Author Topic: TdeF 2017 (Read 98399 times)

TheLurker · « **Reply #225 on:** 07 July, 2017, 07:10:38 am »

I'm sort of pleased that CF isn't obviously head and shoulders above the rest of the field 'cos with luck it'll make for a more interesting race.

The thing that, as an ancient*, strikes me as remarkable is how many Brits (of various degrees**) there have been in the top 10 of the GC this last week.

As for Mr. Larrington's commentaries; I think we should *force* Cycling Weekly to print them.

* But not yet venerable, not by a long chalk.
**Born/adopted/etc

citoyen · « **Reply #226 on:** 07 July, 2017, 08:30:20 am »

Quote from: Veloman on 06 July, 2017, 09:25:19 pm

Trite comment. If I don't know then Mr Internet will tell me!

Apparently not.

Riggers · « **Reply #227 on:** 07 July, 2017, 08:50:29 am »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 07 July, 2017, 01:34:40 am

Quote from: Oaky on 06 July, 2017, 08:16:12 pm
Quote from: ScumOfTheRoad on 06 July, 2017, 07:41:01 pm
Why not we have Monsieur Larringtons commentary sur le tele en Angleterre?

+1 - it needs a wider audience!

Bethany's Mum vetoed it.

Could we have a photo of Bethany's Mum please.

Oh, and Kittel looks a totally different person off the bike (seen interviewed) than some teutonic behemoth powering over the finish line. Just making sure I show sufficient 'Racing' commentary to the thread.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #228 on:** 07 July, 2017, 09:40:24 am »

Quote from: Riggers on 07 July, 2017, 08:50:29 am

Could we have a photo of Bethany's Mum please.

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mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #229 on:** 07 July, 2017, 10:20:18 am »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 07 July, 2017, 09:40:24 am

Quote from: Riggers on 07 July, 2017, 08:50:29 am
Could we have a photo of Bethany's Mum please.

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Of course, that was taken a few years before Bethany (7) was born but she's still pretty scary...

Which one is Mum?

citoyen · « **Reply #230 on:** 07 July, 2017, 10:22:53 am »

Is the chap kneeling down Paul Sherwen?

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #231 on:** 07 July, 2017, 11:48:09 am »

Quote from: citoyen on 07 July, 2017, 10:22:53 am

Is the chap kneeling down Paul Sherwen?

Bethany's Mum:

Ewwwww! Nah, it's W Barguil, but G Thomas iz paying mi fee!

Is that road rash I see on Super D Millar's right elbow? Falling off your Brompton after a long lunch, was it?

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #232 on:** 07 July, 2017, 11:59:29 am »

TV' *** Boulting has just referred to the "spotty jersey". PP^TM's lawyers will be in touch, ***.

bobb · « **Reply #233 on:** 07 July, 2017, 03:19:29 pm »

I love Matt Rendell's ridiculous stories

T42 · « **Reply #234 on:** 07 July, 2017, 03:41:24 pm »

The farmers must get mightily p'd off to have camera helicopters hovering low over their grain fields and blasting hell out of them.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #235 on:** 07 July, 2017, 03:57:24 pm »

Could be worse, they could drop Theresa May into the middle of them and leave her to find her own way out.

T42 · « **Reply #236 on:** 07 July, 2017, 04:48:37 pm »

She'd fit right in if she had her pitchfork along.

P.S. that was a bloody boring stage.

woollypigs · « **Reply #237 on:** 07 July, 2017, 04:50:00 pm »

but that was a close call, we are talking hairs there

psyclist · « **Reply #238 on:** 07 July, 2017, 05:03:05 pm »

Quote from: T42 on 07 July, 2017, 04:48:37 pm

P.S. that was a bloody boring stage.

What are you saying, the crash at the feed zone was a non-event? Well, ok, the cameras missed it, the rider involved looked unhurt, and the only damage appeared to be a dropped chain.

