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Re: TdF 2011 general discussion thread - likely to contain spoilers
« Reply #650 on: 25 July, 2011, 08:01:46 pm »
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why "Cuddles"?

Sorry, I believe I started this. ::-)

In the 1980s, my team-mate Warwick Rowe had a younger brother called Cadel.  That was his nickname!! ;D

You're making that up surely, it's like the Welease Wodderwick scene in Life of Brian.

Tim

Re: TdF 2011 general discussion thread - likely to contain spoilers
« Reply #651 on: 25 July, 2011, 08:02:23 pm »
Less than that - they start early next year

Re: TdF 2011 general discussion thread - likely to contain spoilers
« Reply #652 on: 25 July, 2011, 08:40:37 pm »
Sigh, I'm missing it already.  :(

Still, only 49 weeks to go before it starts again  :thumbsup:

I had to buy a copy of L'Équippe this morning in WHSmiths in Victoria Station.  It'll take me at least a couple of days to read it at the speed I read French - dictionary to hand.

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Re: TdF 2011 general discussion thread - likely to contain spoilers
« Reply #653 on: 25 July, 2011, 09:19:48 pm »
Sigh, I'm missing it already.  :(

Still, only 49 weeks to go before it starts again  :thumbsup:

Cheer up, the week after next it's the Tour of er, Poland!  ;D

Re: TdF 2011 general discussion thread - likely to contain spoilers
« Reply #654 on: 25 July, 2011, 09:43:45 pm »
Some nice photos, including one of Contador lamping a prick

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/07/2011_tour_de_france_part_2.html#photo27

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Re: TdF 2011 general discussion thread - likely to contain spoilers
« Reply #655 on: 25 July, 2011, 09:49:52 pm »
Another thought, in what other sport would you have to suffer so much just to win a stuffed toy ?



(I hope he keeps it safe from Molly)
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Re: TdF 2011 general discussion thread - likely to contain spoilers
« Reply #656 on: 25 July, 2011, 10:02:58 pm »
One of the high points of the race was that bit ..................... the short-haired woman on the left!! ;D ;D ;D
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Re: TdF 2011 general discussion thread - likely to contain spoilers
« Reply #657 on: 25 July, 2011, 10:04:55 pm »
Well - that was nearly all pretty amazing.  Pity about the crashes.  Let's hope the bubble of high drama isn't burst by a wad of lab results. 

I googled it and the only thing I could come up with was that it's similar to how the French pronounce his name. Whatever the reason, it does kinda suit him.

Also, his great-grandfather was Welsh. Cadel may sound Welsh (especially with the addition of Evans), but my first language is Welsh and I've never heard of anybody else with that name - but there were a few kings many centuries ago with the name Cadell.
Welsh names seem to be phonetic and the spelling varies with region and down to valleys.

... except that Welsh "l" and "ll" are completely different phonemes ("ll" shared with Zulu and no other language ...)

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Re: TdF 2011 general discussion thread - likely to contain spoilers
« Reply #658 on: 25 July, 2011, 10:06:25 pm »
Another thought, in what other sport would you have to suffer so much just to win a stuffed toy ?



plus a lions share of the 493, 990 euros that BMC won

Re: TdF 2011 general discussion thread - likely to contain spoilers
« Reply #659 on: 25 July, 2011, 10:08:21 pm »
Some nice photos, including one of Contador lamping a prick

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/07/2011_tour_de_france_part_2.html#photo27

The real reason Contador got the combativity award for that stage.  ;D  :thumbsup:
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Re: TdF 2011 general discussion thread - likely to contain spoilers
« Reply #660 on: 25 July, 2011, 10:14:12 pm »
The podium girls have gone downhill since Julie Blanc back in 2009:

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« Reply #661 on: 25 July, 2011, 10:35:57 pm »

... except that Welsh "l" and "ll" are completely different phonemes ("ll" shared with Zulu and no other language ...)

