dang100
    dang100 Posts: 44
    ThomThom wrote:
    Hi.

    Was wondering if someone could tell me what echelons are about?

    I know! I know! I know this one!
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    I want pictures as well.

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