Tour de france anyone? lol anyone!

[adrian29uk]

Starts next saturday.
Tour de France 2010 - The Tour 2010

 

[Gwylan]

Can't wait for it. Starts nicely in time to fill the gaps between WC matches.

 

[Pantani]

What does the thread title mean? Is the concept of the Tour de France laugh out loud funny?

I am really looking forward to this years tour though. There does not seem to be any clear favourites and it is beginning to look like the anti doping measures are working. Hopefully we will have a clean and exciting race this year.

And we have Team Sky and Cavendish, it's gonna be a good Tour for Britain.

 

[skipper734]

I love watching the Bicycles on the mountain stages.

 

[house your seagull]

Have Team Sky been competeing in the other tours prior to this Pantani?

I know there was some dodgy news regarding their head coach recently.

I'm going to make a real effort with the tour this year, no excuses with the highlight shows being on the internet.

 

[Spiros]

Not just the mountain stages though some of the descents make you feel like the cameraman is on some extreme fairground ride. On days where the stages are just a flat trudge across France the evening highlights are always well worth watching for the final sprint and the inevitable pile-up near the end. For me too a good way to bridge that awkward gap between the end of one football season and the start of another

 

[Gwylan]

Not just the mountain stages though some of the descents make you feel like the cameraman is on some extreme fairground ride. On days where the stages are just a flat trudge across France the evening highlights are always well worth watching for the final sprint and the inevitable pile-up near the end.

Stage 1 ends on cobbles this year IIRC.

And there's definitely no great love for Cav following his antics last week and in the tour last year -could be a bit tasty at the final sprint.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Is it like other great sporting events involving France?

Will it finish three weeks early?

 

[Spiros]

Stage 1 ends on cobbles this year IIRC.

And there's definitely no great love for Cav following his antics last week and in the tour last year -could be a bit tasty at the final sprint.

The more Cavendish winds the others up, the more I like him!

 

[Pantani]

Have Team Sky been competeing in the other tours prior to this Pantani?

I know there was some dodgy news regarding their head coach recently.

I'm going to make a real effort with the tour this year, no excuses with the highlight shows being on the internet.

They have been involved in every Tour and Race pretty much. Wiggins was close to the front in the Giro whilst riding within himself. If you really want to waste your summer indoors Eurosport is available on the interweb for a mere £4. I shall be investing for the Tour.

Don't know anything about dodgy news though. My favourite cycling story at the moment is this http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/8721649.stm. Motorised bikes

 

[CheeseRolls]

Should be spectacular viewing in HD, bring it on.

 

[dennis]

Prediction

Yellow;

1. Contador
2. Armstrong
3. Wiggins

Green
Cav if he doesn’t fall over again.

Polka
Contador

White
Nicholas Roach

First Failed Dope Test someone from Katusha

 

[adrian29uk]

What does the thread title mean? Is the concept of the Tour de France laugh out loud funny?

I am really looking forward to this years tour though. There does not seem to be any clear favourites and it is beginning to look like the anti doping measures are working. Hopefully we will have a clean and exciting race this year.

And we have Team Sky and Cavendish, it's gonna be a good Tour for Britain.

Well I know quite a few people find cycling boring and just dont get it. Thats why I put anyone in the title, because the cycling threads usually end up on page2 after 10 minutes.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

It gives the FRENCH something else to watch as Lord B alludes to!

 

[Pantani]

Well I know quite a few people find cycling boring and just dont get it. Thats why I put anyone in the title, because the cycling threads usually end up on page2 after 10 minutes.

Fair enough, I suppose, but you are more likely to alienate those who do like cycling by doing that, why apologise to those who do not care?. Last years tour thread was around for the entire race and ran to several pages, so there is some interest on here.

 

[les dynam]

add me to the list of those that LOVE the tour. superb TV. wish cavendish would stop acting like a bell-end though. oh and i can't see wiggins finishing on the podium this year

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Its more EXCITING than F1 thats for sure!

 

[Gwylan]

Its more EXCITING than F1 thats for sure!

That's not hard though, watching the merchandise vendors wheel their stalls into place is generally more exciting than F1.

 

[The French Mistress]

YAWN !!!!!!!!! Await the drug test results as per .............

 

[perseus]

le Tour

Starts next saturday.
Tour de France 2010 - The Tour 2010

I had forgotten all about it.