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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #375 on: 11 July, 2017, 01:28:32 pm »
Poor old Arnaud Demare. Strange that he couldnt make the time cut. He didnt have any problem getting over the Cipressa at last year's MSR before going on to win it.

IMHO he should be checking in with his cardiologist.

My post was a subtle dig. Demare wont be missed by the rest of the riders.

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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #376 on: 11 July, 2017, 02:11:39 pm »
I am starting to think Super D, Nice C and *** have started celebrating ***'s birthday already.
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #377 on: 11 July, 2017, 02:34:32 pm »
Poor old Arnaud Demare. Strange that he couldnt make the time cut. He didnt have any problem getting over the Cipressa at last year's MSR before going on to win it.

IMHO he should be checking in with his cardiologist.

My post was a subtle dig. Demare wont be missed by the rest of the riders.

Whatever. La Cipressa << stage 9.  And if it's not his pharmacist who's failing I meant that about the cardio.  In 2007 I did PBP at the age of 60, went up the Ventoux in 2h20 a month later, and failed a stress test two months after that. It creeps up on you.


Anyway, here we go again for another boring flattie with a bout of thuggery at the end of it. Hope they spare the blood this time.
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #378 on: 11 July, 2017, 02:59:48 pm »
I'm home from work early today. Tis a shame today isn't a decent hilly stage for me to enjoy live.
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #379 on: 11 July, 2017, 03:00:56 pm »
Scenery's nice.
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #380 on: 11 July, 2017, 03:17:52 pm »
I'm glad it's not as exciting as yesterday Sunday - it means I'm actually able to focus on getting some work done...

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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #381 on: 11 July, 2017, 03:19:25 pm »
You're right, the rest day was more exciting.

Even the sprint was boring. Miaow.
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #382 on: 11 July, 2017, 04:36:30 pm »
Where on earth was A Greipel ???
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #383 on: 11 July, 2017, 04:47:50 pm »
Fell asleep with 5km to go. Did I miss anything?
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #384 on: 11 July, 2017, 04:51:27 pm »
It was a recovery ride

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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #385 on: 11 July, 2017, 05:18:58 pm »
I'm glad it's not as exciting as yesterday Sunday - it means I'm actually able to focus on getting some work done...

(corrected with thanks to T42 for highlighting my schoolboy error)

Yebbut you were right all the same.
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #386 on: 11 July, 2017, 05:20:45 pm »
Stage 10: Périgueux->Bergerac

G Imlach:O hai! And o hai 2 TV’s Nice C Boardman! Comment!
NC Boardman:O hai! Teh race needs clearly defined areas ov doubt and uncertainty1!
G Imlach:R-i-i-i-i-ght! TV’s D Friebe, tell us Stuffs!
D Friebe:O hai! I, TV’s D Friebe, haz here snottyjumper-wearing hair model & fish-botherer M Kitteh.
M Kitteh:O hai! I liek fish! Also, miaow!
D Friebe:So can u pwn all teh remaining sprint sprint sprintEEEEs in teh race?
M Kitteh:Yes. No. Miaow!
D Friebe:Sometimes I hate this job!
N Boulting:O h… mic.. ne… nt…
SD Millar:And a happy birthday 2 u, ***!
N Boulting:FdJ. Stupidz or what?
SD Millar:More Stupidz than D Tяump after a dose ov liquid cosh. Rain. Reboot!
N Boulting:France. Trés French. W Barguil. R Bardet. B Bargeld. T Barman! Trebles all round! Hic!
Bethany (7):Isn’t it a bit early 4 that, ***? Super D, plz 2 keep him under control @ lunchtiem! U owe me, remember!
Shortly…
C Prudhomme:OK. Off u fck!
Y Offredo:O hai! I am Y Offredo and I am well weapon, me! But not weapon enuff 2 do 180 km on mi own!
É Gesbert:O hai! I am É Gesbert and I am a firestarter. A twisted firestarter! I am in teh break 2 avoid teh pelican taking teh piss!
800 Journalists:FAIL – u haz it! World+Dog iz now doning teh lulz @ u, É Gesbert!
É Gesbert:Piss!
K Flint:It’s not funny!
Omnes:Oh. Yes. It. Is!
In a bit…
SD Millar:Châteaux! Citröens! Bored now!
N Boulting:Indeed! Let us see what sumptuous repast Mine Host has prepared 4 us! Radio’s M Smith and ur hostage, do ur thing!
M Smith:O hai TV’s M Smith 2 u and mi. Guest is T Pidcock who is an angry young. Man.
T Pidcock:Say after me, M Smith, I must learn teh difference between “angry” and “cross”!
M Smith:Unwritten rules etiquette assault attack M Rendall!
M Rendall:Guten dio mihi tel koyaanikumquat! Reglorumque Arooooooo tischbein blong mŷn unaussprechlichen Külten! Quetzalcoatl og pingu? U bis de juge Robson Green!
Bethany (7):M Rendall, plz 2 tell me; what colour is teh sky on ur home planet?
M Rendall:Widgeon!
T Pidcock:Jelly babies!
M Smith:Tour de Yorkshire cobbles Hovis ha ha ha ha. Ha?
T Pidcock:Eh?
Omnes:That was shot in Dorset, u colossal bellend!
PM Moron:U called?
Omnes:No. No, we did not. F*uck off!
M Smith:M Beaumont world eighty days Russia crashomatic 6000.
M Beaumont:Ooh mi teefs!
Bethany (7):Tell me about it!
Later…
N Boulting:SD Millar is sulking again. NC Boardman, château!
NC Boardman:Yes. Rubbish maze thobut.
N Boulting:Vikings!
NC Boardman:Caves!
N Boulting:Caves?
NC Boardman:Caves!
N Boulting:Isn’t France brilliant?
Bethany (7):Bit quiet, then?
NC Boardman:Yes. Yes, it is.
N Boulting:Etiquette! Toilet break!
NC Boardman:Peer pressure!
Bethany (7):I see what u did there, Niec C lol!!1!
SD Millar:Aru! Teh Stupidz! It burns. Idiots.
N Farage:Well I say it just goes 2 show that u can’t trust a FOREIGN!
Omnes:Go away!
A good deal later…
N Boulting:Château! England! France! Eleanor ov Aquitaine!
N Farage:Unelected BureaucratTM, she was!
Omnes:Can’t we get a restraining order slapped on that gobshite, FFS?
NC Boardman:MischEEEvus!
SD Millar:MisCHIvus!
N Boulting:Call teh whole thing off?
NC Boardman & SD Millar:Wisest thing u said all day, ***!
Down teh river…
N Boulting:Sprint sprint sprintEEEE! Oh. That was a bit underwhelming!
A Greipel:lol @ M Kitteh!
N Bouhanni:Not interested. A Démare haz goned home. I hope hiz car breaks down!
M Kitteh:lol @ M Matthews! Also, miaow!
Into teh closing overs…
N Boulting:No rain. No wind. No fun!
SD Millar:AS-TA-NA! STU-PID? OR WHAT?
N Boulting:Yes, OK, Super D. U made ur point!
SD Millar:(Sulks again…)
N Boulting:Teh pelican is catching teh futile break. Oh, wait, they’re not! Or are they? OR ARE THEY?
SD Millar:(Sighs) Yes, ***. Yes, they is.
N Boulting:Yes, they did. Prepare 4 teh sprint sprint sprintEEEE!
EC Boardman:There’ll be a crash, just u wait & see! Heheheheheheheh and, moreover, roffle!
M Kitteh:C me bide mi tiem!
S Cummings:Oi! That’s mi line!
M Kitteh:Don’t knock it, it worked! Also, miaow!
A Greipel:WTF?
EC Boardman:(Sulks)
Bethany (7):Meh! Mountains, SVP!

