Author Topic: TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)  (Read 59824 times)

Ruthie

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TdeF 2016 (Contains spoilers)
« on: 02 July, 2016, 04:08:39 pm »
OOOH THAT WAS REALLY GOOD!!!!!
Milk please, no sugar.

Ruthie

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Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #1 on: 02 July, 2016, 04:09:04 pm »
Is it really possible this is the first thread on this topic  ???
Milk please, no sugar.

Ruthie

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Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #2 on: 02 July, 2016, 04:18:14 pm »
Awww Cav with his little girl, he's such a big softie!
Milk please, no sugar.

woollypigs

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Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #3 on: 02 July, 2016, 04:25:19 pm »
Now that was nice, now he can go home and relax before the long flight to Rio :)
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T42

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Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #4 on: 02 July, 2016, 04:26:17 pm »
Nah, he needs two more now.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

Andrew

Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #5 on: 02 July, 2016, 04:59:14 pm »
Could have done without seeing Contador's pubes though :-\

Wowbagger

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Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #6 on: 02 July, 2016, 05:14:21 pm »
Why weren't all those people there when Kim, Canardly and I cycled along those roads earlier in the month?
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LEE

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Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #7 on: 02 July, 2016, 06:09:49 pm »
"Mark Cavendish will wear the yellow jersey for the first time in his career"

Does anyone deserve it more?

Wow...We tried our best to get there to cheer you into Utah beach but missed you by a day.
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Karla

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Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #9 on: 02 July, 2016, 08:11:35 pm »
Excellent.  I have Kittel as my fantasy sprinter, but I've never been happier to be beaten  :thumbsup:

Mr Larrington

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Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #10 on: 02 July, 2016, 08:14:10 pm »
I'm watching the highlights, due to being terminally feeble-minded and forgetting all about the live coverage this afternoon.  Am I imagining it, or have Liggett and Sherwen really been pensioned off?
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Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #11 on: 02 July, 2016, 08:30:20 pm »
A shipwreck??  Thats a bloody Mulberry that is........ Well done Cav!
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Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #12 on: 02 July, 2016, 08:35:24 pm »
It's quite interesting for those of us signed up to do Stephane's d day Audax in a couple of weeks as the tour's first two stages are covering much of the same area. It's a chance to do a bit of recce of the route.

StuAff

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Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #13 on: 02 July, 2016, 08:54:18 pm »
I'm watching the highlights, due to being terminally feeble-minded and forgetting all about the live coverage this afternoon.  Am I imagining it, or have Liggett and Sherwen really been pensioned off?
They're still going, but ITV got Ned and David to do the coverage instead of paying for the deadly duo's syndicated feed. I couldn't believe it either, but finally....... :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbs:up: (....)

Mr Larrington

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Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #14 on: 02 July, 2016, 11:06:03 pm »
Part of me will miss Bluntman & Chronic Phil & Paul, but only a little bit.
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Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #15 on: 02 July, 2016, 11:18:12 pm »
Part of me will miss Bluntman & Chronic Phil & Paul, but only a little bit.

How powerful an electron microscope will I need to be able to see said bit?
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Mr Larrington

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Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #16 on: 03 July, 2016, 01:43:10 pm »
Well, there'll be no thread this year taking the piss out of suitcases, twin-turbo V8 diesels, how many times rider X has been time-trial champion of country Y and how many different ways there are to pronounce "Thomas Voeckler".
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Mr Larrington

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Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #17 on: 03 July, 2016, 06:41:44 pm »
David "Jirasek Lighthouses" Millar has made a noble attempt to fill the suitcase shoes of Sherwen with his drivel about the cliffs of the Nez de Jobourg which, Dave, are not even the highest in France, never mind Europe.
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eck

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Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #18 on: 03 July, 2016, 07:13:34 pm »
David "Jirasek Lighthouses" Millar has made a noble attempt to fill the suitcase shoes of Sherwen with his drivel about the cliffs of the Nez de Jobourg which, Dave, are not even the highest in France, never mind Europe.
Ah, well, give the boy David a break. I think that (mis)information must have been given out by the local tourist folk, always so faithfully quoted by Sherwen.   While struggling to stay awake during Eurosport's coverage, ISTR hearing that said cliffs were indeed the highest in mainland Europe.
It's a bit weird, but actually quite wonderful.

Paul

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Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #19 on: 03 July, 2016, 09:03:02 pm »
I'm watching the highlights, due to being terminally feeble-minded and forgetting all about the live coverage this afternoon.  Am I imagining it, or have Liggett and Sherwen really been pensioned off?
They're still going, but ITV got Ned and David to do the coverage instead of paying for the deadly duo's syndicated feed. I couldn't believe it either, but finally....... :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbs:up: (....)

I too am getting over the shock fairly quickly. I even noted some silent time. No harm there - it's not radio.
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Mr Larrington

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Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #20 on: 03 July, 2016, 09:23:57 pm »
Ned Boulting is on official notice, enforceable by BEAR, not to mention "big engines" again.
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Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #21 on: 03 July, 2016, 09:34:55 pm »
fill the suitcase shoes of Sherwen

Liggett and Sherwen are still doing their thing for NBC Sports.  The feed is available on satellite if you are really keen.

Haven't noticed any real bloopers yet, but have mostly been watching the ITV4 version.

Mr Larrington

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Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #22 on: 03 July, 2016, 09:38:21 pm »
I'm certainly not keen enough on cycling's version of the Chuckle Brothers to fork out for a wok on the wall or a cable connection.
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mattc

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Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #23 on: 04 July, 2016, 08:42:46 am »
plus ca change

More discussion of commentators than the bike-racing.

what has changed for 2016 is that we're discussing EX-commentators!


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woollypigs

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Re: TdeF 2016
« Reply #24 on: 04 July, 2016, 08:48:12 am »
But mattc do remember that the lazy cyclist only cycle for about 5-6 hours a day ... :)
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