The Official 99th Tour de France thread, 2012.

[Indurain's Lungs]

Mark Cavendish ‏[MENTION=12437]Mark[/MENTION]Cavendish
So @TeamSky's rest day training ride featured an impromptu 'highest cadence competition'. I won with 227rpm..

Gary Niewand still holds the AIS record for a bike with no chain at 310rpm!

 

[1066familyman]

Apologies if someone's already posted it, but Tony Martin has called it a day. Hardly surprising really, he did well to post that time yesterday considering the nature of the injury.

 

[1066familyman]

Cofidis's Team Hotel being raided...

Rémi di Gregorio arrested...

Hmmm, wonder if there'll be more developments overnight with another early hours raid or something silly. I can't see it, as it's linked to his time at Astana, but makes me wary of picking a Cofidis rider for tomorrow now (sorry to belittle it by applying it to the fantasy game we're playing).

 

[Stat Brother]

Rémi di Gregorio arrested...

bâtard scummy

 

[1066familyman]

The CyclingNews forums make for some interesting reading. Quite a few Sky haters on there now. Mind you, I did have to laugh at the term 'Friggins'.

 

[Stat Brother]

The CyclingNews forums make for some interesting reading. Quite a few Sky haters on there now. Mind you, I did have to laugh at the term 'Friggins'.

I guess it's the Man Utd syndrome, which is a shame.
I'd imagine these are the same people that pi$$ed themselves laughing (me inc) when Dave B said 'a British winner within 5 years'.
Now they are not enjoying having their noses well and truly rubbed in it. Whereas I am (just in case you hadn't noticed).

I did chuckle at one post race interview with Dave B.
Looking behind him it was just a sea of Sky merchandise, worn by all manner of people.

 

[Pantani]

Hmmm, wonder if there'll be more developments overnight with another early hours raid or something silly. I can't see it, as it's linked to his time at Astana, but makes me wary of picking a Cofidis rider for tomorrow now (sorry to belittle it by applying it to the fantasy game we're playing).

What do you mean? I'm surprised it was not reported that he was in my team. I know I am a long way back but the systematic doping of my riders is wrong and I hold my hands up.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

IF he holds on another couple of weeks then I'd love to hear an argument against him being the greatest British athlete/sportsman ever to walk these Isles. A knighthood isn't recognition enough.

The greatest cyclist to come from the British Isles was Irish!

 

[Stat Brother]

Hmmm, wonder if there'll be more developments overnight with another early hours raid or something silly. I can't see it, as it's linked to his time at Astana, but makes me wary of picking a Cofidis rider for tomorrow now (sorry to belittle it by applying it to the fantasy game we're playing).

What do you mean? I'm surprised it was not reported that he was in my team. I know I am a long way back but the systematic doping of my riders is wrong and I hold my hands up.

This is just Cofidis' bad due diligence, which bearing in mind their history, is probably more shocking than the doping.
Astana well, I guess as they are not going to be kicked out of the pro tour, as they would have been years ago.
Hopefully they'll find themselves more and more marginalised.

As for doping in your team, P.
STOP BLOODY WELL USING CANNABIS.

 

[Indurain's Lungs]

What do you mean? I'm surprised it was not reported that he was in my team. I know I am a long way back but the systematic doping of my riders is wrong and I hold my hands up.

I am fully compliant with the UCI and WADA drug testing requirements and none of my team's riders have ever tested positive.

 

[severnside gull]

Looking forward to today - first big climb and what the tour is all about for me!

 

[lost in london]

Mark Cavendish ‏[MENTION=12437]Mark[/MENTION]Cavendish
So @TeamSky's rest day training ride featured an impromptu 'highest cadence competition'. I won with 227rpm..

ssshhheeeeeiiitttttttt.

I know it's preaching to the converted but I'll get rightly flamed if I start a new thread.

Anyone caught up with the Wiggins press and wanting to catch up on the events so far.

ITV4 @ 7 has a review of the tour, so far.

Those highlights were excellent - I thought I would give myself (and my wife) a day off the Tour yesterday but loved watching it all over again.

 

[perseus]

Stage 10 Pre-race thoughts

Going up a f***ing great mountain today. Lots of attacks and Sky have the men to send out into the first attacks to act as passengers and slow them down if they can. But there might be some dummy attacks by the other teams with a high GC classification rider so Sky may have to ignore some.

Ideally, a group with a high GC rider (e.g. Monfort) get away for minutes and the Sky-led Peleton cannot haul them back and then a rider goes off the front of the breakaway group and then how many minutes can the Peleton and Sky reel in.

Tour de France 2012: it has already started on the flat introductory prelude to the race proper when the hills start

I will be supporting Maxime Montfort in the race today (if he is allowed to go in a break).

 

[Was not Was]

Rough translation...

Weller is a bit like Johnny here, an incongruity ... Probably the most respected singer of his island

Just in case anyone cares, that's a reference to Johnny Halliday, French legend never taken seriously in the UK.

 

[perseus]

1:00 pm BST Weather f sunny 21 C.

The 25 leaders - Burghardt, Cummings, Popovych, Voigt, Scarponi, Sagan, Grivko, Voeckler, Arashiro, Martinez, Millar, Zabriskie, Peraud, Jeandesboz, Horrach, Casar, Hutarovich, Ladagnous, Sanchez (RAB), Kroon, Morkov, Fofonov, Devenyns, Gerrans and Goss - are now 5'55" ahead of the peloton which is at the 71km mark.

This is the maximum gain of the escape so far today. No SKY riders in this group.

Just before the first climb of Category 2. I bet there is carnage at the lats mountain climb and ITV4 will not know where all the riders are.

 

[Triggaaar]

IF he holds on another couple of weeks then I'd love to hear an argument against him being the greatest British athlete/sportsman ever to walk these Isles. A knighthood isn't recognition enough.

The greatest cyclist to come from the British Isles was Irish!

Regardless of whether that's correct or not, what's that got to do with anything? Irish people are not British. Brixtaan is saying he could be the greatest British sportsman, so what's the point in saying that there are better cyclists elsewhere in Europe? You really are special.

 

[AK74]

Might be of interest to those of you who like all things velo (and might be a re-post, so apologies etc)

Le Tour Exhibition: Where Cycling, Art And Religion Collide | Hardware | Sabotage Times

 

[Indurain's Lungs]

Regardless of whether that's correct or not, what's that got to do with anything? Irish people are not British. Brixtaan is saying he could be the greatest British sportsman, so what's the point in saying that there are better cyclists elsewhere in Europe? You really are special.

He's obviously continuing his bizarre idea of nationality/heritage from the racist Australians thread!!

 

[Indurain's Lungs]

So it appears that Di Gregorio may just be a bit too friendly with Charles. Purely a recreational habit is the latest rumour!

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Regardless of whether that's correct or not, what's that got to do with anything? Irish people are not British. Brixtaan is saying he could be the greatest British sportsman, so what's the point in saying that there are better cyclists elsewhere in Europe? You really are special.

And you're pretty thick if you think I was being serious.

Well done for making that much obvious.