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At least there interested enough to turn up. If it was the UK we would have seats sold to corporate nobbers and security keeping everyone else away.
My faves was the guy with a pig on ventoux, priceless!!
Yeah I saw that pig guy, he was brilliant 😆
He looked so happy
I fear it's just a matter of time before it goes too far and someone gets a firework in the face or someone gets hit and seriously injured. Then what...
To be fair it's been going for a hundred years already and no problems yet?
To be fair it's been going for a hundred years already and no problems yet?
Last years nails, That dopey copper in the sprint ,Lances shopping bag?
This is how we should deal with them..
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Video (Language NSFW): http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7ba_1374251454
Part of the Tour, wouldn't have half the atmosphere if barriers every where. In fact I was disappointed when the top of the Alpe was barriers.
Wait until next year in Keighley, Im sure all the local drug dealers will be out, patting the riders on the back passing on their high performance drugs (or nicking their bikes)
Ska's link is superb! Chapeau to the guy!
Froome gave a rider a bloody good shove yesterday, it is ridiculous, but as said, its impractical to police it.
It does seem a bit dangerous and daft but I'd be gutted if it all got sanitised...surely that kind of stuff is part of the tour and it's legend?
Totally agree. It's mostly harmless fun, and the riders themselves seem to do a good job of policing the worst offenders. I'm pretty sure it doesn't help them at times, but it's all part of the battle. I want to see gladiators, fighting their way to a frenzied finale. If I wanted to see the fastest guy in clinical conditions, I'd watch them whizz around a velodrome.
In fact I think they need to take some influence from the wrestling and batter people with chairs and stuff.
My faves was the guy with a pig on ventoux, priceless!!
This guy?
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Pig man is keeping a respectful distance, nothing wrong with that.
Good to see Froome-dog clout those berks who got in his way yesterday though.
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Gedoutdaway!
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Dozy tw@s. more need to be tripped over, however there is a risk of them falling in front of a rider.
I can't get my head around why they do it or get so obsessed about standing there for hours to watch a few seconds of action
To the guy in the blue t-shirt... next yr, on AdH, any chance of letting off a hand flare and shoving it in the faces of those pillocks wielding hand flares?
Ta!
obsessed about standing there for hours
Days or weeks more like. I was in Alp d'Huez two weeks ago and they were already turning up in their motorhomes, sitting out on picnic chairs drinking and cheering on any riders who went past.
Awesome but a bit weird.
The best bit of the tour if you ask me. Occasionally some go a little to far, but incidents are pretty rare given how many people are on the mountain. Of course it' d be just as intense an experience if all of the mountain was cordoned off and tickets were sold at a couple of grand a piece to corporate hospitality and only 10% turned up......oh wait 🙄
Can't wait for next year when we form a long orderly queue to get on Holme Moss and applaud politely while they ride past us.
It's Great being British!
Pig guy is also carrying a duck.
That was clearly the best day of his life. If I'm ever feeling down in the future I'll think of his happy face as he runs along with his farmyard friends to cheer me up.
the standing in close i dont mind too much, even running along side on the less populated climbs, but running alongside on alp d'huez climb? theres just not enough room at all. its just inconsiderate to other people who want to watch IMO.
Here you go, Samurai. Pop this:
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....on to one of [url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/August-DP150A-Digital-Photo-Built-/dp/B001N96F3I/ ]these[/url], for whenever you need cheering up.