matticus
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So that his team can understand him?
Tour De France 2020 with SPOILERS
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matticus
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gavroche
Getting old but not past it
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What has his team got to do with the winner's speech?
matticus
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What a surprise!
[at the risk of getting sucked into this ...
does anyone have rider weight/BMI data for the top contenders this year? 2020 must the be the most climber-friendly final TT, so bigger riders like TomD would expect to lose more time than in a flatter ride to the lighter guys.
Pog looks the most bird-like, but these things are often deceptive!]
matticus
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They get to hear it too! It's the most public chance to thank them, and they probably want to hear what their guy has to say, on their biggest day of the year.
(and I'm really just having a friendly dig at the chances of a French team winning the thing, so please don't get too excited
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gavroche
Getting old but not past it
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1- The chances of a French team or rider winning the Tour is years away yet.They get to hear it too! It's the most public chance to thank them, and they probably want to hear what their guy has to say, on their biggest day of the year.
(and I'm really just having a friendly dig at the chances of a French team winning the thing, so please don't get too excited
2- The winner's speech , being in France, should, at least, be in French and English, as a mark of respect to the French nation and the origins of the Tour.
Why does everybody assume the whole world speaks English?
Once a Wheeler
…always a wheeler
There's a bit of a lost-in-translation problem with the maillot sable. A sable jersey would be a black jersey, as the word sable in English, when used as an adjective, refers to the colour of the sable animal, renowned for its black fur:
The maillot sable refers to the French word sable meaning sand. As the hypothetical jersey for the first man to come in one hour behind the winner it refers to the sand in the hour-glass, usually a drab yellow, making a suitable contrast to the daffodil-yellow jersey of the winner:
So it is either the maillot sable or the sand-coloured jersey, otherwise we risk inventing a black jersey — which would perhaps be a suitable rotten-bad-luck prize for anyone forced to abandon on the final stage.
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matticus
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Oh for goodness sake: turns out Sam Bennett isn't even Irish. Like Wiggins, he's from Belgium!
(I wonder how good his French is ... )
(I wonder how good his French is ... )
Adam4868
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Of what relevance is that ? He's Irish...ask him.
matticus
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Gosh, people in this thread are touchy about national identities! Lighten up folks (does every non-serious post need a smiley? Oh no, that didn't help with the french upset ... )
Adam4868
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I'm guessing it might mean something to certain people ?
Sam Bennett responds to Bradley Wiggins’ attempt to claim him as British as he says ‘I’m fully Irish don’t worry’
BalkanExpress
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I'm guessing it is shi...ite,what with having been born in Dutch* speaking Flanders.
*there's a great, but very niche, linguistic argument to be had on this point
matticus
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No need to shout.I'm guessing it might mean something to certain people ?
Sam Bennett responds to Bradley Wiggins’ attempt to claim him as British as he says ‘I’m fully Irish don’t worry’
Anyway, I still don't know if he speaks French. Maybe just Flemish?
(EDIT: cross-post with mr @BalkanExpress !)
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Dave Davenport
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Haven't you lot seen the latest ruling from the UCI; 'Ĉiuj rajdantoj kaj teama personaro devas flui kaj komuniki nur esperante'.
matticus
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Google translates that as:
It looks like there aren't any great matches for your search
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