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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    He's already apologised on twitter.

    Mountain out of molehill - welcome to the Tour.
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  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Should never have given them the vote...

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited June 2017
    Here's the AG2R response (which presumably is translated from French, so you'll get a 2nd translation from Dutch)

    "We hebben het interview gelezen. Het is duidelijk dat Jan grappig wou zijn, maar dit was toch vooral een geval van slechte smaak. We bieden onze excuses aan aan de organisatie en aan iedereen die door zich door de opmerking geschoffeerd voelt."

    We’ve read the interview. It’s clear that Jan was trying to be funny, but was very much more an instance of bad taste. We offer our apologies to the organisers [of the Tour] and anyone who felt offended by the comments.”
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  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    He's already apologised on twitter.

    Mountain out of molehill - welcome to the Tour.

    I suspect the interview was done in one language, then translated through several others and lost all context. He was trying to be funny, and as you say making reference to Dekker's biography.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    NervexProf wrote:
    good insight from Froomey - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/40436886
    This is where I miss Frenchie popping up to assure us that Contador doesn't have a grimace, and even if he did it means he's about to start farting unicorns rather than struggling in any way.
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  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    dish_dash wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    dish_dash wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jun/28/tour-de-france-2017-team-by-team-guide

    Robert Millar's preview, team by team.

    Haven't read it, so not entirely sure if it's THE Robert Millar.

    I got stuck on the first team blurb - claims that AG2R and La Mondiale are different companies... they aren't despite what wikipedia may say. :roll:

    My understanding was the ownership structure was only right at the very top; they still need to fund themselves independently etc.

    Single Group. Single CEO, Single Branding. Yes, below it all gets a bit complicated, but fundamentally it is one big insurance group - and that's the group sponsoring the cycling team. My point is that wikipedia's page on the cycling team implies that AG2R and La Mondiale are two different companies and I'm pretty sure that's where the info in 'Millar's' piece comes from... it's sloppy.

    Yup ya so right - not a specialist article and it's including inaccuracies like this... unforgivable :roll:
    Come off it - it a bloody paper!
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    NervexProf wrote:
    good insight from Froomey - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/40436886
    This is where I miss Frenchie popping up to assure us that Contador doesn't have a grimace, and even if he did it means he's about to start farting unicorns rather than struggling in any way.
    It's not so much the grimace that is the tell, but twitching at the sides of the mouth while he grimaces.

    Froome's tell is the number of teammates he has riding on the front with 5km to go. (The more he has the worse he feels)
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    RichN95 wrote:
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    NervexProf wrote:
    good insight from Froomey - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/40436886
    This is where I miss Frenchie popping up to assure us that Contador doesn't have a grimace, and even if he did it means he's about to start farting unicorns rather than struggling in any way.
    It's not so much the grimace that is the tell, but twitching at the sides of the mouth while he grimaces.

    Froome's tell us the number of teammates he has riding on the front with 5km to go. (The more he has the worse he feels)
    Must admit I took Froome's claim about his own with a pinch of salt - if you knew, why would you confirm your own habit for everyone else? In the absence of any other evidence I'll now assume it's an attempt to make someone else go at the wrong time.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    He basically said "When I feel bad, I look at my stem."
  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    He basically said "When I feel bad, I look at my stem."

    Thing is he rides with his head down far too much anyway so very hard to tell
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Just a slight observation.. but how stupid does Uran look?

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    He basically said "When I feel bad, I look at my stem."
    "...And when I feel good, I look at my stem"
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  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,451
    JSCL wrote:
    Just a slight observation.. but how stupid does Uran look?

    I don't think anyone could make those awful POC sunglasses and helmets look good
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    r0bh wrote:
    JSCL wrote:
    Just a slight observation.. but how stupid does Uran look?

    I don't think anyone could make those awful POC sunglasses and helmets look good
    You wouldn't be surprised if he had paused mid-interview to snap up a passing fly with his tongue.
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    r0bh wrote:
    JSCL wrote:
    Just a slight observation.. but how stupid does Uran look?

    I don't think anyone could make those awful POC sunglasses and helmets look good

    You say that... but I know people that covet them! Esp the sunglassess... it's bizarre..
  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    dish_dash wrote:
    r0bh wrote:
    JSCL wrote:
    Just a slight observation.. but how stupid does Uran look?

    I don't think anyone could make those awful POC sunglasses and helmets look good

    You say that... but I know people that covet them! Esp the sunglassess... it's bizarre..

    Does seem to be a trend in sunglasses to revert back to the ski style ones from the 80s. Much as I'm a Sagan fan I really don't like the glasses he's wearing this year
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    sherer wrote:

    Does seem to be a trend in sunglasses to revert back to the ski style ones from the 80s. Much as I'm a Sagan fan I really don't like the glasses he's wearing this year

    Neither does Terpstra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQEblCm8rlQ
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  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    sherer wrote:

    Does seem to be a trend in sunglasses to revert back to the ski style ones from the 80s. Much as I'm a Sagan fan I really don't like the glasses he's wearing this year

    Neither does Terpstra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQEblCm8rlQ


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  • dav1d1
    dav1d1 Posts: 653
    Sky's New Jersey for the tour. Looks more like a football top!

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Dav1d1 wrote:
    Sky's New Jersey for the tour. Looks more like a football top!

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    Is it the skinniness of their arms that make their hands look so big?
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  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    I tape my ears down to get a bit more aero, just sayin...
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    New Katusha kit for the TdF... also picking up on the white theme...

    My man Kristoff looking suitably moody given the rumours that he's out of the team next year...
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  • Flâneur
    Flâneur Posts: 3,081
    Re: Sky Kit, should help a hapless commentator name the rider, rather than picking one at random
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  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
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    Liking the red white and blue Lapierre.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    I quite like the name on the back, makes it easier for us to see when the commentator is misidentifying the rider

    Edit: Flaneur got there first
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  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Flâneur wrote:
    Re: Sky Kit, should help a hapless commentator name the rider, rather than picking one at random


    No point with Kirby, they're all called Froome for him
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    FocusZing wrote:
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    Liking the red white and blue Lapierre.



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  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Interestingly IAM weren't allowed to put names on the back of their jerseys.

    http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/lates ... eys-153396
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  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    JSCL wrote:
    Interestingly IAM weren't allowed to put names on the back of their jerseys.

    http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/lates ... eys-153396



    Favouritism!
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    The UCI said in a statement: “It’s clear in the UCI Regulations that the upper section of any jersey shall be reserved for the team’s principal sponsors.
    Daft, a good marketing idea. Rulz!

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