Tour de France 2012 (with SPOILERS)

[ComedyPilot]

Checking BBC news now, to see if he gets deserved coverage

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Brilliant. I loved how Eurosport had an insert with LLS's reaction to the last two... it was pretty much the same look he had when Cav overtook him yesterday. Poor guy.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Sport news page seems dominated by golf?

............

A British rider (bar total catastrophe) has just got one hand on the TDF title, and Auntie beeb is more interested in people who dress like paddington f*ckin' bear?

 

[raindog]

50 kph
bloody well done Brad

 

[Andy84]

Sport news page seems dominated by golf?

............

A British rider (bar total catastrophe) has just got one hand on the TDF title, and Auntie beeb is more interested in people who dress like paddington f*ckin' bear?

2nd story on the main sports page

they do need a bit of time to type it up!

 

[ComedyPilot]

2nd story on the main sports page

they do need a bit of time to type it up!

I challenge that (the beeb's lack of preparation, not your post). This has been 3 weeks in the making, and the TT being his speciality, one would expect better preparation from a national news agency to be in immediate position to report on a record-breaking British sporting hero.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

So tomorrow, yellow jersey processing round with champagne or playing his part driving the sky train for the sprint?

Both, I hope. Last stage is always 'a game of two halves' - the run into Paris where everyone has a laugh, and then the circuit race where it all gets serious.

 

[beastie]

I challenge that (the beeb's lack of preparation, not your post). This has been 3 weeks in the making, and the TT being his speciality, one would expect better preparation from a national news agency to be in immediate position to report on a record-breaking British sporting hero.

It's on as "breaking news" which it is. I don't rate the BBC for it's news coverage of any kind but it's lack of appreciation for something you value highly is hardly worth wingeing about. Just enjoy Brad's win!!

 

[Dave Davenport]

Thank god for that, I can relax at last.

And yes, I think Sky will be really fired up for Cav tomorrow.

 

[Andy84]

So tomorrow, yellow jersey processing round with champagne or playing his part driving the sky train for the sprint?

Team Sky on Twitter

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That's five stage wins for @TeamSky at the Tour de France. We will be going all out tomorrow to try and make it six! #TDF12 #ChampsElysees

 

[ComedyPilot]

Bet if it was that coiffeured idiot and his bunch of adulterous thugs kicking a bag of wind around (and losing) there'd be wall to wall coverage

 

[Smokin Joe]

Spare a thought for Chris Froome (whose time should yet come).

At any time since 1903 his second place would have made him the most famous British cyclist in history, this year he's just the co-star.

 

[yello]

I'm fair pissed off! How f*cking bregrudging are Jalabert and Voekler! Wiggins has no panache it seems.

I reckon Wiggins heard it too because he was not as keen to talk as he normally was. He said something about the French/English relationship that I didn't quite catch.... I hope.

Perhaps raindog can offer his perspective as maybe I've gone off the deep end.

 

[beastie]

Bet if it was that coiffeured idiot and his bunch of adulterous thugs kicking a bag of wind around (and losing) there'd be wall to wall coverage

Football is more popular than cycling - pretty much worldwide. it's a numbers game innit.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Bet if it was that coiffeured idiot and his bunch of adulterous thugs kicking a bag of wind around (and losing) there'd be wall to wall coverage

Let's not bitch, you can't expect any sport to go from minority interest to a major player overnight. Plenty of other sports have provided British world champions while barely featuring on the radar.