Posts of the Tour 2019

Lanterne_Rogue

Can't believe nobody's started this yet, so let's get going:

KingstonGraham wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

Really smashing scenery.

Just switched on to see after this comment, and it wasn't quite what I was expecting. Was an advert for holidays in Almeria.

No_Ta_Doctor

ddraver wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

KnightOfTheLongTights wrote:

No one's mentioned Alaphillipe yet?

Probably a bit difficult to slip into a break wearing yellow.

I dunno, just do it going Schtop Schtop Schtop, Ik find haaring echt lekker, Warr is die Fiestje? and everyone might just assume your a lost Lotto Jumbo rider...

DeadCalm

Above The Cows wrote:

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Riders currently enjoying a Sunday afternoon toodle, but anything could happen at the back end.

Just ask Tom Dumoulin.

above_the_cows

Temporally specific this one but...

RichN95 wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

Gweeds wrote:

Imagine being dim enough to send 4th on GC back for water bottles on a day with crosswinds.

Not a good 24 hours for Kiwis.

His GC challenge is super over?

Lanterne_Rogue

Above The Cows wrote:

Ha ha ha ha the Jumbo dinner table is going to be interesting this evening.

George Bennett will be serving the drinks.

Sort of comment that registers on the Scoville scale.

Lanterne_Rogue

Pross wrote:

mamil314 wrote:

'Max Schachmann has made to the finishing line, but with great difficulty...'

At last, a race experience I can share with a pro cyclist.

No_Ta_Doctor

ShutupJens wrote:

DeadCalm wrote:

This quote from Movistar manager Eusebio Unzué made me chuckle.

"We knew this strategy would give us a real measure of how we’re going, and we’ve found that out."

When I was racing, if I was sat in the bunch not struggling to hold on or anything, I used to attack to see how the legs felt, usually within the first quarter or so of the race. If I was going well I might stay out for a few miles, if I was going badly I would get caught and often shelled fairly soon after

It won't surprise many people to know that my best results started to come when I stopped doing that

No_Ta_Doctor

I felt there was a general high quality of posting this year, which possibly made finding stand-out posts difficult. This years Post of The Tour thread doesn't reflect that there were loads of good posts that were worth a nomination.

This made me giggle though:

Slim Boy Fat wrote:

Sagan and Nibs taking the wee-wee out of Bardet's shorts.

hypster

This one made me spit my tea out!

lettingthedaysgoby wrote:

This is the longest turn on the front Kwiato has done all tour.

slim_boy_fat

Blazing Saddles wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

Did I miss the team classification presentation? Damn!

They couldn't do it.
Half the team were at the podium, but the other half had gone up the road.

ddraver

BS with a late entry to win the Tour

And people complain about no attacking on the last day!!