Smokin Joe
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Tour de France 2012 (with SPOILERS)
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Flying_Monkey
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I don't even have a TV and I watch most of the top race when I have time. How? I just use http://cyclingfans.com and follow its links to Internet feeds from Eurosport and much more...
thom
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RecordAceFromNew
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An interesting assessment of Sky by Basso, including his view on the size of their riders' balls! 
just jim
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And why not throw a load of speculation into the ring with this article on Froome
thom
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Team Sky breakfast table:
(From Christian Knees, not myself, yep, I'm not there in person but I thought it's amusing...)
(From Christian Knees, not myself, yep, I'm not there in person but I thought it's amusing...)
And now the plaudits are coming! And a question that warms the cockles of my heart comes from Chris Hoy who reckons, if Wiggo does win, it will make this the greatest ever sporting achievement from a Brit. So, I ask, amongst the true greats, Chris Hoy, Daley Thompson, Roger Bannister, Sebastian Coe, Nick Faldo (hey, it's not me throwing a gawfer in), Denise Lewis, Steve Ovett and numerous other notable achievers, would Wiggo winning the Tour de France be the owner of the title of Greatest Sporting Achievement from a Brit?
Sorry if this is a tad premature (ooh, a bit of deja vu there!)
Sorry if this is a tad premature (ooh, a bit of deja vu there!)
steve broughton
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Amazing isn't it main stream media mostly ignores cycling for years now its in every news bulletin and ITV4 are doing a cycling show, monday it starts, price of cycling gear is projected to increase along with sales, 20 years ago cyclists were viewed as a bit wierd lol
thom
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I did see an anecdotal report that bike sales were actually depressed these past few weeks.
It doesn't make him right or wrong. What it makes him is someone who courts controversy. I have the utmost respect for him, he's like a childhood hero of mine. I think (I am not entirely sure though) that the point I wanted to make is that Hinault advocating banning radios is in no way indicative of it actually happening.
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"Time trials are about maintaining a constant pace, like a continuous hum. But they are also about pain, an agonising heat you feel in your stomach, a burning that affects your breathing. You get into a rhythm, and when the pain comes, you tunnel into it, exploring it to the bitter end.
"What with the discomfort and the heat some riders cross the finish line and throw their helmet down. I don't even think about it: it's all part of the same ache. From top to bottom, front to back, I gather it into a smooth ball of pain that spins around in my mind until the time trial is over – pain in my muscles, a burning in the sole of my feet, an aching in my wrists, a stabbing in my neck from holding my head in one position. There isn't a second to relax and stretch, or move my hands. I have to go on in the same position. If I want to spit, I do it by twisting my mouth sideways – tuh! – to avoid moving my head. I fix my eyes on an arbitrary landmark – a tree, a point on a curve – and I say, Until I get there, I'm not going to change position. And before I get there, I fix another point …"
Colombian rider Victor Hugo Peña's description of a time trial in Matt Rendell's book A Significant Other.
"What with the discomfort and the heat some riders cross the finish line and throw their helmet down. I don't even think about it: it's all part of the same ache. From top to bottom, front to back, I gather it into a smooth ball of pain that spins around in my mind until the time trial is over – pain in my muscles, a burning in the sole of my feet, an aching in my wrists, a stabbing in my neck from holding my head in one position. There isn't a second to relax and stretch, or move my hands. I have to go on in the same position. If I want to spit, I do it by twisting my mouth sideways – tuh! – to avoid moving my head. I fix my eyes on an arbitrary landmark – a tree, a point on a curve – and I say, Until I get there, I'm not going to change position. And before I get there, I fix another point …"
Colombian rider Victor Hugo Peña's description of a time trial in Matt Rendell's book A Significant Other.
Smokin Joe
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Lousy weather always depresses bike sales. Ask any shop owner.
PpPete
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Am I missing something?
Which one's the muppet ?
Which one's the muppet ?