At least we have a few hills tomorrow, and some serious mountains on Sunday. This should develop the story nicely.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #239 on:** 07 July, 2017, 05:15:21 pm »

Stage 7: Troyes->Nuits-Saint-Georges

Bethany (7):	o hai bthny heer soz cant comentat on teh tour 2da coz mi mum got rite long jus coz I bunkt of skool yesterda!!!! sendin this frm 5s fone shes mi totes bff not liek mi mum she took mi fone awa NOT FARE teh fukn old c-o-w!!!!?! sa hi 2 tvs niec c boardman frm me an 5,,,, hes liek mi coole unkl jeo (onli lots oldr rofl{ bai xXx bthny¹
M Rendall:	What did she just say?
NC Boardman:	They grow up so fast these days, don’t they?
G Imlach:	Yes. Yes, they do. Today’s stage, Nice C Boardman. Ur prediction?
NC Boardman:	Futile break, sprint finish, *** Boulting talking about Jacques Brel again. Unless teh wind picks up, which will be teh different kettle ov fish.
M Kitteh:	Did he say “fish”? I liek fish! Also, miaow!
C Prudhomme:	Back in ur travelling basket, M Kitteh! Teh stage hasn’t started yet!
	Later…
N Boulting:	O hai! TV’s *** Boulting here! Super D Millar, SCIENCE us! Wind!
SD Millar:	Woo! Pens! (Explains Futility ov Breaks with teh Aid ov Diagrams…) Wind!
N Boulting:	Top SCIENCE there! And tomorrow SD Millar will Explain Mountains through teh Medium ov Interpretive Dance! Wind!
	Exeunt four Charlies, pursued by a pelican…
SD Millar:	M Mori… very Italian. They’re all exhibitionists!
M Cipollini:	How very dare you, Sir! Naem yore weapon!
SD Millar:	I naem him… BASIL!!1!
M Cipollini:	OK, u win.
	Later…
N Boulting:	Tiem 4 wind, M Smith, M Rogers, lunch and wind. Wind!
M Rogers:	Wind. La Grande Motte 2009. Wind.
M Smith:	Wind. Stage win 4 A Greipel teh goriler ov 3b.
Omnes:	MUNKEH!!1!
	Much later…
M Rogers & M Smith:	Wind. We haz pens also. But no paper. Soz!
N Boulting:	We’re baaaaaack! What’s happening?
Omnes:	Nothing.
SD Millar	What, again?
	After a suitable period has elapsed…
N Boulting:	Sprint!
S Colbrelli:	O hai! Got it right this tiem eh?
M Kitteh:	Let me out ov this basket! I am a professional racing cyclist, I tell you, not a bloody cat! Also, miaow!
N Boulting & SD Millar:	Wind!!1!
N Boulting:	And now 4 ur listening plezh, Sir G Verity!
SG Verity:	Eh up! Fook me, ah’m knackered! Just ridden ‘undred and twenty k. Bai eck, it’s a bit warm out there! w00t, CAEK! Wind! Tour de Yorkshire!
JR Tyke:	...bloody give u Col de bloody Buttertubs, tha great spawny-eyed parrot-faced wazzock…
	After teh 4th Cat lump…
N Boulting:	Yawn! M Rendall, ur turn 2 SCIENCE us!
SD Millar:	Must we?
M Rendall:	Shivva mi ganesh sur knobftick blood! Dachshund Apollo XV scumble begumseguckeger on!on bol do fjørd con jamón! Clair von cratère lunytiče são giorgio go-kart Cait O’Riordan? LOL!!1!
SD Millar:	Get! Out!
Bethany (7):	O hai! What’s happening, gang?
Omnes:	Nothing.
Bethany (7):	What, again?
Bethany’s Mum:	Bef’ny! Gerrin ‘ere an’ do yore ‘omework!
Bethany (7):	Awwwwwww, Muuuum! Bloody Tory league tables!
	...
N Boulting:	Wine.
SD Millar:	Yes plz! Hic!
N Boulting:	Hair!
SD Millar:	Oh yes! I’m worth it!
N Boulting:	Wind… gorn!
	And so to…
N Boulting:	Futile break… gorn!
SD Millar:	Sprint, sprint, sprintEEEE!
M Kitteh:	Winnage? Also, miaow!
B-Dog:	Winnage? Woof, woof!
M Kitteh:	Ha! U lose, dogbreath! U liek mi hair? Miaow!
B-Dog:	Piss!
A Démare:	Oh. Haz teh stage finished then?
N Bouhanni:	I wuz robbed! Again.
Omnes:	Ooh, M Kitteh! Ur so money supermarket!
M Kitteh:	What did they just say?

