Tour de France Stage 5 Ypres-Arenberg *Spoiler*

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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Lieuwe Westra (Astana), Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Belisol), Marcus Burghardt (BMC), Rein Taaramae (Cofidis), Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge), Mat Hayman (Orica-GreenEdge), Janier Acevedo (Garmin-Sharp), Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r-La Mondiale

    1.10

    Brice Feillu and Visconti chasing inbetween


    Why?!
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    pottssteve wrote:
    adr82 wrote:
    styxd wrote:

    Far too many stupid adjectives in that lot.
    Where's your article about PR?

    It was published on a website called bicyclingnewsasia.com, which has now, sadly, become defunct as the guy running it found a proper job. If you want the whole thing message me and I can send it. However, I'm reliably informed that there are way too many stupid adjectives, so take care.. :)
    That was actually directed at Mr "Stupid Adjectives", I assumed he was a professional writer and as such was in a position where he was qualified to criticise your efforts :P
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    They should come back to England for some nice weather.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • jamie1012
    jamie1012 Posts: 171
    This is 50m from the finish. Imagine if there was a bunch sprint :shock:

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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    jamie1012 wrote:
    This is 50m from the finish. Imagine if there was a bunch sprint :shock:

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    Pfff, stick a guy in the middle with a flag, problem solved.

    :D
  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    FF, fancy a coffee later?
    Half man, Half bike
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    the Inner Ring ‏@inrng 2m

    TV says Chris Froome has 4 layers of bar tape on the right side of his bars, 2 layers on the left to help soften the ride

    --

    Why doesn't he just have four on both sides to even things out?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    josame wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    styxd wrote:
    pottssteve wrote:
    Evening All,

    Here's an excerpt from an article wot I wrote about Paris Roubaix:

    "First run in 1896, the Paris-Roubaix cycle race is a relic of a long-dead time, an age of mustard gas, polio, and dentistry without anaesthetic. It’s a clown whose rictus mask slips to expose a vacant skull. It’s an adults only performance of sadomasochistic acts, a twisted show of freaks. It’s an ill-advised teen camping trip to an out-of-season forest cabin. It’s the pale figure at an unlocked window in the middle of the night. It’s the pubic hair in your soup du jour.
    Of course, what makes this ride like the devil is the roads on which it is ridden. Altogether, over 50km of the race is run on cobblestones. This pavé is terrible, a broken, twisted mass of smooth polished stone. Once, when newly laid, it must have been a level surface through the rutted, lumpen fields. Now, however, years of frost, rain and baking sun have splayed the stones, widening the joints into jarring, frantic clefts. Its a lunatic fairground ride, a medieval torture apparatus on which the riders are pulled taught, their ligaments cracking like whips as they lurch and grate. Their hands on the bars are knots in rope, chests heave, and mouths gape, sucking in the dank, pine forest air. This is a race for the heavy men, the roulers. Climbers cannot ride this race; the tiny riders quiver like butterflies in the killing jar."


    Bring it on..!

    Steve

    Far too many stupid adjectives in that lot.

    Thanks for that, when can we expect the announcement of your place on this year's Booker jury?

    styxd has a point - after reading that I feel like I've chewed on a bit of pave

    Job done! If you think this one's bad you should read the review I wrote about the Van Nicholas I rode! :lol:
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Froome down.
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Shoot.

    Froome down. Froome down.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    The crashing begins... Froome down already
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Froome off again...
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    FROOME DOWN NO TEAMMATES

    STRAIGHT LINE CRASH

    FDJ RIDER DOWN AS WELL
    Contador is the Greatest
  • oscarbudgie
    oscarbudgie Posts: 850
    Frooome down again
    Cannondale Supersix / CAAD9 / Boardman 9.0 / Benotto 3000
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    The uneven bar tape's made him all unbalanced.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Well at least it was his right side this time and not the left again
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    WTF are his teammates. Come on boys get the hell down to pace him.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Being paced back by a BMC fella!
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    RIGHT SIDE ROAD RASH
    Contador is the Greatest
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,710
    Other side, this time.
    He's not winning this race, that's for sure.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • type:epyt
    type:epyt Posts: 766
    Above The Cows wrote:
    The uneven bar tape's made him all unbalanced.

    That will be post of the day, chapeau!
    Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Only half been paying attention as it's still early, but Froome really doesn't look to be enjoying the conditions there, does he? Bit like a skinny Ullrich.
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    FF has just discovered caps lock?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    LEFT HAND IN A SUPPORT SOMETHING. STRONGMAN.

    ONE MINUTE BACK
    Contador is the Greatest
  • oscarbudgie
    oscarbudgie Posts: 850
    That Sky Rapha lycra sure tears easy
    Cannondale Supersix / CAAD9 / Boardman 9.0 / Benotto 3000
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    edited July 2014
    Froome, the most hated man in the peloton with a kind BMC chap pacing him back up. Sky rider dropping back to get him as well.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Three teammates and the car pacing.

    Peloton have eased up noticeably.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Froome a minute back??
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    This is not how I want the Tour de France decided.

    I want gladitorial mountain scraps.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Give me more
    Give me more Posts: 487
    adr82 wrote:
    FF has just discovered caps lock?

    Nah he's so excited about SKY have trouble that he's been continuously holding shift for the last 5 minutes

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