Tour de France 2015 - may contain nuts and SPOILERS

[Saluki]

Chavanel, French Road Rage Champion?

 

[mjr]

Just in time for an ad break by the looks of things.

You Seine.... I mean swine!

 

[HF2300]

@coffeejo - same weaving across the road, and road positioning at given points

 

[smutchin]

He's "24 years of age, the young Colombian" I think you'll find

Ahem. "24 years of age, the young Colombian from the province of Boyaca" to be precise.

 

[winjim]

Ahem. "24 years of age, the young Colombian from the province of Boyaca" to be precise.

Wasn't that Kris Akabusi?

 

[coffeejo]

Hope none of the jackets tucked into rear pockets fall out onto the road. Could cause a few

 

[mjr]

I've started channel hopping to avoid adverts again but they synchronised. I'm quite impressed that the first four adverts on Eurosport were all sponsors of teams or the race. Better than ITV's advertisers.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Pinots chain looked slack

 

[coffeejo]

One good thing about the laps is the position of some of the cameras. But it's definitely one that's better in person than on TV, especially if you're smart and get a position near one of the big screens.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Serious question: are Europcar pulling out of cycling?

 

[coffeejo]

Serious question: are Europcar pulling out of cycling?

I keep hearing/reading it.

 

[HF2300]

Serious question: are Europcar pulling out of cycling?

They announced at the end of 2013 they were withdrawing. The team still haven't got a new sponsor, so it's likely they'll disband - at least one rider's left already

 

[SWSteve]

Serious question: are Europcar pulling out of cycling?

Yes, the sponsorship ends at the end of the season. They aren't even sponsored by the European company of Europecar, nor the French version - but Europecar from the Vendee region of France. The budget that's being requested seems very modest, worth a punt for cyclechat?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Froome's been shopping.

 

[HF2300]

Pity they're not timing them any longer, that'd cause a stir...