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Karla

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #200 on: 09 July, 2018, 02:16:04 pm »
I think Torslanda wants to keep that one free of specific "Did Chris Froome dope" posts.

Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #201 on: 09 July, 2018, 02:18:22 pm »
He's also moved it to Kidstuff as a more appropriate home for some of the comments.

T42

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #202 on: 09 July, 2018, 02:22:38 pm »
France TV seems to think that TTTs are boring: they keep cutting away from the road to do talking-head sessions. Signal keeps dropping out, too. :(
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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #203 on: 09 July, 2018, 02:33:31 pm »
'Separated by one fraction of a second. Rounded up to one square second...'

WTF? ???
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Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #204 on: 09 July, 2018, 03:28:22 pm »
No, ***, T $ky will not have to wait until all the teams have finished before they know whether:

• they've won, and
• G has teh shinyjumper

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #205 on: 09 July, 2018, 03:32:52 pm »
Did I hear Millar say that Cav's team had to stop 200 yards after the start because his 3T Wonderbike had unshipped its chain?

Erratum - he's on a Cervelo. I can't remember whether he's been bitching about it.

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #206 on: 09 July, 2018, 04:42:42 pm »
The dropped necklace chain thing I think happened when they were recce'ing the course this morning, but Cav has apparently been moaning about the team issue bikes recently.

I've just accidentally exposed myself to this year's Money Supermarket shitvert :o  Who comes up with that arse-gravy?  And do they get paid for it?
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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #207 on: 09 July, 2018, 04:47:52 pm »
Go Geraint!  Now 3rd in GC.
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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #208 on: 09 July, 2018, 05:00:28 pm »
Fair chance he might get to be in yellow by middle of next week

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #209 on: 09 July, 2018, 05:16:01 pm »
Stage 3: Cholet

Bethany [8]:o hai team tiem trail 2da rite @ least its a skool da txt me if nefink hapens,,,,,,,,,,,,, xXx bethany
G Imlach:O hai! I am TV's G Imlach and I am excellent! Team tiem-trail 2da & no graft & corruption in bringing teh race 2 a town where teh mayor is C Prudhomme's b-i-l o noes!
ML Maire:I do hope, G Imlach, that u r not implying French local politics is rife with sleaze?
G Imlach:Perish teh thort! TV's Niec C Boardman, SCIENCE us!
G Boardman (from a safe distance):I'm not playing!
NC Boardman:Socks! Hats! Handlebars! Y I hav 2 wear this waistcoat?
G Imlach:[Whistles innocently] T $ky, winnage G Thomas! M Rendall!
Omnes:Where were u yesterda, M Rendall?
EC Boardman:He dunt work on Sunda!
Omnes:4 religious reasons?
EC Boardman:Noes, he's just teh idle fckr! A hahahaha! Ha ha! Ha!
M Rendall:U gîtški, Gaiztok C Taxtakishi! G Thomas!
G Thomas:R teh littul grilz @ skool?
M Rendall:Si oui ja da igen hände hoch Tommy Robinson! Tutum est!
G Thomas:Wind! Try 2 win stage! 4 sure! Shinyjumper!
Omnes:Interview teh biek, M Rendall!  It'd maek moar sense than either ov u!
M Rendall:Fck! Off!
[...]
N Boulting:O hai! I am TV's *** Boulting & I am excellent! Welcome 2 Cholet, where teh Wombles come from!
E Beresford:???
SD Millar:O hai ect ect. Put out moar flags!
N Boulting:Look, see, T $ky! C Froome G Thomas!
SD Millar:Discipline!
Bethany's Mum:C mi website 4 available services, prices do not include VAT!
SD Millar:
[...]
SD Millar:...TM Scott! Yates brothers!
S Yates (via avian datagram):Hold on! Iz something sum1 4got 2 tell me?
SD Millar:Errr... wind, predictable unpredictability & T $ky!  Down 2 6 riders! Yoicks!
ML Maire:R Porte! Yes, u, boy! Tuck ur elbows in!
R Porte:Eeep!
N Boulting:R Bardet French hope shinyjumper Champs Elysées!
M Pingu:Up teh chimney wif him lol and, moreover roffle!
R Bardet:Bof, u Ingleesh!
M Pingu:Ur ded, R Bardet! D-E-D!
[...]
N Boulting:T $ky... won't know if they haz teh winnage until teh final team haz finished!
Omnes::facepalm:
[...]
Bethany [8]:o hai gang wots occurrin?
Omnes:T $ky fastest so far.  Out ov 2.
Bethany [8]:huh AND ive got maffs next maek a gril hapi y dont u?
Omnes:Oooooooooh, tetchy!
[...]
N Quintana:O hai mi naem iz I Montoya N Quintana u killed mi father prepare 2... oh. I haz lost 48 seconds 2 C Froome & G Thomas! Piss!
M Landa & A Valverde:Who teh daddy now, I Montoya N Quintana?
M Rendall:G Thomas klengen Plang blong T $ky parlak dres?
G Thomas:Er, wait & see, taek it as it comes, long way 2 go yet. [Aside] What did he just say?
[...]
T BMC:Ha! Taek that, T $ky! Shinyjumper 4 GV Avermaet?
G Thomas:Pub!
[After teh resignation ov Bloody Stupid Johnson]
N Boulting:Look, see, a fox with a bunny-wunny in its mouth!
Omnes:U sure it not disgraced former defence secretary Liam Fox roffle bit ov political Stuffs Mrs Thatch mi naem's Ben Elton!
N Boulting:What did they just say?
SD Millar:TQ Step! WTF? F Gardenia Blues Explosion lol!
J Spencer*:Fck! Off!
[...]
Bethany [8]:skool's out wots hapnin?
N Boulting:GV Avermaet P Gilbert CP Sagan?
SD Millar:GV Avermaet P Gilbert CP Sagan!
Bethany [8]:wot about mi Da... R Urán?
N Boulting & SD Millar:Who?
Bethany [8]:*%#^*%!
SD Millar:CP Sagan! He's blowed up!
TB Hansgrohe:No prisoners!
CP Sagan:Meh! In teh house ov mi father are many jumpers! Crazy!
G Thomas:We're in here, CP Sagan! Ur round! Hic!
[Enfin]
N Boulting:P Gilbert! P Gilbe...GV Avermaet!  Liek I sed all along!
TJV Garderen:Hold on! I'm on teh same tiem as GV Avermaet and u never mentioned me once! And me with this terrible pain in all teh diodes down mi left side!
G Imlach:Well that's put teh cat among teh penguins!
M Kitteh:Eh? Also, miaow!
TD Windmill:Great job... 4 sure...  c what happens...
5:[Swoons] soz g thomas but ur dumped!
G Thomas:Thank fck 4 that! Trebles all round!

