Tour de France 2017 ***SPOILERS***

[Fight.The.Power]

Yeah a four rider chase might have caught him, but back in reality, in any group of four, you're likely to get one daffodil who soft pedals or misses turns due to hoping to be fresher for the finish, or one rider who is actually too cooked to contribute but it makes the others think they're trying to save themselves, so there's almost never a four rider chase from a four rider group, is there?

Totally disagree.

 

[perplexed]

If they watch football, they'll have seen much worse.

Absolutely true. Cycling has an uphill battle to start with, as the standard assumption amongst the 'uninitiated' is 'that they're all on drugs anyway'... Crap behaviour doesn't help the image and perception, that's my opinion anyhow. I know it's always been there, but the TdF is a 'gateway' event to the world of cycling and is more prevalent on the telly than before. Cycling could just do without the pillocks.

 

[smutchin]

there's almost never a four rider chase from a four rider group, is there?

Sometimes the chasing group can't even work together properly when they're team-mates - remember Stannard winning the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad a couple of years ago? Priceless.

 

[mjr]

Totally disagree.

I await your counterexamples.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

I await your counter examples.

Not gonna get them

It's just so wrong it's not worth typing but you are entitled to your opinion.

 

[mjr]

Not gonna get them

Then you're about as reliable as Valgren...

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Then you're about as reliable as Valgren...

Keep dangling that rod in the water, changes nothing

 

[SWSteve]

Great candid interview of Dan.

He keeps coming across well. I assume he's from a part of Ireland close to where Mick McCarthy is from?

 

[Fight.The.Power]

He keeps coming across well. I assume he's from a part of Ireland close to where Mick McCarthy is from?

What Birmingham ?

 

[rich p]

What Birmingham ?

Whooshh!

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Whooshh!

Did I just miss something lol ?

 

[rich p]

Did I just miss something lol ?

I think that was Steve's joke!

 

[Fight.The.Power]

I think that was Steve's joke!

Ah ok. Gotcha

 

[mjr]

Ah ok. Gotcha

Don't worry. Jokes are meant to be funny rather than xenophobic.

On that note: do you think Froome is getting extra abuse because Bardet is so close?

And according to autocorrect, Fromm is leading Ari, Beret and Iran, while Bashful has the polka dots, Kiel the green (I've seen Kitten a few times above) and Yates escapes with the white! Seen any other good ones?

 

[smutchin]

On that note: do you think Froome is getting extra abuse because Bardet is so close?

Or because they were on Bardet's manor today...