The Pre-Tour de France thread v2.0

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    A small prediction. The TT results on stage 5 will be a lot different than those on stage 20. Especially comparing the Slovenians.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    Qhubeka Assos announce a new naming sponsor, Nex Inter, and will be riding the Tour as Qhubeka-NextHash. 5 year deal agreed.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Nexinter brings you the functionality of a world-class digital assets trading platform with security and full regulatory compliance. Our operational objectives are top performance, large trading capacity, broad application, and deep market penetration


    I...errr...'kay
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    Lots of comments on social media about whether they are a viable company. There is a lot of activity in this field at the moment, and lots of venture capital, but this company is not one that is seemingly well known.

    Will drop a line to a friend who knows far more about this area than I do.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Crytpo exchange - well known hotbed of thievery.
    _
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    Unlike traditional financial institutions?
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    RichN95. said:

    A small prediction. The TT results on stage 5 will be a lot different than those on stage 20. Especially comparing the Slovenians.

    If they both get there ...I keep having this premonition roglic has a off
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    andyp said:

    Unlike traditional financial institutions?

    He has you there rick.


    Crypto is more drugs pedo rings and divorced men hiding assets from there ex wife's .

    Banking is more Rob everyone in broad daylight crash the economy then demand socialism for the rich .
    "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
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    andyp said:

    Unlike traditional financial institutions?

    Honestly, it's plenty worse.
    _
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    andyp said:

    Unlike traditional financial institutions?

    Rick doesn't get to make money recruiting people for crypto businesses though ;)
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    rick_chasey said:

    andyp said:

    Unlike traditional financial institutions?

    Honestly, it's plenty worse.
    We didn't burn him
    "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
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    Pross said:

    andyp said:

    Unlike traditional financial institutions?

    Rick doesn't get to make money recruiting people for crypto businesses though ;)
    Money is so old school.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Here's some Tour trivia. The youngest rider in the race is Fred Wright. His dad is an actor and one of his roles was in The Flying Scotsman, playing Francesco Moser
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    ddraver said:

    Nexinter brings you the functionality of a world-class digital assets trading platform with security and full regulatory compliance. Our operational objectives are top performance, large trading capacity, broad application, and deep market penetration


    I...errr...'kay
    deep penetration?

    blimey.

    now that's a film title....
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    andyp said:

    Lots of comments on social media about whether they are a viable company. There is a lot of activity in this field at the moment, and lots of venture capital, but this company is not one that is seemingly well known.

    Will drop a line to a friend who knows far more about this area than I do.

    I've got a horrible feeling that it will all end in tears :#
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,490
    salsiccia1 said:

    andyp said:

    Lots of comments on social media about whether they are a viable company. There is a lot of activity in this field at the moment, and lots of venture capital, but this company is not one that is seemingly well known.

    Will drop a line to a friend who knows far more about this area than I do.

    I've got a horrible feeling that it will all end in tears :#
    Venture capital is mainly about extracting cash, not long term investing.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Alpecin Fenix have a new lit for the tour...



    ... Presentation

    (What's the Dutch for "Psyche!")
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    Prefer the purple and orange kit, if I'm honest. At least it stands out.
    Twitter: @canocola @thedreadships
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    Took me ages to work out why I was craving a cherry Bakewell...


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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    I asked my friend about NexInter and he was less than complementary. This Twitter thread is with the former CEO:

  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    edited June 2021
    At the team presentation Froome arrived about a minute after his teammates which doesn't bode well for the future, getting dropped at this stage
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    edited June 2021
    Disappointment as the Astana presentation goes by without a drunk and naked Vino storming the stage.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • bianchi_dave
    bianchi_dave Posts: 933
    These team presentations are a cringefest. I understand its great for the sponsors etc but its among the dullest tv you'll ever see and its clear the riders do not want to be there. And what the hell was the BMX dude with all the 'mofo' music all about!?
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    bianchi_dave said:

    These team presentations are a cringefest. I understand its great for the sponsors etc but its among the dullest tv you'll ever see and its clear the riders do not want to be there. And what the hell was the BMX dude with all the 'mofo' music all about!?


    It was if someone had a quiet word and said this is a bit young for the audience. So then they sent out a fiddle and an accordion instead
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,459

    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    bianchi_dave said:

    These team presentations are a cringefest. I understand its great for the sponsors etc but its among the dullest tv you'll ever see and its clear the riders do not want to be there. And what the hell was the BMX dude with all the 'mofo' music all about!?

    I've never watched one, and never seen anything that suggested I should...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    ddraver said:

    bianchi_dave said:

    These team presentations are a cringefest. I understand its great for the sponsors etc but its among the dullest tv you'll ever see and its clear the riders do not want to be there. And what the hell was the BMX dude with all the 'mofo' music all about!?

    I've never watched one, and never seen anything that suggested I should...
    I turned down the opportunity to be in one. And hang out with Tom Boonen. Idiot.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    I like that kit
    "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
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    mididoctors said:

    I like that kit

    The Alpecin Fenix one?
    Looks great.

  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,486
    The bib shorts need to be black with a touch of yellow and purple. Looks mismatched currently.
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