Tour de France 2013

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

You need sunglasses too.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Jul 09, 2016 10:51

Pinot will have a good day today

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Jul 09, 2016 12:01

MaliA wrote:

Pinot will have a good day today

"My season has turned to dust. The objective is dead,”

Oh.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Jul 09, 2016 14:09

Pinot!

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

That's what I thought Froome had when he was in that descending position.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

MaliA wrote:

Pinot will have a good day today

"My season has turned to dust. The objective is dead,”

Oh.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Jul 09, 2016 18:47

Cras wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Pinot will have a good day today

"My season has turned to dust. The objective is dead,”

Oh.

atta boy

Quote:

One issue was decided, however: Thibaut Pinot’s attempt to become the first Frenchman to win the Tour since Bernard Hinault in 1985 has come to an abrupt end. Having lost three minutes on Friday at Lac de Payolle, Pinot was visibly off form and opted to self-immolate in the midday sun rather than go gently. He valiantly led the race over the Tourmalet and the Hourquette, with Sky keeping tabs on him at a distance after which he was reeled in and emphatically dumped.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Jul 10, 2016 13:39

Pinot!

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 12, 2016 12:42

Pinot!

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Jul 13, 2016 13:45

Pinot's fallen off already.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Jul 13, 2016 14:35

Bunch has split. Three guesses as to which side Pinot(+15 mins) is on....

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Wed Jul 13, 2016 14:53

The west side.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Jul 13, 2016 14:55

Is Pinot egregious?

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25585

Mr Dave wrote:

The west side.

Is he a Shark or a Jet?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38458

Lonewolves wrote:

Is Pinot egregious?

Put a cork in it

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Wed Jul 13, 2016 15:42

Clearly a Jet. Shark failed at Gladiator auditions.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2016 9:47

Yesterday's move by Froome to go with Sagan was absolutely amazing. Superb call. I thought Thomas was going to be dropped, too. I think Sagan did a double take when he glanced over to see a yellow clad rider by him, then again when Froome said they'd work together.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2016 11:05

I think Froome has played this very well, on the assumption that he has enough left to follow any break on Ventoux. The time trial afterwards could be key, and is usually where he excels.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2016 12:11

Curiosity wrote:

I think Froome has played this very well, on the assumption that he has enough left to follow any break on Ventoux. The time trial afterwards could be key, and is usually where he excels.

Yes. He's appeared to try and snatch seconds here and there. Quite why Nairo was not at the front and so isolated is Valverde's guess

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

I wonder if Froome had got the message that the top of Ventoux was off today, so he realised that making the break would have limited impact on today and hoped (correctly) that Quintana didn't get the memo.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2016 13:49

Oh. Fuckballs. Pinot's being dropped. Already

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2016 14:27

Aaatghhhhh! 90 secs behind peleton.

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Poor Pinot. I'll be climbing 1000ft next Thursday too. (Over 60 miles though)

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2016 16:27

Holy wow! Craziness ensues! Cannot wait to watch this!

Curiosity · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2016 17:08

Carnage!

romanista · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2016 21:37

Run froomey run!

And our Koeman.has.been screwed.over by the jury.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Jul 15, 2016 7:15

The decisions do seem to be more equal to some than others

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Jul 15, 2016 8:18

something needs to be done about the fans.

devilman · **Posted:** Fri Jul 15, 2016 8:54

KovacsC wrote:

something needs to be done about the fans.

Aww. Let Mali have his fun.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:41

Pinot has gotten The Poorlies and withdrawn!

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 19, 2016 20:20

Cav's done one because Rio!

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Tomorrow I have to average 12mph to get to Dunkirk on time. Seems bold for Pinot let alone me.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 19, 2016 21:23

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

Tomorrow I have to average 12mph to get to Dunkirk on time. Seems bold for Pinot let alone me.

Best of luck.

romanista · **Posted:** Fri Jul 22, 2016 21:09

Mollema fell

Cries.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Aug 02, 2016 15:36

So, that's oK, then

Quote:

Lizzie Armitstead did not challenge a missed drugs test from 2015 until she faced an 11th-hour ban from the Olympics for missing three controls, UK’s anti-doping federation said.

Drug testers from UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) could not find the world road race champion on three occasions during the last year, resulting in an automatic suspension from the sport pending an independent review into whether she had violated doping rules.

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

To be fair, on the third occasion they went to a different place to where she said she would be and they should never have called it a fail. Still think 2 prior failed attempts isn't ideal however.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Aug 02, 2016 17:37

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

To be fair, on the third occasion they went to a different place to where she said she would be and they should never have called it a fail. Still think 2 prior failed attempts isn't ideal however.

That was the first occasion. She was fine with the other two.

Still, she's not Russian, so it's all okay!

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Curiosity wrote:

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

To be fair, on the third occasion they went to a different place to where she said she would be and they should never have called it a fail. Still think 2 prior failed attempts isn't ideal however.

That was the first occasion. She was fine with the other two.

Still, she's not Russian, so it's all okay!

Hot, too.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Aug 02, 2016 18:34

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

Curiosity wrote:

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

To be fair, on the third occasion they went to a different place to where she said she would be and they should never have called it a fail. Still think 2 prior failed attempts isn't ideal however.

That was the first occasion. She was fine with the other two.

Still, she's not Russian, so it's all okay!

Hot, too.

Once, she smiled at me. That's Dame Storey behind her.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Sep 19, 2016 10:28

Don't TUE want me, Bradley?

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

It's strange how many people with acute asthma take up cycling, you'd think they would want to do something a bit less taxing on the lungs.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25585

Yeah, Mali.

Tch.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2016 11:16

2017 Route

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2016 11:20

Can we change the name of the thread?

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2016 11:21

KovacsC wrote:

Can we change the name of the thread?

Yes.
Call it 'Thrilling Heroics'

myp · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2016 11:22

KovacsC wrote:

Can we change the name of the thread?

"Roid Ragers 2017"?

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2016 11:23

or boring i know... Tour De France

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2016 11:24

Thrilling Heroics

devilman · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2016 11:25

KovacsC wrote:

or boring i know... Tour De France

...and a bit of Germany.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2016 11:27

KovacsC wrote:

or boring i know... Tour De France

That is really boring. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Be Excellent To Each Other

Tour de France 2013
no thread?

Who is online

Be Excellent To Each Other

Tour de France 2013 no thread?

Who is online

Tour de France 2013
no thread?