10 things we have learned from week 1, TDF 2013...

[jarlrmai]

I don't even know what a wii u is and I don't want one, what's the other person looking at while the gimpy adult is staring at the hand-held bit?

The TV, the handheld bit is like a controller but with a screen built in, so they can play the same game but have different views.

 

[Dave Davenport]

Very strange to have a programme sponsor that encourages people to sit on their arses all day for a programme that encourages them to get outside and get some fresh air

I don't know, it can start to get into your head after three weeks. Some years ago I spent eight million quid on an executive jet (that I really didn't need) after every ad break on Eurosport during the entire tour told me it would be a great enhancement to my life.

 

[The Couch]

My golden rule for betting is never to back someone i want to win even if i think they will win

Now, that's smartly spreading your winning chances

... if your bet comes through, your happy with the money.​

... if your favourite comes through, you're happy with their result​

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Everyone misses that Tour De Francis prat (preferred over WII U)

 

[jarlrmai]

Yeah that dude, get him back at least it was cycling related.

Eurosport ads are just weird, all shadowy logistics and "globex" style corporations or strange Middle East sports academy's.

 

[The Couch]

19. Maybe it's time to start acccepting the fact that Taaramäe isn't going to be a GC contender anylonger
20. JVDB might want to get some "how-to-properly-fall" training sessions... but you got to like his tenacity for coming back from injury and focus on the Tour
21. Quintana knows how to make the Col de Pailheres look like a refreshing Sunday afternoon bicycle ride
22. Tony Martin didn't steal his nickname Der Panzerwagen
23. (Again) this year the combination Giro-Tour is too hard to combine well

 

[Crackle]

24. Thomas can't stay on a bike, it's confirmed (I know we kinda knew that).
25. Bouhanni really is a wild sprinter, like a french Abdoujaparov (and I spelt that from memory!)

 

[Hont]

26. Carlton Kirby is actually worse than Phil and Paul.

 

[Hont]

Eurosport ads are just weird, all shadowy logistics and "globex" style corporations or strange Middle East sports academy's.

And Turkish Airlines, who've given up on Caroline Wozniacki now that she's more famous for being a golfer's girlfriend and her ranking is in double digits.

 

[BSRU]

I don't know, it can start to get into your head after three weeks. Some years ago I spent eight million quid on an executive jet (that I really didn't need) after every ad break on Eurosport during the entire tour told me it would be a great enhancement to my life.

Maybe they sell handlebar mounts for the WiiU

 

[Buddfox]

The Wiggle ads from two years ago were alright.

 

[Andrew Br]

Very strange to have a programme sponsor that encourages people to sit on their arses all day for a programme that encourages them to get outside and sit on their arses

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[BSRU]

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Oops missed that link

 

[oldroadman]

... or more - feel free to add
1. Chris Froome is the best climber
2. It's a shame Wiggins isn't there as a super-dom
3. Thibaut Pinot descends like a girl* (*copyright BW - Giro '13)
4. Sky aren't quite as good as we/they thought
5. Teejay van Garderen has had his arse kicked by Cuddles
6. Contador is not the man he was pre-steak (I wonder if he had one brought over the border this time?)
7. Andy Schleck has out-performed most expectations
8. Pierre Rolland looks ridiculous in polkadot shorts
9. ITV4 and Eurosport commentators are rubbish/irritating/ill-informed..
10. This tour is one of the best I can remember so far.

Wrong. Everyone looks ridiculous in polkadot shorts (and helmet, and mitts, and socks). Or on a polkadot bike.

 

[Paulus]

Very strange to have a programme sponsor that encourages people to sit on their arses all day for a programme that encourages them to get outside and get some fresh air

I thought exactly the same thing.

27, Pierre Rolland looks worse in Polka Dot shorts than Mario Chippilini did in some of his outlandish shorts/tops combinations.