discominer
Senior Member
Didn't even take my camera, just enjoyed.
Tour de France *Spoilers*
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laurence
Veteran
- Location
- in the aeroplane over the sea
only Frank will notice and he'll probably abandon in sympathy. no loss.
laurence
Veteran
- Location
- in the aeroplane over the sea
saw a little girl at the finish of stage 1 looking at her camera screen as riders passed inches from her - she looked taken aback when she looked up and actually saw them!
people want the memories and modern cameras and 'phones let them capture the moment... although it is often lost by viewing through the screen. i am getting quite good at just holding the camera and firing shots without looking through the viewfinder. got videos of 2 stages by doing that.
the thing is, no photos or videos can capture the atmosphere and i hope the atmosphere is what people will remember - it will be hard not to. the photos will trigger the memory and if they do, then good.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
To quote Dorothy Parker: How can they tell?
laurence
Veteran
- Location
- in the aeroplane over the sea
Froome hits the deck in the first few miles.
Well, you won't see images of him getting up after falling (or the obligatory "Andy-is-being-dropped camera shot" when hitting the mountains)
Shadow
member
- Location
- edge of the south downs
Can anyone tell me why he started 4 days ago?!
1. The peloton will ride in a such a way that they will try to force a break to go when it is very small (so that it is much more controllable)
2. More and more riders are getting smarter and know that they have a better change in the 2nd and 3rd week (so not a lot of guys are very motivated to go in the break)
At least Voeckler will/should make it somewhat entertaining for the people watching
(although watching a mime-player gets boring quickly, so not sure if a mime-on-a-bike gives longer lasting pleasure)
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Yeah, for people who find wiggling arses and lolling tongues entertaining. He's worse than "Jensie". Oh, look at him "animate" the race! Just answer me this - when's the last time he actually won anything?
Housewives' choice indeed. FFS.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I was about to smugly point out to you that he won the mountains jersey last year. But wisely a little voice told me to check my facts. He didn't. It was the year before. So not so smug.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
OK, to be fair, he did win the polka dot jersey in 2012 - and most importantly, he did so on the back of winning two mountain stages, which is impressive enough, but even so, his achievements really don't match up to his public profile and most of his attacks seem to be more about getting his winsome, boyish face in front of the camera than actually being serious attempts at winning the race.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
And his winsome, boyish Europcar jersey in front of the cameras. Which is, after all, his job.
But I do see what you mean. But then again if no one ever went out on these breakaways then the racing could be pretty dull, and we wouldn't have foreshortened shots of one knackered bloke approaching the line with a huge mass of sprinters zooming up behind him.
See, he does win stuff.
And the prize for funniest face.
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