The BB TDF Thread - May Contain Spoilers and Nonsense

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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,813
    hopkinb wrote:
    I love Peter Sagan. I'll just get that out there early.
    Hands off! He's mine.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,674
    Garry H wrote:
    He's growing on me too.

    ?! But he doesn't wear the right sunglasses.
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  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    Pinno wrote:
    Garry H wrote:
    He's growing on me too.

    ?! But he doesn't wear the right sunglasses.

    I meant sans sunglasses, obviously :roll:
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,674
    I noticed he had a granny strap fitted to them since Flanders.

    Who can unclip uphill, clip back in and still win the sprint.
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  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    What were those orange goggles round his lovely neck after the race? I think I want some.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,674
    edited July 2017
    They were from Andy Hampsten's new range he launched recently.
    Sorry, did you want the goggles or the neck?
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,674
    “In the end, it was a pretty hard climb. BMC did a good job for Richie, and then he attacked in the last 800 metres and got a gap. I said, ‘Okay, I will go,’ but I caught him early, at 400 metres to go, and that seemed too far away. At that moment, I thought, ‘Oh no, I went too early again.’ Then I started my sprint and pulled my foot out of the pedal, and I thought, ‘Another mistake, what is happening today?’ But I went ahead. Michael Matthews almost beat me, so I am very happy for this victory.”

    Some guy.

    Valverde would have enjoyed that finish today. It was right up his street. Pun intended.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,719
    As Brian Smith said, that accidental unclip probably saved his sprint.
    He has a tendency to go off too early.
    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: 52,674
    PBlakeney wrote:
    He has a tendency to go off too early.

    Well, despite this...
    Anyway, who the farq is Brian Smith?
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  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    Pinno wrote:
    They were from Andy Hampsten's new range he launched recently.
    Sorry, did you want the goggles or the neck?

    Both really. Anything Sagany is good.

    He only missed a single pedal stroke due to the accidental unclip, would that really have made such a difference, starting the sprint one stroke later? I know elite sport turns on tiny variables, but this seems a bit of a stretch from Brian Smith.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,674
    If you look at the overhead view, he lost a couple of places in that moment.
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  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    Clit problems
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,719
    edited July 2017
    Pinno wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    He has a tendency to go off too early.

    Well, despite this...
    Anyway, who the farq is Brian Smith?
    Ex pro, (edit) Eurosport pundit.
    220px-Brian_Smith.jpg
    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.
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,509
    eurosport had jens voigt on commentary earlier, he was pretty entertaining
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,974
    Oh dear. :(


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,509
    indeed

    looks like sagan accidentally knocked cav into the barriers, messy

    hope he's ok
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    sungod wrote:
    indeed

    looks like sagan accidentally knocked cav into the barriers, messy

    hope he's ok

    I do love Sagan, but that didn't look terribly accidental...
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,974
    Seems to be unbroken, but his hand is bandaged.


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    Ned Boulting needs to learn that less is more, I had to turn him right down for that last 10k.
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,509
    hopkinb wrote:
    sungod wrote:
    indeed

    looks like sagan accidentally knocked cav into the barriers, messy

    hope he's ok

    I do love Sagan, but that didn't look terribly accidental...

    yeah, just saw it on replay, that was a definite nudge
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  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    He's gone. Pretty sure Cav did similar in the Olympics and won silver. Looked like a deliberate shove though.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,719
    Looked defensive to me. Academical anyway both as he is out, and Cav was on the way down before the elbow came up. IMO.
    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.
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    Farq me! What did they go and do that for? Should've stuck to the first penalty, would've livened up the green jersey. Now they've gone and ruined the whole thing.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,674
    A bit harsh. Do you think so Blakey? I'm going to look at the reply again.

    Yes, I agree.

    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/ ... stage-four
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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,327
    Sir DB has some explaining to do, 'cos like it's all his fault innit? Sez Dan Roan and the others.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,719
    Harsh? Yes.
    Cav was going for a closing gap, they both wanted the same wheel, but Cav was behind.
    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: 52,674
    Maybe Sagan was implicated in the first crash and the second one sealed the deal, so to speak.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,719
    The cause of the first crash wasn't shown on ITV4 highlights.
    No comment.
    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: 11,813
    Oh Bollox, Cav's out as well now with a broken shoulder. The tour just became doubley less interesting :roll:
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  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,509
    yep, no cav, no sagan, no valverde, for all their faults they could each add something

    everyone else waiting for someone else to attack sky, if that doesn't change it's going to be rather dull
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny

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