Tour de France 2012

[Jaded]

Can we hace a separate thread for sideburns please, and keep this thread real.

[Somnolent]

Can we hace a separate thread for sideburns please, and keep this thread real.

You saying his sideburns are not real ?
Who on earth would want fake stick on ones like that ?

IGMC

[mattc]

I'm happy to defend Wiggo ad nauseum, but we do seem to have covered all the main angles:

- At the end of one press conference, he swore a bit. It's definitely not big or clever, but some people admired his frankness.
- If he doesn't take drugs, you can understand he's upset. If he does, well then he's a cheating git; but we don't know at the moment, and there's a good discussion here.

Have I missed anything?

[Pingu]

Can we hace a separate thread for sideburns please, and keep this thread real.

You saying his sideburns are not real ?
Who on earth would want fake stick on ones like that ?

IGMC

They're made from shark skin. They've been tested in the McLaren F1 wind tunnel & have been found to give a 0.5% aerodynamic advantage over shaved skin.

Trufax.

[mattc]

I'm pretty sure Jens was the first rider to be made of shark skin. SKY just nick all the best ideas.

[fuzzy]

I'm pretty sure Jens was the first rider to be made of shark skin. SKY just nick all the best ideas.

Complete and utter bollox. The whole world knows that Jens is made from the same stuff that Wolverine is made of. Marvel just nicked the idea from Jens.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Can we hace a separate thread for sideburns please, and keep this thread real.

You are Eminem?

[fuzzy]

Can we hace a separate thread for sideburns please, and keep this thread real.

You saying his sideburns are not real ?
Who on earth would want fake stick on ones like that ?

IGMC

Talking of sideburns, a naughty friend of mine has tampered with a photo of me-



I think I look more like Jethro than Wiggo......

[David Martin]

That was some finish - my legs hurt just watching it..

[twiddler]

Poor old Tommy V, see him limping about on the stage with a locked knee, poor bugger was still grinning his head off.
Amazing finish.

[mattc]

There was a Quite Interesting moment when Nibali was caught by Groupe Maillot Jaune. It looked like he got a loving pat on the butt from a Cofidis rider, presumably "12th TAARAMAE Rein   + 05' 56''"

So perhaps alliances have already formed.

[David Martin]

It will be quite a scrap. Tomorrow will be some stage, especially the last climb. Look for an early break with some BMC/Liquigas riders in who might be able to help in the final, but otherwise it will be them trying to distance Porte/Rogers/BH from Froome/Wiggo before the last climb.
It will be a train wreck.

[Bledlow]

http://www.lequipe.fr/qdj/2642

La question du jour (Mardi 10 juillet )
Bradley Wiggins va-t-il gagner le Tour de France ?

    

Code: [Select]

Voter
OUI   56%
Oui
NON  37%
Non
NSP   7%
NSP

4 706 votes


Aujourd'hui
Voter
OUI   55%
NON   39%   
NSP   6%
21 666 votes

A lot more votes, but not much change in proportions.

[Hillbilly]

Tomorrow is tough, and there is another similar day in the Pyrenees.  All it takes is one bad day in the mountain to scupper a GC challenge - I've got vague recollections of it happening to Jan Ullrich a couple of times.

Lots of mileage left in this edition, if you'll excuse the pun.

[cuddy duck]

Are you Hillbilly of fixie skid fame?

[Rig of Jarkness]

I see that Wiggin's own goal from the other day remains on the agenda.

And if what Nibali is saying about his actions on the finish line are true, then that's a poor show.

If he wins I'll certainly be thinking twice about voting for him in SPOTY.

[Hillbilly]

Are you Hillbilly of fixie skid fame?

There's only one type of skid I'm likely to do riding fixed, and it's one that would give infamy rather than fame if done in public.

[Somnolent]

I notice Bradley says he respects Cadel Evans....
He might show Nibali a bit more respect if Nibali didn't mouth off to the press about being "un-impressed"

Sorry Vincenzo .... but you need to grow up and let your performances do the talking for a bit. 

[Hillbilly]

My thoughts as well.

Actions speak louder etc.

[Honest John]

I see that Wiggin's own goal from the other day remains on the agenda.

And if what Nibali is saying about his actions on the finish line are true, then that's a poor show.

If he wins I'll certainly be thinking twice about voting for him in SPOTY.

1. Some of us don't think it was an own goal. He was just telling uninformed anonymous rumour-mongers to F off and let him get on with his job. And so they should.

2. Wot PpPete said about Nibali.

[Feline]

Nibali seems to have consumed a punnet of sour grapes 
Based on interview performance alone I:
1. don't like Nibali
2. really like Wiggins

I have a funny feeling that Bradley doesn't give a flying crap what the people who are unimpressed with his comments and/or language think. That's one of the reasons I like him so much.

[simonp]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/wiggins-im-not-some-s-t-rider-who-has-come-from-nowhere

[Andrew Br]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/wiggins-im-not-some-s-t-rider-who-has-come-from-nowhere

Entertaining though the outburst was, perhaps this ^ should have been Wiggins' original response ?
Or does it now have more impact after his rant ?

Moving on, does the fact that several of the Sky team will be competing in the Olympics make it (even ?) less likely that they'll be doping since there will, presumably, be more testing carried out there ?

[Rig of Jarkness]

As I said upthread, a poor show.

http://www.steephill.tv/2012/tour-de-france/photos/stage-10/#355-IMG_2739_edited-1.jpg

[fuzzy]

Poor show? Crossing the finish line and taking a look back to see who is still with the group?

Or am I missing something in that photo?