Tour de France 2013 *spoilers*

[jifdave]

And I thought I was the only one....

My french is terrible, I sound like a pirate!

Getting very excited, going over tuesday to catch the end then tt..... froome to take yellow tmorrow?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I like AG2R just because I like pronouncing it with an exaggerated French accent...

Yes I find myself exaggerating certain bits of it too, especially the 'Mondiale' bit. I am glad I am not alone

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Yes I like the tops (I have a long sleeve one) but I have never really liked the shorts. I suppose they might come in useful if you have had a heavy Curry and Lager session the night before, or you are cycling through a lot of mud, but.... other than that....
Ironically, the jersey gets dirty quite quickly because its largely white.

Actually, I was wondering how to improve the kit. Replace the brown with a nice burgandy or similar?? Seriously though, there has to be a colour combination that works on the existing kit when the brown is replaced.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Well, the green jersey competition is basically over now... unless Sagan gets ill or crashes out.

 

[zizou]

Good preview of the stage with Dan Lloyd

 

[The Couch]

Ahem! Kadri now has the Polkadot Jersey....

Yeah, Bakelants pretty much ruined that prediction,but...

get ready for some bragging...

Not digging the Navardauskas guess though... I am going for Poulidor today... I think the frustration must be getting big with him
(and my 1 for 1 streak - that I have built up in the many days since yesterday - shows that gambling on the most frustrated guy is a good strategy)

The streak is now on 2!!

....which probably brings my correct prediction rate to probably around 0.05% (although I might be optimistic with that)

 

[Monsieur Remings]

would you steak your reputation on it?

There's no point having a beef with Rich over this.

 

[jarlrmai]

having climbed a cat4 today that Col de Pailheres looks like a wall, then there's a cat 1 to finish,

 

[Noodley]

having climbed a measly cat4 today

A strava cat 4?

 

[jarlrmai]

these guys are serious

 

[smutchin]

My prediction: Froome in yellow tonight. No messing.

 

[jifdave]

Yeah he is not the type of rider to sit behind rivals and put time into them at tt's.... gotta meet my parents at 2 for lunch may have to make my escuses at 3 and run home

 

[Noodley]

Madiot and the rest of FDJ seem to be thinking that this might be a stage for Pinot. We'll see...maybe that's what they were "rehearsing" for on the stage in Corsica?

 

[VamP]

Madiot and the rest of FDJ seem to be thinking that this might be a stage for Pinot. We'll see...maybe that's what they were "rehearsing" for on the stage in Corsica?

about bloody time

 

[VamP]

My prediction: Froome in yellow tonight. No messing.

I sneakily suspect it might be Kwiatkowski.

 

[Noodley]

ITV4 have put on Tommy Cooper between the highlights from yesterday and today's live coverage. OMG! He was so crap!!