The Official 98th Tour de France, thread, 2011.

[BensGrandad]

My one and only post on this it is The Tour De France why do we have to have it in this country we are not and never will be part of France. If a bike ride or race is wanted in this country why not organise one and have a Lands End to John a Groats or round the coast whatever,

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

The Tour De France is in England?

You also must not be aware of the Tour of Britain held each year..

 

[Pantani]

My one and only post on this it is The Tour De France why do we have to have it in this country we are not and never will be part of France. If a bike ride or race is wanted in this country why not organise one and have a Lands End to John a Groats or round the coast whatever,

Thanks for your contribution. It has really added to the debate.

Don't bother replying either as you are now on my ignore list.

 

[Stat Brother]

Pantani, I rode twice the distance of todays stage. (That won't be happening again)
I did take in 1602ft of climbing, so not to shabby.

Just giving you guys some notice, I'll soon be boring the arse off you lot with photos of my winter hack bike build project.

 

[1066familyman]

Pantani, I rode twice the distance of todays stage. (That won't be happening again)
I did take in 1602ft of climbing, so not to shabby.

Just giving you guys some notice, I'll soon be boring the arse off you lot with photos of my winter hack bike build project.

Ooh ohh, does that mean I can bore the arse off of everyone with my old photo of Johan Musseuw i n yellow going up Elm Grove now adorning my new 2nd hand mobile phone in the shape of a truly unique skin

Rabobank just moved into first place as I speak taking 16 secs off of Saxobank. Garmin out on the road now too.

 

[1066familyman]

My 12 yrd old not impressed by Pantani's and TB's Basque predictions...he's a big Sammy Sanchez fan.

 

[Pantani]

Pantani, I rode twice the distance of todays stage. (That won't be happening again)
I did take in 1602ft of climbing, so not to shabby.

Just giving you guys some notice, I'll soon be boring the arse off you lot with photos of my winter hack bike build project.

Nice ride. It was lovely out there today wasn't it, not too hot, no wind, I'm sure I wouldn't be carrying this extra weight if it was always like this.

Any updates on your hack will be much appreciated.

 

[1066familyman]

Quick question folks...where's Menchov this year ? Finished in the top ten in the Giro didn't he ?

 

[Stat Brother]

Garmin need to pull their fingers out.
Only 59.5kph average for the first 9kms.

Wot they doing it on unicycles

 

[Stat Brother]

Quick question folks...where's Menchov this year ? Finished in the top ten in the Giro didn't he ?

Making it all the more difficult to figure in Le Tour.

 

[1066familyman]

Aha, just found out Menchov and Sastre not here because their new team - Geox-TMC - weren't given an invite. All seems a bit odd.

 

[Stat Brother]

Aha, just found out Menchov and Sastre not here because their new team - Geox-TMC - weren't given an invite. All seems a bit odd.

I got it into my head he was on Katusha.
Not being there makes it even harder to figure.

 

[1066familyman]

I got it into my head he was on Katusha.
Not being there makes it even harder to figure.

Would make sense with Katusha being an all Russian outfit

 

[Stat Brother]

Nice ride. It was lovely out there today wasn't it, not too hot, no wind, I'm sure I wouldn't be carrying this extra weight if it was always like this.

I'd say this morning was just about perfect, I had a bit of a head wind coming home along the seafront, and sadly none of my 'team' to hide behind.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Menchov and Sastre aren't riding the tour because their team GEOX-TMC didn't get an invite.

 

[1066familyman]

Who's the big rider missing this year because he's taking July out for a Sinus operation ? They mentioned it yesterday but I've forgotten now.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

I got it into my head he was on Katusha.
Not being there makes it even harder to figure.

You're thinking of my man Joaquim Rodríguez who also is missing from the tour unfortunately.

 

[Pantani]

I got it into my head he was on Katusha.
Not being there makes it even harder to figure.

This

Fastest TTT in the Tour ever by Garmin? ITV keeps dying on me and Eurosport were interviewing some frenchman or something.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Who's the big rider missing this year because he's taking July out for a Sinus operation ? They mentioned it yesterday but I've forgotten now.

Oscar Freire.

 

[ATFC Seagull]

Random question regarding TTT's - if a rider drops of the back, does he still have to finish to stay in the race?

(Bit hypothetical as obviously they need to get back to the team bus and it isn't far but still...).