TDF 2013 - Stage 6 *SPOILER* Aix-en-Provence - Montpellier
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frenchfighter wrote:I preferred Vino`s thread title.
This one is just too much.
Not good about VDB - do not like the guy at all but he is good for a little entertainment with his attacks.
quite agree, mine had panache0 -
ATC, this one is for you!
Contador is the Greatest0 -
^That is a great pic Frenchie!Correlation is not causation.0
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Le Commentateur wrote:Can we have SPOILER written out in full? Just in case someone misses it...
Re: fine – Mamils imitate their heroes, hence the crap littering the road on every sportive.
Good points Le Commentateur and it ends up being another stick for the anti-cycling lobby to beat us with.0 -
Yellow Peril wrote:Le Commentateur wrote:Can we have SPOILER written out in full? Just in case someone misses it...
Re: fine – Mamils imitate their heroes, hence the crap littering the road on every sportive.
Good points Le Commentateur and it ends up being another stick for the anti-cycling lobby to beat us with.
What the lack of spoiler in the title? Tough crowd :PCorrelation is not causation.0 -
Tour de jose tweeting that the arse is the best place for cycling sposorship, follwed by the chest
Can't post the Neuwsblad link sorry
(supposed to be a geology t-shirt - but I can't find one readable as an avi)We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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Does it say 'Geology Rocks'?Correlation is not causation.0
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Le Commentateur wrote:Can we have SPOILER written out in full? Just in case someone misses it...
Re: fine – Mamils imitate their heroes, hence the crap littering the road on every sportive.
Sorted.
Up until then nothing would spoil anybodys pleasure. Unless of course they wanted to wait until the stage was over to learn "Montpellier has confirmed that they have received offers for known Newcastle and Tottenham target Younes Belhanda." and that the local wine is 'Chateau de la Galiniere'. I suppose though that finding out 'The father of famous French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, he of Coulomb's Law fame, was an Inspector of the Royal Fields in Montpellier' could ruin your day if you got this between the eyes when they hadn't even got out of Ain-en-Provence.0 -
This is a good one ddraver.
(by the way, I gave in and refollowed you on twitter after your uncalled for slur on my culinary abilities)."I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)0 -
RideOnTime wrote:Le Commentateur wrote:Can we have SPOILER written out in full? Just in case someone misses it...
Re: fine – Mamils imitate their heroes, hence the crap littering the road on every sportive.
Sorted.
Up until then nothing would spoil anybodys pleasure. Unless of course they wanted to wait until the stage was over to learn "Montpellier has confirmed that they have received offers for known Newcastle and Tottenham target Younes Belhanda." and that the local wine is 'Chateau de la Galiniere'. I suppose though that finding out 'The father of famous French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, he of Coulomb's Law fame, was an Inspector of the Royal Fields in Montpellier' could ruin your day if you got this between the eyes when they hadn't even got out of Ain-en-Provence.
It's a tough audience on Spoiler threads ROT.0 -
Or if you want it to look like an actual T Shirt, try this..."I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)0
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frenchfighter wrote:ATC, this one is for you!Twitter: @RichN950
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RichN95 wrote:frenchfighter wrote:ATC, this one is for you!
Have they got trapped in the luggage rack?
again.0 -
Makee that snap of Kwiatowski black and white and you could probably pass it off as a young Maertens.0
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inkyfingers wrote:This is a good one ddraver.
(by the way, I gave in and refollowed you on twitter after your uncalled for slur on my culinary abilities).
Ahhhhhh so youre that guy.... I'm finally filling in some blanks :oops:
I admire your dedication to the cause!We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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trying to make him lighter?
surely they should wait till the mountainss before they try that0 -
Littering by cyclists is quite a big topic in France, especially for cyclosportives that pass through the protected "Natura2000" areas.
Topically, there's a local cycling club in Montpellier called SudVelo that have a strong "Ne Jetez Plus/No Littering" message:
http://www.nejetezplus.com/
Montpellier also boasts the oldest university in the world, lots of sunshine, no Roman heritage, loads of tourists in the summer and a seemingly equal number of students for the rest of the year.
