Was Alp DHuez really shut to cars for past week ?
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The worst but was the gendarmes stopping riders on Glandon Thurs/Fri at same time as cars were banned - 10am. WTF?
Yep! Crazy. Met various riders melting on Thursday as they'd gone out for an early morning ride and then been stopped on the way home without sunscreen etc.
Friday spent the morning watching the gendarmes blow whistles and force cyclists to walk down off the Croix de Fer... no joke at 9%...
In my inifinite wisdom I thought we'd be ok to be down in St J dM on Friday morning to mill around the team buses, before heading up the climb to Le Toussuire a bit. We planned to go up 4-5k, no higher. We got about 500m up before being told to get off and walk. We then got another 250m before being told that we would have to leave the bikes there and go up on foot! We'd gone with no locks so it wasn't really an option so we stayed put at about 17.5k to go.
Turned out not to be too bad as we went back down and managed to catch the end on the big screen.0 -
I saw some bloke in an Aussie champs jersey having a heated discussion with the gendarme at that point. Once they say "c'est impossible" it's really not worth wasting any breath!The worst but was the gendarmes stopping riders on Glandon Thurs/Fri at same time as cars were banned - 10am. WTF?
Yep! Crazy. Met various riders melting on Thursday as they'd gone out for an early morning ride and then been stopped on the way home without sunscreen etc.
Friday spent the morning watching the gendarmes blow whistles and force cyclists to walk down off the Croix de Fer... no joke at 9%...
In my inifinite wisdom I thought we'd be ok to be down in St J dM on Friday morning to mill around the team buses, before heading up the climb to Le Toussuire a bit. We planned to go up 4-5k, no higher. We got about 500m up before being told to get off and walk. We then got another 250m before being told that we would have to leave the bikes there and go up on foot! We'd gone with no locks so it wasn't really an option so we stayed put at about 17.5k to go.
Turned out not to be too bad as we went back down and managed to catch the end on the big screen.
We stopped for lunch before wandering up, so luckily missed all the rain.0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19667941#p19667941]Richmond Racer 2[/url] wrote:Kirby's not the only one.
Brian Smith comes out with some right old guff sometimes in an effort to show he knows all the teams have been doing in training, recons etc. A simple look through tweets soon shows when he's talking through his @rse and making it up.
Sorry....I understand i may not be everyones cup of tea but i do not make things up. Thank you.0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19667941#p19667941]Richmond Racer 2[/url] wrote:Kirby's not the only one.
Brian Smith comes out with some right old guff sometimes in an effort to show he knows all the teams have been doing in training, recons etc. A simple look through tweets soon shows when he's talking through his @rse and making it up.
Sorry....I understand i may not be everyones cup of tea but i do not make things up. Thank you.
Sorry to hijack the threads Brian, but big congrats on your guys Tour from one for Joansin rider to another!"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'"
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[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19669986#p19669986]disgruntledgoat[/url] wrote:[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19667941#p19667941]Richmond Racer 2[/url] wrote:Kirby's not the only one.
Brian Smith comes out with some right old guff sometimes in an effort to show he knows all the teams have been doing in training, recons etc. A simple look through tweets soon shows when he's talking through his @rse and making it up.
Sorry....I understand i may not be everyones cup of tea but i do not make things up. Thank you.
Sorry to hijack the threads Brian, but big congrats on your guys Tour from one for Joansin rider to another!
Many thanks....it was a nice team effort. I hope all is well with you.....0 -
CK's a great commentator, he made a mistake. So freakin' what? Are we supposed to condemn him to death because he said the road was closed for a week? Spooookie.......[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19666570#p19666570]TakeTheHighRoad[/url] wrote:Shows what you get for listening to Carlton Kirby.
But it's OK, he's MUCH better than Rob Hatch, Joel says so
'Performance analysis and Froome not being clean was a media driven story. I haven’t heard one guy in the peloton say a negative thing about Froome, and I haven’t heard a single person in the peloton suggest Froome isn’t clean.' TSP0 -
It's not just one mistake though is it?
It's repeated, and consistent.0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19670211#p19670211]TakeTheHighRoad[/url] wrote:It's not just one mistake though is it?
It's repeated, and consistent.
Although I agree with you that it is - he still had a not bad Tour - I reckon a 6 out of...no let's not start that again.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0 -
You mean he's not perfect..... are we having an anti Carlton moment?[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19670211#p19670211]TakeTheHighRoad[/url] wrote:It's not just one mistake though is it?
It's repeated, and consistent.'Performance analysis and Froome not being clean was a media driven story. I haven’t heard one guy in the peloton say a negative thing about Froome, and I haven’t heard a single person in the peloton suggest Froome isn’t clean.' TSP0 -
I don't expect perfection, and I don't want 'colour' to the commentary. I do expect better than that though.
If Rob Hatch can accurately identify rider's names, then I expect Carlton Kirby to be able to as well.0
