Tour de France 2016 **SPOILERS**
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coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
Ha! Selfie! Brilliant!
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Bit odd that la Course doesn't have its own entry in the EPG, which means it won't have its own audience figures in some rankings.
coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
Definitely. Shows that women's cycling isn't Marianne Vos.
coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
Also, it's good to hear that there's a movement to improve La Course. I'd love to watch the women's TdF in the future and be surprised that we ever had to be content with 13 laps on the final day.
bozmandb9
Insert witty title here
- Location
- South Oxfordshire
Is it just me, or do others find the Skoda advertisements patronising and annoying? To me them seem to exemplify ignorant pre-conceptions about cyclists, and take the piss in a way which I'd expect from ignorant motorists.
Makes me wonder why on earth they sponsor it. Apologies if this has already been covered.
Makes me wonder why on earth they sponsor it. Apologies if this has already been covered.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
It doesn't even have its own thread in cyclechat!
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
I like them, they're funny. Don't tell me you've never sat at the traffic lights on a shopping bike and imagined you're about to start the final of the Olympic sprint race?
coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
bozmandb9
Insert witty title here
- Location
- South Oxfordshire
Just doesn't seem right to me. Would they show fat dads having a sunday knock around if they were sponsoring the World Cup? I think something a bit more exciting and respectful would be appropriate, celebrating the tour, even if reaching out to ordinary mortals at the same time.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Not since I was a child. Do many children buy Skodas?
Skoda: let's point and laugh at cyclists to distract from the fact we're emissions-test-cheating VWs really so have been poisoning cyclists for years.
I preferred their race support vehicle ad from a year or two ago, where a bidon got thrown across the windscreen and so on.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Dunno, don't care, it's only an advert. Skoda are still responsible for the best car TV ad of all time...
View: https://youtu.be/O1RHEvBddy8
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
I guess it's a question of perspective. I'm happy enough in my cycling life not to take it personally.
