Tour de France 2018 **SPOILERS**

[rich p]

Cav out the back.

Boulting and Millar are talking about him missing the cut. If he packs up or gets DQed I think he'll be doing some serious thinking abut his future.

Not really the time or place but Cav is out of contract this year. Not sure who else would want him these days if DD don't.

 

[rich p]

Lovely blue hydrangeas there. Must be acid soil in Brittany...

 

[rich p]

These 2 are going to be caught with 12 km to go and capacity for more attacks from the boonch

 

[roadrash]

yates caught up in a crash again

ah no it wasn't yates

 

[rich p]

fast and furious

 

[roadrash]

innit

 

[rich p]

Phew! Sagan again

 

[smutchin]

Lovely blue hydrangeas there. Must be acid soil in Brittany...

I remember my wife making a similar observation when we stayed on a campsite near Quimper a few years ago. There were masses of blue hydrangeas all over the shop.

 

[Bollo]

Not really the time or place but Cav is out of contract this year. Not sure who else would want him these days if DD don't.

I almost typed the same thing but didn't end up posting it. Bad luck or not he just doesn't look in the game. Would he want to carry on riding if he isn't competitive?

 

[rich p]

I almost typed the same thing but didn't end up posting it. Bad luck or not he just doesn't look in the game. Would he want to carry on riding if he isn't competitive?

I think he's competitive enough to see if he can get back to a fitness with an injury free season. The last few have been blighted.

 

[GuyBoden]

Isn't Cav getting a bit too old for sprinting, 33 this year.

 

[smutchin]

I remember my wife making a similar observation when we stayed on a campsite near Quimper a few years ago. There were masses of blue hydrangeas all over the shop.

Just realised it must have been 2009 we stayed there, which is longer ago than I thought - I can date it quite precisely because I remember watching the final stage of the Tour in the campsite bar and it was the year Cav and Renshaw got the 1-2. My son and I were cheering loudly while a load of disgruntled Frenchmen watched on in disgust. Then we had crepes to celebrate.

Very nice campsite it was too - this one, if anyone is remotely interested: https://www.camping-castels.co.uk/campsite/lanniron

 

[Bollo]

Isn't Cav getting a bit too old for sprinting, 33 this year.

Greipel’s 35 and still competitive.

I think he's competitive enough to see if he can get back to a fitness with an injury free season. The last few have been blighted.

I hope so, but I guess we’ll have to see.

Risking an OT slap on the wrist, I have the stages on in the background while I *cough* work, but I’ve found myself being drawn into The Professionals afterwards. Now I want a Ford Escort RS2000.

 

[rich p]

Just realised it must have been 2009 we stayed there, which is longer ago than I thought - I can date it quite precisely because I remember watching the final stage of the Tour in the campsite bar and it was the year Cav and Renshaw got the 1-2. My son and I were cheering loudly while a load of disgruntled Frenchmen watched on in disgust. Then we had crepes to celebrate.

Very nice campsite it was too - this one, if anyone is remotely interested: https://www.camping-castels.co.uk/campsite/lanniron

I think that was the year Mrs rp and I did a cycle tour of the Loire and we watched on the ferry on the way over to Le Havre.
The sound was down and 95% of the people in the lounge weren't even watching it and when Cav won about 6 of us leapt up and cheered much to the others' bemusement.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I think that was the year Mrs rp and I did a cycle tour of the Loire and we watched on the ferry on the way over to Le Havre.
The sound was down and 95% of the people in the lounge weren't even watching it and when Cav won about 6 of us leapt up and cheered much to the others' bemusement.

The year that cycling was invented by someone just a little bit fed up with playing golf in southern England