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αdαmsκι · « **Reply #240 on:** 07 July, 2017, 07:09:23 pm »

I've been watching the tour for many years and still remember the ½ hour highlights on channel 4 every summer and so maybe I'm being nostalgic. However I think this year has been pretty dull so far apart from the 10(?) kilometres of uphill on the Planche des Belles Filles climb. I realise part of the problem is the geography of France (a lot of it is pretty flat). Some decent Spanish style crosswinds wouldn't go amiss or some Italian town at the top of a 25% climb. Or some Roubaix style pave.

Hopefully things will become more interesting over the weekend. If not then I'll look forward to the craziness of the Veulta.

Hot Flatus · « **Reply #241 on:** 07 July, 2017, 07:34:22 pm »

It may kick off tomorrow, but the problem is it doesn't finish on a climb

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #242 on:** 07 July, 2017, 08:20:40 pm »

I think Mr L's reportage was more exciting than the real stage. As mentioned elsewhere, I reckon when the stage is dull they should limit the highlights to 20 mins and fill the remainder with UK's Funniest Kittens!

Pingu · « **Reply #243 on:** 07 July, 2017, 08:30:50 pm »

I think TV's *** Boulting had his 'suitcase of courage' moment: a small pipette of hope

Exit Stage Left · « **Reply #244 on:** 07 July, 2017, 08:37:04 pm »

It's the 50th anniversary of the Regional Natural Parks, and the Tour is visiting 9 of them. That's why the usual concentration on the Alps and Pyrenees isn't happening. Those areas are equivalent to our National Parks.

I like the idea, as the Tour should show the diversity of France. They've learned from the visit to Yorkshire in that sense.

http://www.parcs-naturels-regionaux.fr/article/le-tour-de-france-dans-les-parcs`

I'm being driven slightly mad by the ITV4 adverts, the 'avian entourage' especially. The 'Mitchum' advert with its 'travelling without directions' got me wondering what an audax fragrance might be called, for those who travel with minutely detailed directions.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #245 on:** 07 July, 2017, 08:44:53 pm »

P@nd3m1c Pr0duckt10nz^TM®: watching the live coverage so you don't have to...

NB: I'm away next weekend so you may have to make do with lowlights, a sort of "pelican brief" ha ha and, moreover, lol. Perhaps Bethany (7) could do it, if her Mum'll let her.

Quote from: Exit Stage Left on 07 July, 2017, 08:37:04 pm

I'm being driven slightly mad by the ITV4 adverts, the 'avian entourage' especially. The 'Mitchum' advert with its 'travelling without directions' got me wondering what an audax fragrance might be called, for those who travel with minutely detailed directions.

That one with He-Man (?) telling Skeletor "You're so Money Supermarket" is worthy of at least three killin's. I still don't know whether being 'Money Supermarket' is a Good Thing, or a Bad Thing, or just camp as a row of tents.

Peter · « **Reply #246 on:** 07 July, 2017, 08:48:44 pm »

Did anyone notice "a vortex of negativity" from (I think) Matt, today?

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #247 on:** 07 July, 2017, 08:52:56 pm »

Alas, yes

Peter · « **Reply #248 on:** 07 July, 2017, 09:02:53 pm »

It's bloody dangerous, no? I was just cutting some cheese and the shock nearly had the knife in my leg.

Torslanda · « **Reply #249 on:** 07 July, 2017, 09:46:00 pm »

Excellent commentary from M. le Maire. Needs MOAR^TM kumquats . . .

Serious question. Since ASO/TeleFrance/Eurosport or whoever are providing live coverage from the roll out, is the quality of the commentary suffering? or have they always had jack shit to talk about most of the time . . . ?