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #210 on: 09 July, 2018, 05:16:55 pm »
Fair chance he might get to be in yellow hospital by middle of next week

FTFY :demon:
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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #211 on: 09 July, 2018, 05:26:38 pm »
Elizabeth Beresford makes a guest appearance on Pendemic Producionz!  Yaay!

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #212 on: 09 July, 2018, 05:41:08 pm »
Very good by P Pr0duckt10nz™®. Remind me why this isn’t syndicated in the major cycling newspapers?

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #213 on: 09 July, 2018, 05:46:57 pm »
Very good by P Pr0duckt10nz™®. Remind me why this isn’t syndicated in the major cycling newspapers?

Something to do with:
  • lawyers, and
  • Bethany's mum
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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #214 on: 09 July, 2018, 06:18:00 pm »
Very good by P Pr0duckt10nz™®. Remind me why this isn’t syndicated in the major cycling newspapers?

Something to do with:
  • lawyers, and
  • Bethany's mum

Surely plying either or both of these with wite litening should achieve a suitable outcome.
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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #215 on: 09 July, 2018, 06:24:41 pm »
Fair chance he might get to be in yellow hospital by middle of next week

FTFY :demon:

ITYM "Fair chance he might get to put a tree or telegraph pole in hospital by the middle of next week."

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #216 on: 09 July, 2018, 10:02:10 pm »
Elizabeth Beresford makes a guest appearance on Pendemic Producionz!  Yaay!
more like the ghost of E Beresford

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #217 on: 09 July, 2018, 10:09:10 pm »
What's the M.Pingu about? Something from the live stage presumably?
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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #218 on: 10 July, 2018, 12:22:40 am »
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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #219 on: 10 July, 2018, 08:16:01 am »
At what point would T $ky drop Froome as their GC contender and back Thomas instead? I'm not suggesting it should happen, or even that it could happen, but with Thomas being 3" of the lead and Froome 55", I'm just curious if you think they have a contingency plan should things not change.
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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #220 on: 10 July, 2018, 08:23:29 am »
The big question is over Froome's condition post-Giro.

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #221 on: 10 July, 2018, 08:26:04 am »

citoyen

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #222 on: 10 July, 2018, 08:27:49 am »
At what point would T $ky drop Froome as their GC contender and back Thomas instead? I'm not suggesting it should happen, or even that it could happen, but with Thomas being 3" of the lead and Froome 55", I'm just curious if you think they have a contingency plan should things not change.

Thomas is still very much Plan B. It’s far too early to think about changing their plans. And definitely far too early to count Froome out.

Stage 9 is the cobbles, then they have a rest day before three big Alps stages. That’s when the GC battle will really start to take shape.

Of course, Quintana has shown yet again that it’s possible to lose big chunks of time on seemingly innocuous flat stages. He’s already out of GC contention.
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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #223 on: 10 July, 2018, 08:30:00 am »
VELOMANCER

Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

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Re: Tour de France 2018
« Reply #224 on: 10 July, 2018, 08:40:30 am »
M Rendall interviews G Thomas: