Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle > Espelette 28/07/2018 - 31 km - Individual time-trial *Spoilers*

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  • john1967
    john1967 Posts: 366
    TailWindHome wrote:
    curium wrote:
    G the first Tour winner born in the British Isles!

    Roche

    he is Irish.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Quick word on Søren Kragh Andersen, really nice 5th place, beat the nearest young rider by 31". Great talent.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Have to say, although Thomas walked it, it’s nice to see a mixture of riders winning.

    Think all 3 guys on the podium have been pretty classy, even if I’m no Froome fan.
    _
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,459
    john1967 wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    curium wrote:
    G the first Tour winner born in the British Isles!

    Roche

    he is Irish.

    he is
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • G Hincapie
    G Hincapie Posts: 78
    Lovely scenes there with DB and Geraint. There seem to be some onions running amok near me *sniff*
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,719
    Awww Gee :cry:

    Even SDB can't handle it...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • joe_totale-2
    joe_totale-2 Posts: 1,333
    john1967 wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    curium wrote:
    G the first Tour winner born in the British Isles!

    Roche

    he is Irish.

    Ireland is part of the British Isles.
    G is the first winner born in Great Britain.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    john1967 wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    curium wrote:
    G the first Tour winner born in the British Isles!

    Roche

    he is Irish.
    Whooosh...
  • G Hincapie
    G Hincapie Posts: 78
    I am pleased Chris managed to get back on to the podium.
  • exlaser
    exlaser Posts: 268
    john1967 wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    curium wrote:
    G the first Tour winner born in the British Isles!

    Roche

    he is Irish.
    Ireland is part of the British isles
    Van Nicholas Ventus
    Rose Xeon RS
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Froome took the realisation Dumoulin was the winner very graciously. From Dumoulin's interview it sounded like they all thought Froome had it to begin with.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    john1967 wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    curium wrote:
    G the first Tour winner born in the British Isles!

    Roche

    he is Irish.

    Someone been getting geography lessons from Lance Armstrong?
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    edited July 2018
    john1967 wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    curium wrote:
    G the first Tour winner born in the British Isles!

    Roche

    he is Irish.

    It all comes down to whether you think is Ireland part of the British Isles

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles_naming_dispute
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    thomas was way stronger... and tactically perfect... i guess he had good advice from multiple sources there.

    the whole race was pretty tactical and everyone understood the tactics as they played out.
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    john1967 wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    curium wrote:
    G the first Tour winner born in the British Isles!

    Roche

    he is Irish.

    It all comes down to whether you think is Ireland part of the British Isles

    It is part of the British Isles. That is a fact!!
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    yes you won G!
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • G Hincapie
    G Hincapie Posts: 78
    A beautiful interview with G. What a dude he is.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Anyone else cringing when Rendell calls him “G”?
    _
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    I reckon G would have won if he had not slowed down for the corners. Saying in his interview that he took them all very gingerly.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    r0bh wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Sky with a 2,3,4. That's strength.

    how on earth can you fight that?

    take any just about any team leader from this years tour and they would win with that team.

    Well you could assemble a team focused on winning, unlike say Movistar who are consistently less than the sum of their parts with multiple agendas going on

    I genuinely do not understand the mentality of Movistar. It's weird. I don't blame Landa for wanting to jump ship. He went there to get to be a leader and lands in the pro-cycling equivalent of Lord of the Flies.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    mididoctors wrote:
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    I'm delighted for Froome, but feel sorry for Roglic.

    fried his nuts off on the Soulor yesterday

    Salted, dry roasted or caramelised?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • G Hincapie
    G Hincapie Posts: 78
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Anyone else cringing when Rendell calls him “G”?

    No.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    https://twitter.com/chrishoy/status/1023222629203955712

    DjM3jvbW0AAc0L2.jpg

    "2012 Olympic training camp in Newport, nervously watching Bradley about to seal Britain’s first ever Tour de France victory. Little did we know someone in that group would be winning that race 6 years later." - Sir Chris Hoy
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Oh man guys, this G stuff is super cringe.

    You don’t know the guy!
    _
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,451
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Oh man guys, this G stuff is super cringe.

    You don’t know the guy!

    Says the guy who always calls Froome "Chris" as though he's your bessie mate :lol:
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Ha the dude with the @geraintthomas twitter account is going to be having a busy few days! He better turn off notifications.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • tonyf34
    tonyf34 Posts: 194
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Anyone else cringing when Rendell calls him “G”?
    We used to have a rugby league commentator refer to a certain player by his nickname, it was just awful. Personally I think unless you know them personally/close friend then it's disrespectful and as you say cringeworthy, it'd be no different to Rendaell calling Froome, Froomedog.
  • G Hincapie
    G Hincapie Posts: 78
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Oh man guys, this G stuff is super cringe.

    You don’t know the guy!

    Is it because you think it's too friendly? I thought 'G' was a nickname he is widely known by?
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Meh, Thomas could have won ride London.
  • tonyf34
    tonyf34 Posts: 194
    Congrats to Thomas, he's now Wales second greatest cyclist ;)

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