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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #387 on: 11 July, 2017, 05:25:05 pm »
Where on earth was A Greipel ???

No idea, but I would have been richer by 30 Imperial Credits of the Realm had he won. I'm just about breaking even on this Tour, but some bugger I back needs to win soon!
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #388 on: 11 July, 2017, 05:28:34 pm »
I suspect the odds against anyone other than M Kitteh winning a flat stage are long indeed by now.
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #389 on: 11 July, 2017, 05:40:58 pm »
Where on earth was A Greipel ???

The Lotto-Soudal train delivered him perfectly to the finish line.

Only problem being it was an imaginary finish line about 500m ahead of the real one.

Where, for that matter, on earth was B Matthews?
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #390 on: 11 July, 2017, 06:04:31 pm »
Do you mean M?

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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #391 on: 11 July, 2017, 06:36:21 pm »
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #392 on: 11 July, 2017, 07:55:15 pm »
Caley Fretz for VeloNews has a nice critique of the waiting that has infested cycling, here. I agree with essentially all of it.

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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #393 on: 11 July, 2017, 08:09:20 pm »
Caley Fretz for VeloNews has a nice critique of the waiting that has infested cycling, here. I agree with essentially all of it.

So do I.

I'm annoyed that Lionel Birnie nicked my Eugene Christophe gag though.
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #394 on: 11 July, 2017, 08:10:05 pm »
Yes, and riders should indeed fix their own bikes like Christophe.  I like the ethos of the old TdF, the lonely, rough mountain tracks with no back up, every man for himself and gears? Who needs 'em?   



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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #395 on: 11 July, 2017, 08:19:39 pm »
Meanwhile N Bouhanni has been given a minute time penalty and a 200 CHF fine for apparently throwing a punch  :o
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #396 on: 11 July, 2017, 08:23:35 pm »
Old habits die hard, eh? Though the two penalties are equally meaningless to him.

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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #397 on: 11 July, 2017, 08:30:10 pm »
Personally I'd rate attempted fisticuffs worse than the Crazy P Sagan incident, but perhaps I'm just hopelessly old-fashioned.
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #398 on: 11 July, 2017, 08:39:02 pm »
The Tom Steels DSQ was the best one for a sprinter being kicked off the race for losing their rag.
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Re: TdeF 2017
« Reply #399 on: 11 July, 2017, 08:40:55 pm »
Meanwhile N Bouhanni has been given a minute time penalty and a 200 CHF fine for apparently throwing a punch  :o
Only a matter of time before he has an unfortunate "accident" off camera involving his jaw and someone else's fist (or feet) methinks.
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