Tour de France 2012 (with SPOILERS)

[smutchin]

IIRC there's a long flat tour through the provinces then a short and rather lumpy finishing circuit that they do ten times, including the Cauberg and at least one other significant climb. Can't really see Cav being in the mix at the end of that.

d.

 

[montage]

IIRC there's a long flat tour through the provinces then a short and rather lumpy finishing circuit that they do ten times, including the Cauberg and at least one other significant climb. Can't really see Cav being in the mix at the end of that.

d.

Froome on the other hand!

 

[beastie]

IIRC there's a long flat tour through the provinces then a short and rather lumpy finishing circuit that they do ten times, including the Cauberg and at least one other significant climb. Can't really see Cav being in the mix at the end of that.

d.

Sagan ?
EBH ?
Gilbert ?
Boonen maybe?

 

[GaryA]

Id assumed for years that wiggy was a born-and-bred no-nonsense (that press conference!) gritty northerner....with a name like Wiggins and living in lancashire...imagine my surprise to discover he's a londoner-belgian who can speak fluent french.

 

[Simba]

Reading Cav's body language and tweets, I don't think he is very happy at Team Sky, when he signed last year I knew it was a mistake for him. He needs to join a sprinters team and not a GC one.

 

[dellzeqq]

may I say what a pleasure it is to see them going the manly way up Tourmalet for a change

 

[Noodley]

sheesh! Can we get this sorted once and for all..Cav is not in a GC Team. Sky ride the race as they see it. If they see it as a sprinters race then they race it as such...they have the depth to change as conditions suit. Stop getting caught up in meedya shite and listening to nobbers on forums! There is a full race calendar beyond the Tour de France!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Stop getting caught up in meedya shite and listening to nobbers on forums!

We'd grind to a halt!

 

[ColinJ]

Id assumed for years that wiggy was a born-and-bred no-nonsense (that press conference!) gritty northerner....with a name like Wiggins and living in lancashire...imagine my surprise to discover he's a londoner-belgian who can speak fluent french.

And his father was Australian!

 

[Smokin Joe]

Id assumed for years that wiggy was a born-and-bred no-nonsense (that press conference!) gritty northerner....with a name like Wiggins and living in lancashire...imagine my surprise to discover he's a londoner-belgian who can speak fluent french.

Go back to one of Britain's most successful riders of the sixties and seventies, Michael Wright, who although born in Bishops Stortford didn't speak a word of English as his family moved to Belgium when he was a toddler.

 

[GaryA]

I'd like to wager that todays stage will be more interesting than yesterdays.....

Haha rest day

 

[raindog]

Brad talking about gentleman Cav
http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/1...-Cavendish-over-Tour-de-France-sacrifice.aspx

 

[smutchin]

Sagan ?
EBH ?
Gilbert ?
Boonen maybe?

The course seems to have been designed by the Belgians to suit a certain Belgian rider... though you'd have to say that on current form, he won't be favourite.

d.

 

[smutchin]

Jensie talking sensie...
http://www.itv.com/tourdefrance/news/cult-cycling-hero-jens-voigt-talks-to-ned-boulting/

 

[crisscross]

Id assumed for years that wiggy was a born-and-bred no-nonsense (that press conference!) gritty northerner....with a name like Wiggins and living in lancashire...imagine my surprise to discover he's a londoner-belgian who can speak fluent french.

He's from Eccleston in Lancashire and we're keeping him as one of our own!

Forget the Belgian/ Australian/ Cockney arguments - he's now officially a Northerner - and a pie eater to boot. His first question after finishing Saturday's stage was about how Wigan RLFC were doing.

We've not much to be proud of around here so having the most successful GB* TdeF rider ever is something we'll grab with both hands!

* possibly