(Very OT) Not quite (the 'no other language bit, not the "l" and "ll" distinction).

RJ

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Re: TdF 2011 general discussion thread - likely to contain spoilers
« Reply #662 on: 25 July, 2011, 10:38:58 pm »

... except that Welsh "l" and "ll" are completely different phonemes ("ll" shared with Zulu and no other language ...)

(Very OT) Not quite (the 'no other language bit, not the "l" and "ll" distinction).

Hmmm.  I knew that linguistics lecturer was no good ....

Re: TdF 2011 general discussion thread - likely to contain spoilers
« Reply #663 on: 25 July, 2011, 11:08:48 pm »
Another thought, in what other sport would you have to suffer so much just to win a stuffed toy ?


plus a lions share of the 493, 990 euros that BMC won

I think they share it equally among the team. The winner make his money later. That's what Phil and Paul always said back in the day anyway (when Channel 4 started showing the Tour).


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« Reply #664 on: 25 July, 2011, 11:13:01 pm »
Except Cadel Evans is a bit of a sponsorship nightmare, unlike the advertisers wet dream that was Lance.

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Re: TdF 2011 general discussion thread - likely to contain spoilers
« Reply #665 on: 26 July, 2011, 07:16:50 am »
The podium girls have gone downhill since Julie Blanc back in 2009:

I disagree...

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Re: TdF 2011 general discussion thread - likely to contain spoilers
« Reply #666 on: 26 July, 2011, 11:17:09 am »
Is this the first time the Tour has been won by a ventriloquist's dummy?  Still, my evenings now have a big Tour-shaped hole in them.
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Re: TdF 2011 general discussion thread - likely to contain spoilers
« Reply #667 on: 27 July, 2011, 06:56:23 am »
Robert Millar seems to sum it up pretty well
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In the end, confidence was probably the difference. The whole race, Cadel Evans looked like he was riding to win the Tour, while the Schleck brothers looked like they were trying not to lose.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/robert-millar/why-evans-beat-the-schleck-brothers
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« Reply #668 on: 27 July, 2011, 08:40:34 am »
I think you are right on that one Rig,

I caught up with highlights of the TT last night. On the start ramp, Cadel was completely "In The Zone", a picture of concentration. Andy Schleck on the other hand was uncomfortable and fiddling with his new yellow gloves and looking around. As far away from The Zone as it is possible to get.

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Re: TdF 2011 general discussion thread - likely to contain spoilers
« Reply #669 on: 27 July, 2011, 09:54:16 am »
I think you are right on that one Rig,

I caught up with highlights of the TT last night. On the start ramp, Cadel was completely "In The Zone", a picture of concentration. Andy Schleck on the other hand was uncomfortable and fiddling with his new yellow gloves and looking around. As far away from The Zone as it is possible to get.

Didn't Sherwin comment that the french call him 'Andy Rubberneck'

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Re: TdF 2011 general discussion thread - likely to contain spoilers
« Reply #670 on: 27 July, 2011, 10:11:41 am »
Another thought, in what other sport would you have to suffer so much just to win a stuffed toy ?


plus a lions share of the 493, 990 euros that BMC won

I think they share it equally among the team. The winner make his money later. That's what Phil and Paul always said back in the day anyway (when Channel 4 started showing the Tour).



The cuddly toy's the 'lions share' ;)

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Re: TdF 2011 general discussion thread - likely to contain spoilers
« Reply #671 on: 31 July, 2011, 06:00:34 pm »
Is it really only a week since it ended seems loke ages ago.
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Re: TdF 2011 general discussion thread - likely to contain spoilers
« Reply #672 on: 01 August, 2011, 09:11:24 am »
Only 48 weeks to go to the next one. And Vuelta and World Champs to look forward to.  And contract/transfer speculation to fill in the gaps.

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Re: TdF 2011 general discussion thread - likely to contain spoilers
« Reply #673 on: 01 August, 2011, 09:42:13 am »
1st August so now contract speculation can become fact..
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