The BB 'Not a Pro Race' thread... NO SPOILERS PLEASE

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  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    Great weather today, hailstones like bricks at the finish:
    Team Sky's Geraint Thomas on ITV4: "The rain is actually quite nice, it's like being back in Wales.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,283
    mrfpb wrote:
    Have they introduced a points system for cylist/spectaror "interface" yet? There was a really decent one today. Maybe they could have a "Green Cross Code" jersey.

    Idiots galore today. However, there was something very easy on the eye in a bikini running along.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • dav1d1
    dav1d1 Posts: 653
    Pinno wrote:
    mrfpb wrote:
    Have they introduced a points system for cylist/spectaror "interface" yet? There was a really decent one today. Maybe they could have a "Green Cross Code" jersey.

    Idiots galore today. However, there was something very easy on the eye in a bikini running along.


    Ahh not Stevo again??? :D
  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,691
    Pinno wrote:
    mrfpb wrote:
    Have they introduced a points system for cylist/spectaror "interface" yet? There was a really decent one today. Maybe they could have a "Green Cross Code" jersey.

    Idiots galore today. However, there was something very easy on the eye in a mankini running along.
    FTFY
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  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,973
    Pinno wrote:

    Idiots galore today. However, there was something very easy on the eye in a bikini running along.

    Didn't see the bikini (not that I saw much of yesterday, at all), but people running alongside the riders really makes me fume.

    If I'd been waiting all day and then my view was blocked by some silly tosser who was running between me and the bikes, I think I'd have to lamp him.


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,291
    Capt Slog wrote:
    If I'd been waiting all day and then my view was blocked by some silly tosser who was running between me and the bikes, I think I'd have to lamp him.
    I have observed a few runners getting pushed into the ditch in the past. I always chuckle.
    I saw the bikini clad female. Obviously well endowed as she was struggling to constrain movement. :lol:
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,661
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Capt Slog wrote:
    If I'd been waiting all day and then my view was blocked by some silly tosser who was running between me and the bikes, I think I'd have to lamp him.
    I have observed a few runners getting pushed into the ditch in the past. I always chuckle.
    I saw the bikini clad female. Obviously well endowed as she was struggling to constrain movement. :lol:
    We need a clip or how many mins of cycling we need to fast forward for said moment please.
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,661
    I was expecting an accident with the amount of idiots trying to get on TV whilst running with the cyclists.
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,291
    seanoconn wrote:
    We need a clip or how many mins of cycling we need to fast forward for said moment please.
    I was watching live so no real timescale.
    At a guess, 20 minutes from the finish.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,805
    seanoconn wrote:
    I was expecting an accident with the amount of idiots trying to get on TV whilst running with the cyclists.
    Highlights and the fast forward button may be useful.
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  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    seanoconn wrote:
    I was expecting an accident with the amount of idiots trying to get on TV whilst running with the cyclists.
    I was thinking of the guy that got hit and flattened by a cyclist when trying to cross the road - he looked like he expected the riders to stop at the zebra crossing.
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    seanoconn wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Capt Slog wrote:
    If I'd been waiting all day and then my view was blocked by some silly tosser who was running between me and the bikes, I think I'd have to lamp him.
    I have observed a few runners getting pushed into the ditch in the past. I always chuckle.
    I saw the bikini clad female. Obviously well endowed as she was struggling to constrain movement. :lol:
    We need a clip or how many mins of cycling we need to fast forward for said moment please.

    First comment on the lady in question was 3:16pm forum time (ie 4:16 UK time) The guy getting hit was at 3:54 UK time approx
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,283
    Dav1d1 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    mrfpb wrote:
    Have they introduced a points system for cylist/spectaror "interface" yet? There was a really decent one today. Maybe they could have a "Green Cross Code" jersey.

    Idiots galore today. However, there was something very easy on the eye in a bikini running along.

