How about Rhianna singing GStQ?
Wait...what? That was the top secret super duper entertainment show thing?
I officially approve the choice of podium girls.
I'm sure some other bloke won 5 or more times?
So what's the point of the light show on the Arc De Triomphe?
Not sure what was more embarrassing Leslie Garret or that light show...
Quintana looks like he has massive hands.
What is the national anthem of Kenya? 😆
Well done Chris and Sky.
Little dig at Armstrong was a nice touch.
Sneaky dig about doping there. Loving it!
What is the national anthem of Kenya?
Erm?
nice end line
Thoroughly approve of that final remark .
I liked the light show you miserable gits.
Classy speech by Froome, especially the bit about standing the test of time.
😆 @ Jamie
Right, what the hell do we do with ourselves now?
Veulta, obviously!
TiRed - MemberVeulta, obviously!
Is there anywhere you can look at who's racing or are the teams not announced yet?
I enjoyed that.
Hope you did to.
😉
Tour of Briton, and the Worlds.
Graham please tell me you're drunk, foreign or dyslexic.
Shame there's no raffle this year.
Tour of Walloon
Shame it's finished, but we'll always have this guy:
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Not the end of Cav just dont see him winning enough to catch Merckx now
He's already ahead in road stages I think, It's only time trials that keeps Merckx ahead. And of course there's the small matter of Merckx doping. 😈
Thank you to Real Man for these entertaining threads.
headfirst - MemberGraham please tell me you're drunk, foreign or dyslexic.
no just lax with the keyboard.. are you a spelling Nazi??
Nein
Did we ever find out what the bloke with the pig had in his other hand?
A duck?
It doesn't appear to be a full duck though. Just it's head!
Is it one of the pigs legs?
The pig had a duck for a leg?
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Right, I'm just starting to pack my bags for next year's tour.
Bike - check
Helmet - check
Part of a duck - check
Stuffed Wild Boar - check
It it me or was the pace of the final stage a bit too high/quick - I thought it was meant to be a little bit darker for the last lap of the champs elysees?
Looks like a horn.
Right, what the hell do we do with ourselves now?
Tour of Poland obviously 🙂 Isn't Sir Bradley of Wigan going in that one?
Edit: must admit that I thought the Grand Tours would be a bit of a let down after the Classics season but they've been brilliant. Bring on the Vuelta and the Worlds!
ell_tell - Member
It it me or was the pace of the final stage a bit too high/quick
It was you.
No it wasn't just him.....it was a very quick average for the final stage....I think the sprinters teams were worried about a break getting away early what with the tweaks to the course around Paris.
Its the boars RH front leg...
Thanks Realman, the threads were ace.
You actually thought it was 'too quick'?
I thought it was racing, they're meant to go quick...
I'll add to the thanks for RealMan - In the past, I had time to geek up on stages beforehand but these days I don't and these threads have been brilliant for getting the gist of the stage beforehand. It's also a pretty much guaranteed way to get that information without spoilers if you just read the first page as the spoilers came later.
So, a big beer going out to real man. Chapeau 🙂
I didn't think that it was 'too quick'...it was run off very quickly compared to previous years though....given that the organisers were hoping that they would finish in darkness then I'm guessing that they were faster than predicted....
ITV aren't known for the scheudling prowess but given they had scheduled the program to finish at 9pm and the stage only finished just before that I'd have thought the final stage was about on schedule.
*shudder*
Just saw the topless photo of Froome on p. 1.
He looks like an old man's hand.
Vuelta from 24 August
Tour of Poland from 25 August
Tour of Britain from 15 September
Worlds from 22 September
Might have to get out and ride in August then 😯
Edit - some more [url= http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/535758/uci-worldtour-calendar-2013.html ]here[/url] but conflicts with Tour of Poland date?
Doesn't the Tour of Poland start on Saturday 27th July?