Bradley wiggens tour de france

[Doc Lynam]

Amazing personal achievement, 1 and 2, special shout for Chris Froome.

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

Well done, one of Britain's all time greatest sporting achievements.

TNBA

TTF

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

Well done, one of Britain's all time greatest sporting achievements.

TNBA

TTF

 

[Twinkle Toes]

Marvelous effort by Wiggo (plus Froome & Cav, obviously).

No doubt they'll be dancing in the streets of Ghent tonight.

 

[1066familyman]

I can now name a famous Belgian

Well if you couldn't name Eddy Merckx before then you've no business discussing Le Tour de France in the first place




Carry on all, the surrealism going on in this thread is superb!

 

[Marxo]

Marvelous effort by Wiggo (plus Froome & Cav, obviously).

No doubt they'll be dancing in the streets of Ghent tonight.

I'm afraid most people are already dancing/drunk here. It's the 'Gentse Feesten' at the moment. It started last saturday and finishes on monday, it always falls around July 21st, the national holiday which of course coincides with the TDF. Everyone should visit at least once and of course there's no shortage of beer here

 

[Pat McCrotch]

 

[Marxo]

I can now name a famous Belgian

Here's a few to be going on with:
Leo Baekeland - inventor of Bakelite
Georges Simenon - writer of Maigret
Jaques Brel - singer/songwriter
Adolphe Sax -inventor of the Saxophone
Jacques Rogge - president olympic committee (who gave London the Olympics)
Jean-Marc Bosman - Bosman ruling
Kim Clijsters - tennis
Justine Henin - tennis
Brueghel - painter
Magritte - painter
Django Reinhardt - foremost jazz guitarist
Eddy Merckx - cycling

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Here's a few to be going on with:
Leo Baekeland - inventor of Bakelite
Georges Simenon - writer of Maigret
Jaques Brel - singer/songwriter
Adolphe Sax -inventor of the Saxophone
Jacques Rogge - president olympic committee (who gave London the Olympics)
Jean-Marc Bosman - Bosman ruling
Kim Clijsters - tennis
Justine Henin - tennis
Brueghel - painter
Magritte - painter
Django Reinhardt - foremost jazz guitarist
Eddy Merckx - cycling

Plastic Bertrand

 

[essbee]

Marxo,

You lucky git.

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

Here's a few to be going on with:
Leo Baekeland - inventor of Bakelite
Georges Simenon - writer of Maigret
Jaques Brel - singer/songwriter
Adolphe Sax -inventor of the Saxophone
Jacques Rogge - president olympic committee (who gave London the Olympics)
Jean-Marc Bosman - Bosman ruling
Kim Clijsters - tennis
Justine Henin - tennis
Brueghel - painter
Magritte - painter
Django Reinhardt - foremost jazz guitarist
Eddy Merckx - cycling

with merckx being the king of belgians

lara fabian is most definantly the queen,shame she went for canadian citizenship

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83hO9jIugQw

 

[Bwian]

with merckx being the king of belgians

lara fabian is most definantly the queen,shame she went for canadian citizenship

Nothing wrong with Canadian Citizenship I'll have you know.

 

[Marxo]

Marxo,

You lucky git.

Living away from GOSBTS only occasionally has it's benefits

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

Nothing wrong with Canadian Citizenship I'll have you know.

LOL

absolutely not!

didn't mean it like that,rather than she can't be considered belgian anymore

my grandfather on my mother's side was canadian

 

[teaboy]

a race should be a race and everyone in it should be trying as hard as they can to finish as near to the front as posible just my opinion though
this is why i dont watch (seems a bit like team orders in f1 not realy right)

That's like saying that in football the point is to score the most goals, so anyone who isn't trying to score goals should be trying harder to do so, even if that means the team they play for end up losing because of their selfish actions. Cycling (like football) is a team sport - different team members have their own role to play and only if everyone does what they're supposed to will the team succeed. Only a couple of players are going to score the goals, but they couldn't do it without the help of their teammates.

 

[Brixtaan]

That's like saying that in football the point is to score the most goals, so anyone who isn't trying to score goals should be trying harder to do so, even if that means the team they play for end up losing because of their selfish actions. Cycling (like football) is a team sport - different team members have their own role to play and only if everyone does what they're supposed to will the team succeed. Only a couple of players are going to score the goals, but they couldn't do it without the help of their teammates.

Sums it up nicely! I'll use this example if I need to explain it to anyone

 

[Stat Brother]

Sums it up nicely!

Which is why it's wasted over here!

 

[Marxo]

I keep seeing on the BBC sport website: 'Bradley Wiggins wins the Tour de France' and each time it gives me a thrill!

 

[Jeep]

According to ITV4 a few days back "The crumbs off the table of previous years have become great loves of bread hitting us on the head..."

I think today the boulangeries have thrown everything they have at us.

#Excited

 

[Jeep]

Oh and looking forwards to trying to see them all racing for Team GB next Sat