Le Tour de Femmes, race chat

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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,334
    Wiebes seems to be moving okay, though the skin wounds look painful.
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,334
    If I were commentating on this my inner Kirby would absolutely not be able to resist suggesting that Marie Le Net was losing her head, or possibly riffing on her order at café stops during training ride.
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,334
    (also the passive aggressive tension in the commentary box about whether to voice the 't' at the end of Le Net is genuinely making me feel nervous)
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    Just for the record, if English coms are pronouncing Cecilie as "Sessily" then they're breaking my heart, they're raising my blood pressure daily. Say "Cecilie", I'm down on my knees, I'm begging you please...
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    Vos is such a boss
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Watched on my mobile in a waiting room. They are going to regret not putting AvV out the race.
    "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
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,728
    Vos wins again quite easily.
    Commentators claiming what a stage, but actually it was the second meh stage in succession
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  • thejimmymethod
    thejimmymethod Posts: 458
    Strong sprint by Vos.
    "Interesting" move by Persico at the end, chopped the Ceratizit rider
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,334
    Anna Henderson just then: "I remembered the descent as quite wide and open, then went around a corner and thought 'I'm not actually in control here...'"

    :o
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    Just for the record, if English coms are pronouncing Cecilie as "Sessily" then they're breaking my heart, they're raising my blood pressure daily. Say "Cecilie", I'm down on my knees, I'm begging you please...


    You might want to tell her. She says 'Sessily' when I've heard her say her name
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    On pronunciations I've noticed that the British commentators pronounce Vos's name Marianna whereas the Europeans seem to say Marianne. I haven't noticed what Iris says as I would guess that would be the correct version.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,728
    edited July 2022
    The Tour de France Femmes saves the best for last. Stage 7 is the first of two mountainous trips into the Vosges Mountains. After three hard climbs - Petit Ballon, Platzerwasel, Grand Ballon - the finish lies near the Markstein ski station.





    The Petit Ballon looms. The 9.3 kilometres climb at 8.1%



    The 7.1 kilometres long Col du Platzerwasel has an average gradient of 8.3%



    The Grand Ballon ascent is 13.5 kilometres long and averages 6.7%. The route does not descend after the final climb, but continues just below the ridge for 7 kilometres to Le Markstein.



    SÉLESTAT

    Population: 19,250
    Specialities: Alsace wines, kougelhopf, Alsatian gastronomy. Christmas flaky tree. Narreklepfer (sausages). Alsatian beers.

    Kougelhopf
    The most traditional of Alsatian cakes. The Alsatian kougelhopf is a tasty brioche with leavened dough, whose appearance is characteristic due to its mould, which gives it a high, fluted shape with a hollow in the middle.
    Kougelhopf can be sweetened with sultanas soaked in rum or kirsch and almonds and usually sprinkled with icing sugar before serving. It can also be served as an aperitif in a savoury version, with bacon and nuts, accompanied by a glass of white wine or Crémant d'Alsace.
    It is recognizable by its specific shape.



    LE MARKSTEIN

    Population: 1,260
    Specialities: Alsatian specialities, bäckeoffe, sauerkraut...

    Bäckeoffe
    Stew of potatoes and three meats marinated in Alsatian white wine and cooked in a terrine for 24 hours (literally means "bread oven"). The Alsatian Lutheran Protestant denomination respects the tradition of the Sabbath from the Old Testament of the Bible. Baeckeoffe is therefore a dish inspired by hamin, a traditional dish of Jewish Sabbath cooking.





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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    RichN95. said:

    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    Just for the record, if English coms are pronouncing Cecilie as "Sessily" then they're breaking my heart, they're raising my blood pressure daily. Say "Cecilie", I'm down on my knees, I'm begging you please...


    You might want to tell her. She says 'Sessily' when I've heard her say her name
    I'd have to see that...
    Possibly like Pogacar she's ended up saying her own name wrong because that's what everyone elses is doing.
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,601
    blazing_saddles said:

    Vos wins again quite easily.
    Commentators claiming what a stage, but actually it was the second meh stage in succession

    I wish they'd cut out all the hyperbole. Everything isn't amazing or incredible or perfect.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    No_Ta_Doctor said:


    I'd have to see that...

