Tour de Grande-Bretagne!?

mrfpb
mrfpb Posts: 4,569
edited September 2013 in The cake stop
Why the french name?

http://www.rapha.cc/team-sky-tour-de-br ... img-_-ToBt

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  • diamonddog
    diamonddog Posts: 3,426
    It adds a bit of the romance of the TDF, Giro and Vuelta but it's still the Tour of Great Britain. :)
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    Because that way they can charge you 30 quid for a tee shirt :wink:
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    This doesn't of course explain why the English brand Rapha (who were named after a french team) decided on this name for their '1945' T shirt as the tour of britain was not called the tour of Britain until 1951, probably sounded better than the 'Victory Marathon' :D
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,366
    team47b wrote:
    This doesn't of course explain why the English brand Rapha (who were named after a french team) decided on this name for their '1945' T shirt as the tour of britain was not called the tour of Britain until 1951, probably sounded better than the 'Victory Marathon' :D

    Jesus Christ T47b - exactly how old are you?

    (You were in your mid forties when you embarked on the that unsuccessful bent bang theorisation of the AK47b in 1948)
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    pinarello001 wrote:
    Jesus Christ T47b

    :D
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • FatTed
    FatTed Posts: 1,205
    I think we should add it to this thread
    viewtopic.php?f=40088&t=12887900

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