Tour de France 2016 **SPOILERS**

[smutchin]

Inrng on Twitter:
"Loyalty: holding your teammate's insole in your mouth while he changes his shoe"

http://twitter.com/inrng/status/749234561146621953

 

[Dayvo]

"Loyalty: holding your teammate's insole in your mouth while he changes his shoe"

Yebbut, his insoles were probably only a few hours old, unlike your average Cyclechatter's which could be several years old!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Inrng on Twitter:
"Loyalty: holding your teammate's insole in your mouth while he changes his shoe"
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http://twitter.com/inrng/status/749234561146621953

I thought he was taking the piss out of Tommy V with a tongue impression...

 

[HF2300]

Vichot drops back to have his cheekbones whittled.

 

[HF2300]

In a strange '80s flashback, Delaplace's bike colours have more than a touch of La Vie Claire about them.

 

[Roadrider48]

Why did the peloton slow down after Contador crashed?

 

[Dayvo]

Poignant to see a wreck of a WW2 warship in the shallows at Utah Beach.

 

[coffeejo]

Poignant to see a wreck of a WW2 warship in the shallows at Utah Beach.

The enormity of the fact that we're seeing visual evidence of the Normandy landings at the same time as we're marking the centenary of the start of the Battle of the Somme is getting to me. Keep going back to Wilfred Owen's "Anthem for Doomed Youth".

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Ned falling into the commentators trap of pondering over whether the breakaway can hang on. No. A Liggett legacy.

 

[jarlrmai]

but but tailwind....

 

[Dayvo]

The enormity of the fact that we're seeing visual evidence of the Normandy landings at the same time as we're marking the centenary of the start of the Battle of the Somme is getting to me. Keep going back to Wilfred Owen's "Anthem for Doomed Youth".

I was fascinated with WW1 poetry when I studied it in the 6th Form.

Owen's Dulce et Decorum Est was one of my favourites:

http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/owen1.html

 

[coffeejo]

Ned falling into the commentators trap of pondering over whether the breakaway can hang on. No. A Liggett legacy.

Maybe it was a dare.

 

[coffeejo]

...

 

[jarlrmai]

CAV!!!!

 

[coffeejo]

Cav!!!!!