NOT the Lanterne Rouge 2017 **SPOILERS** thread

No_Ta_Doctor
No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
edited July 2017 in Pro race
Finally, after all that nonsense of riding bicycles over cobbles in the spring and hipsterish better-than-the-Tour Giro claims, the one race that really means something is upon us. Yes, the annual slow bicycle race round France is here at last. For a full three weeks our heroic contenders will be attempting to avoid getting involved in the sharp end of the race and will be withholding the beans in time trials. They'll be finding cunning ways to sneak off the back of the peloton "just gotta go for a Dumoulin, back in a tick" and trying to circumvent their DS's instructions to get in the break and make it stick. In amongst the natural contenders will be those who strike it lucky in the sprint stages by striking the tarmac and getting a hurty or who manage to get caught behind someone else's pileup.

With a wet 14km TT to kick off the opening stage there's a good chance for someone to grab an early lead. The race won't be won today, but the early contenders will be showing their credentials.

Bring it on (slowly)!

Previous years' threads:

2016 viewtopic.php?t=13066757
2015 viewtopic.php?f=40002&t=13031974&p=19640343v
2014 viewtopic.php?f=40002&t=12974594&p=18941826
2013 viewtopic.php?f=40002&t=12929927&p=18406407
2012 viewtopic.php?f=40002&t=12862242&p=17698622
2011 viewtopic.php?f=40002&t=12785852
2010 viewtopic.php?f=40002&t=12712693&p=16288611
2009 viewtopic.php?f=40002&t=12634180&p=15438937
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Erm... There's already thread for this ;)
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Blimey! I must be going blind!
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Blimey! I must be going blind!

    It's all that hair in front of your eyes.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Above The Cows wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Blimey! I must be going blind!

    It's all that hair in front of your eyes.

    Yeah, but that's my mane attraction.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    :lol:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,331
    Yeah, sorry. This would have won the Lanterne Rouge thread Lanterne Rouge by dint of arriving last, but the commissionaires appear to think it arrived after the cut-off and is therefore technically DNF. Bit like King Edward a few years ago.

    Glad I'm not the only one to get hyper-excited by it though!
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Damn commissionaires. You'd think they'd be able to grant extenuating circumstances when I clearly told them that I left the dog that ate my homework on the bus....

    I'm more than happy to let you run with the thread this year - your efforts last year were rated at 12/10. :-)
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