The Languedoc-Roussillon region (of which Montpellier is the capital) is the single biggest wine-producing region in the world. However, historically a great deal of the production has been low-quality wine intended for the army. This has changed recently, especially in the Hérault where the latest generation of vignerons have been focusing on quality.
The best-known wines from near Montpellier are probably from the Pic St Loup appellation (actually I'm not sure if this is a sub-appellation). Pic St Loup is the mountain 20km north of Montpellier that dominates the area: facing it is another mountain called Hortus and the valley between them is a perfect environment for vineyards. The Tour went through this valley during stage 13 last year, but there doesn't appear to be much footage on YouTube (I suspect that the TV coverage was heavily edited due to a large amount of anti-Sanofi graffiti on the roads):
There is also Mas de Daumas Gassac from Aniane, further west. Regarded as being one of, if not the, best wines of the region, despite it having the appellation "Vin de Pays de l'Hérault" rather than an AOC label due to their choice to use different types of vine to those required to be classed as AOC.
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TimB34 wrote:There is also Mas de Daumas Gassac from Aniane, further west. Regarded as being one of, if not the, best wines of the region,
Reading about that stuff last week - was staying further east, in the Cevennes - any idea how much a bottle from a reasonable recent year would cost?
I think if we're going to drink the appropriate Belgian beers throughout the Classics, we need to be quaffing regional French wine during the Tour.
Fall in love with a new part of France every time I go - amazing country.0 -
It's not outrageously expensive compared to some of the Grand Cru wines, I think that it usually costs between 30€-40€ a bottle for recent years. I seem to remember that the 2006 is supposed to be good, but I'm rahter out of date so that could be completely wrong...
Not much in the way of wine in the Cevennes that I know of, but I hope you at least tried Liqueur de châtaigne or some other chestnut-based speciality!0 -
Let's play Crosswind.0
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Need a couple of teams to work together to break things up on a day like this, unlikely, but a Sky/OPQS deal might be fun."I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)0
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TimB34 wrote:It's not outrageously expensive compared to some of the Grand Cru wines, I think that it usually costs between 30€-40€ a bottle for recent years. I seem to remember that the 2006 is supposed to be good, but I'm rahter out of date so that could be completely wrong...
Not much in the way of wine in the Cevennes that I know of, but I hope you at least tried Liqueur de châtaigne or some other chestnut-based speciality!
Liqueur de châtaigne - not that old chestnut.0 -
frenchfighter wrote:French champion Thibaut Pinot checks on his teammate
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-fran ... 72032:roll:
Is that a Movistar rider holding Pinot's bike as he attends to his team-mate? Truly a gentleman of the road. Well done, Sir.
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Mistral picking up – crosswinds bound to be creating echelons. Could be a hard day, potentially disastrous for any GCer caught the wrong side of a split.0
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Didn't the local vignerons in Languedoc-Roussillon disrupt the Tour one year over attempts by the central government to place quality controls on their wine production or am I just making that up? It may not have been in the Department of Hérault, I think it was further south in Aude.
Interestingly in the Aude a lot of the wine is produced by local co-operatives. Families still own vines and many of the grapes are still harvested by hand, with families re-uniting and three or four generations out picking grapes in September. Alternatively you can hire a grape-picker from the local co-op but it is quite pricey, but it does all mean you see Parisian looking solicitors or some such playing at being farmers. The grape juice that pours from the trailers full of grapes is fun too, it makes the roads really, really sticky and sickly sweet smelling and it means you come back from a ride smelling like you slept in a vat of wine.
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Le Commentateur wrote:Mistral picking up – crosswinds bound to be creating echelons. Could be a hard day, potentially disastrous for any GCer caught the wrong side of a split.
Sometimes it pays to be old and wise and not young and strong. Oh no I didn't!0 -
I love the characteristic sound of bike tyres on grape-sticky tarmac.
Hasn't the stage started yet, or did all the bikes get nicked in Marseille last night?0 -
Above The Cows wrote:The grape juice that pours from the trailers full of grapes is fun too, it makes the roads really, really sticky and sickly sweet smelling and it means you come back from a ride smelling like you slept in a vat of wine.
Non Monsieur Gendarme, c'est le jus de raisin sur la route....hiccup....vraiment0