Tour de France 2012 (with SPOILERS)

[rich p]

16-man break a few minutes up the road. EBH is in there, along with Albasini, Vanendert and Adam Hansen, so none of Sky, Lotto or Greenedge are interested in chasing. Millar is also in the break. So is Jeremy Roy, just to keep Noodley happy. OPQS don't have a man in the break and are the only team in the peloton showing any interest.

d.

Not sure why Euskaltel were pushing it along

 

[smutchin]

They don't have anyone in the break either.

 

[rich p]

spectacular Dordogne scenery at least!

 

[NickM]

I don't think so. Box Hill x 9 40 miles from the finish is nothing like Mont Saint Claire 15 miles from the finish. I think Sagan may do well at the olympics, but I think Cav is more likely to do well.

Maybe. We'll see...

And there's others who might win instead.

Oh, quite so. And yet you will only get 4-1 (at best) on Sagan. Even a donkey like Tyler Farrar only gets you 25-1. Bloody bookies - it's outrageous!

 

[smutchin]

spectacular Dordogne scenery at least!

Yes, they've just been through Rocamadour, which I recognised from when I was on holiday there a few years ago. Gorgeous area.

 

[rich p]

They don't have anyone in the break either.

Yebbut, do they have a sprinter worthy of the name?

 

[smutchin]

Yebbut, do they have a sprinter worthy of the name?

Good point. Maybe they just had the sponsor on the phone instructing them to put in a token effort to get some TV exposure.

Liquigas seem to have taken an interest now - obviously fancy Sagan's chances again today.

d.

 

[rich p]

Yes, they've just been through Rocamadour, which I recognised from when I was on holiday there a few years ago. Gorgeous area.

It's a lovely place and area. There's a steep town at the confluence of the Dordogne and the |Veziers - Limeuix or some such.

 

[zimzum42]

Don't pay any attention to Zimmers - I once had to explain the niceties of cricket to him.

Only because we were talking pre war cricket, and you have first hand experience ;-)

 

[rich p]

Only because we were talking pre war cricket, and you have first hand experience ;-)

Ha! That Hedley Verity could outbowl Alex Loudon any day though!

 

[rich p]

1.26 to the boonch. Surely be caught

 

[rich p]

EBH animating the break

 

[VamP]

1.26 to the boonch. Surely be caught

dunno, there's a lot of quality in that escape group

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Is the cut'n'paste commentary to which Rob3rt was referring? Really, if some people get grumpy about people discussing the progress of the TdF on a thread about, err... the progress of the TdF, I don't know what they are here for...

 

[rich p]

Is the cut'n'paste commentary to which Rob3rt was referring? Really, if some people get grumpy about people discussing the progress of the TdF on a thread about, err... the progress of the TdF, I don't know what they are here for...

Is that an anagram?