    Ahh not Stevo again??? :D

    A fifty something old wrinkly super waif with bottle bottomed glasses is hardly 'easy on the eye'.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,322
    Pinno wrote:
    Dav1d1 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    mrfpb wrote:
    Have they introduced a points system for cylist/spectaror "interface" yet? There was a really decent one today. Maybe they could have a "Green Cross Code" jersey.

    Idiots galore today. However, there was something very easy on the eye in a bikini running along.

    Ahh not Stevo again??? :D

    A fifty something old wrinkly super waif with bottle bottomed glasses is hardly 'easy on the eye'.
    Hah, can't have been me. I don't wear my specs when I'm out running :)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,283
    Crazy end of a stage, f*ckin brilliant.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,291
    Superb awareness, improvisation and tactics.
    Long time since a Yellow Jersey has led from the front like that!
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,269
    I've missed two days on the trot now, one due to work and one due to wine. I'll probably miss tonight too but that''ll be down to the bike.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,291
    Should be a good stage today.
    The reduced stage should make it more explosive. If Quintana is interested that is.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,283
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Should be a good stage today.
    The reduced stage should make it more explosive. If Quintana is interested that is.

    I think it's only reduced by 400 metres.

    Froome looks fresh as a daisy, I doubt Quintana will put anything into Froome even if he does go on the attack. Be interesting to see how Adam Yates gets on.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,291
    Pinno wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Should be a good stage today.
    The reduced stage should make it more explosive. If Quintana is interested that is.

    I think it's only reduced by 400 metres.

    Froome looks fresh as a daisy, I doubt Quintana will put anything into Froome even if he does go on the attack. Be interesting to see how Adam Yates gets on.
    From the highlight show last night, it is reduced down to the tree line at the Chateau Reinard due to high winds. Quite a bit from memory of a bare landscape.
    Edit - 6km of climbing to the top knocked off apparently. Should still leave room for attacks.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,973
    Oh Look! a chappy in a mankini running with the riders! Gosh, how original, you'd wonder how they think it up. :evil:


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,269
    Capt Slog wrote:
    Oh Look! a chappy in a yellow top running with the riders!


    FTFY.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,973
    homers double wrote:
    Capt Slog wrote:
    Oh Look! a chappy in a yellow top running with the riders!


    FTFY.

    :lol:

    But in all seriousness, it was probably one of those complete and utter twunts who caused the problem. Did you notice the 'fan' with a placard determined to get in the way after the incident, even though he must have seen the carnage that getting in the bloody way had already caused.


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,291
    homers double wrote:
    Capt Slog wrote:
    Oh Look! a chappy in a yellow top running with the riders!


    FTFY.
    Thanks for that! Really, cheers!
    Yet another site to blank until later in the night. Bye folks.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,322
    PBlakeney wrote:
    homers double wrote:
    Capt Slog wrote:
    Oh Look! a chappy in a yellow top running with the riders!


    FTFY.
    Thanks for that! Really, cheers!
    Yet another site to blank until later in the night. Bye folks.
    That wasn't a spoiler was it? :lol:

    If spectators went onto a downhill course like that they'd get decked.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,283
    PBlakeney wrote:
    homers double wrote:
    Capt Slog wrote:
    Oh Look! a chappy in a yellow top running with the riders!


    FTFY.
    Thanks for that! Really, cheers!
    Yet another site to blank until later in the night. Bye folks.

    As referee and original OP, I hereby order you to do as the Romans do (metaphorically speaking) and get into the BB spirit.

    Now, can someone tell me about the UCI decision today regarding Froome/Porte? I'd rather not trawl Pro Race.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,269
    All riders in the affected group given the time difference at the point of the incident. Froome gained time on the rest off the GC.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,269
    Allegedly... For blackeney.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Now that I don't understand - I thought it was bicycle race, not a running race. Can someone please explain?
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Now that I don't understand - I thought it was bicycle race, not a running race. Can someone please explain?

    Froome, being a regular lurker in Pro Race, was getting fed up with comments about the Tour getting dull. All the downhill top tube hugging and uphill fell running is to brighten our working days.

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