    The first few seconds of this, for example

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjqY1h4HXRE
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    RichN95. said:

    No_Ta_Doctor said:


    I'd have to see that...

    The first few seconds of this, for example

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjqY1h4HXRE
    Interesting. She doesn't when she speaks Danish, you might just be able to catch it in the first 5s of this:
    https://fb.watch/eAGAAMNXtm/
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Coverage starts on the first climb ... Not ideal
    "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: 28,168
    mididoctors said:

    Coverage starts on the first climb ... Not ideal

    If the host broadcaster does their usual trick of not starting the live coverage until about 15 minutes into the show, they could well miss the first climb.

    I don't think they understood what they have got.
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,124
    gsk82 said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    Vos wins again quite easily.
    Commentators claiming what a stage, but actually it was the second meh stage in succession

    I wish they'd cut out all the hyperbole. Everything isn't amazing or incredible or perfect.
    Jeannie Longo said the same as you in a rant at Marion Rousse "we've done it all before but better, the Granon, Izoard, Galibier... POE" in response to Marion's "never dreamt this day would arrive as a little girl" stich.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,168
    Wiebes already out the back. Sounds like it's a hard pace to get in the breakaway that hasn't happened and she's suffering after yesterday's crash.
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,124
    edited July 2022
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    RichN95. said:

    No_Ta_Doctor said:


    I'd have to see that...

    The first few seconds of this, for example

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjqY1h4HXRE
    Interesting. She doesn't when she speaks Danish, you might just be able to catch it in the first 5s of this:
    https://fb.watch/eAGAAMNXtm/
    Cecily or Sesily if you prefer, in fact as it is spelt. What was the question?
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    edited July 2022
    davidof said:

    gsk82 said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    Vos wins again quite easily.
    Commentators claiming what a stage, but actually it was the second meh stage in succession

    I wish they'd cut out all the hyperbole. Everything isn't amazing or incredible or perfect.
    Jeannie Longo said the same as you in a rant at Marion Rousse "we've done it all before but better, the Granon, Izoard, Galibier... POE" in response to Marion's "never dreamt this day would arrive as a little girl" stich.

    What's POE? Is it an anagram?

    If Van Vleuten wins you know that many will try to make out that the Giro/Tour double is the same as the men doing it. "Contador tried, Froome tried. They both failed. Van Vleuten does it first time. How amazing!!!" sort of thing
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,168
    kingstongraham said:

    Wiebes already out the back. Sounds like it's a hard pace to get in the breakaway that hasn't happened and she's suffering after yesterday's crash.

    And she's now a DNF.

  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,728
    Not a lot of point carrying on given these two days
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,728
    15 minutes from starting the climb and 30 minutes to climb it.
    Coverage of the descent it is.
    Not great ASO.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    davidof said:

    gsk82 said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    Vos wins again quite easily.
    Commentators claiming what a stage, but actually it was the second meh stage in succession

    I wish they'd cut out all the hyperbole. Everything isn't amazing or incredible or perfect.
    Jeannie Longo said the same as you in a rant at Marion Rousse "we've done it all before but better, the Granon, Izoard, Galibier... POE" in response to Marion's "never dreamt this day would arrive as a little girl" stich.
    I like how I have found myself just talking about the race tactics in of itself rather than what it means ....which is a discussion after tomorrow imo
    "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: 18,908
    AvV has just clipped off ..what a surprise
    "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
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,728
    mididoctors said:

    AvV has just clipped off ..what a surprise

    She and Vollering are off and running. The rest are straggling in their wake.
    Just about to crest the top and Blythe is talking about her not being in the form to do the above.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    If vollering doesn't last the distance with AvV I am red carded her team and ds
    "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
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,728
    The studio chat is actually quite embarrassing.
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