Tour de France 2018 **SPOILERS**

[Smokin Joe]

The thing is that he was entered into the TdF under the GB banner rather than Welsh. Why I’m not sure.

Would have been good for them to ask him his preference?!

Wales is not a nation, it is a region of the United Kingdom.

 

[Buck]

Wales is not a nation, it is a region of the United Kingdom.

It is a nation. It is not a nation state however.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Wales is a fecking dump.


Almost as bad as Yorkshire.

 

[mjr]

As far as the national anthem goes ,I cant fekin stand it, I have never understood how ours is not a national anthem, it is not about the nation , it is about one person , did I mention that I fekin hate it

Lichtenstein's is as bad.

They should play Jerusalem for English winners... if we ever have one... one Belgian, one Kenyan and one Welshman so far, if you believe some people

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Just got back from a week in Berlin. I didn't manage to catch much racing on telly at all. Out of curiosity I just watched a video of the gridded start of stage 17. Gosh, how exciting was that? (A: not in the least bit exciting)

Haven't managed to see anything from the last week (having not seen much of the 2 weeks before) but I'm hoping there may be a highlights compilation somewhere that I can watch this week when I'm off work; I am overly interested in seeing how stage 17 started.

 

[Buck]

Wales is a fecking dump.


Almost as bad as Yorkshire.

Cheeky bar steward! I could be offended if I tried but cba.

 

[brommers]

GB could have a great team suited to this year's World Championships in the Tyrol: From - Thomas, Froome, Yates, Yates, TGH, Rowe, Stannard, Kennaugh, Swift, Dowsett, etc.

 

[PaulB]

It is a nation. It is not a nation state however.

It isn't a nation. Neither is England. Or Scotland. If a region isn't recognised by the UN as a nation, then it isn't a nation. If you are English but don't have an English passport, then you are from a region of the place you have a passport from.

 

[Bollo]

If only there were a sub forum where heavyweight issues like news and current affairs could be discussed in a vigorous but friendly manner.....

 

[jarlrmai]

Man I'd love to see Froome, Yates, Yates, Thomas in the team for Austria..

 

[smutchin]

If a region isn't recognised by the UN as a nation, then it isn't a nation.

There's more than one definition of 'nation' (Wales, after all, has a National Assembly) but we're getting further and further off-topic so let's leave it there or start a separate thread in the appropriate forum.

 

[smutchin]

If only there were a sub forum where heavyweight issues like news and current affairs could be discussed in a vigorous but friendly manner.....

Makes a change from arguing about doping at least.

 

[rich p]

Kenya is a nation state...
Jus' sayin' like.

 

[smutchin]

He came in 21st & was a bit disappointed with that. He's also just said that he's re-signed for WGG and is looking forward to doing better next year. Which is a bit previous as WGG rely on a wildcard invitation don't they?

WGG are currently top of the Europe Tour team ranking and Andrea Pasqualon is top of the individual ranking, besides which they're a French outfit, so it's a pretty safe bet they'll get one of the wildcard slots next year. Having Guillaume Martin and Yoann Offredo on their books also helps - two very popular riders.

 

[rich p]

If it's a straight fight for a wildcard place, Cofidis and Fortuneo must be twitchy. Wanty and Dirct Energie were more apparent.
Barguil irritates me.