Sat here musing about the tour and am wondering if there Have there been any black pro cyclists!? I can’t remember any.

Gregory Bauge

Looks like Contador’s just had news of another surprise bike weigh in 🙂

http://en.teameuropcar.com/cyclisme/teams/europcar/teamcenter.shtml

RealMan should get a special jersey for his great work with these threads.

Tommy Voeckler has not scored a single point in my fantasy league team. I know he’s not been in decent shape, but he normally shows his geurny face at some point in the mountains. I’ve seen very little of him.

Gregory “Never tested positive” Bauge

FTFY

Or at least a photo of one 😉

Drink-driving laws appear to be quite relaxed on the final day of the TdF! 😉

Quick question. What time (UK) do you think they’ll come into paris? I’m at my mum’s at the moment and wondering whether to drive home to Bristol

Quick question. What time (UK) do you think they’ll come into paris? I’m at my mum’s at the moment and wondering whether to drive home to Bristol

95km to go at 6.30pm (now) so 2hrs til the finish and about an hour or so til they actually arrive in Paris.

Official finish estimate is 8.45 UK time, as mentioned earlier in the thread

They are going a lot quicker than normal though for the parade so it looks a good bit earlier this (first ever) evening.

Thanks for these threads RealMan – have really appreciated them over the past three weeks. They’ve become part of my morning routine (especially work mornings). Wonder what I’m going to read now…

Cheers again,

Rich

Paris!
Bring it on! 10 laps starts now. 🙂

Cycling history about to be made. C’est magnifique!

This is brilliant!

And great work Realman, thanks for the threads.

That shot of them going around the Arc de Triomphe was pretty special.

Paris looks great doesn’t it.

When is Jens due to go off the front? 😆

Bloody love le tour

Bugger, Cav’s punctured, that’ll be one hell of a chase back on!

Really? ITV4 are on adverts ffs!

he’s back in the peleton, dont know what the panic was, there is 50k left

Didn’t something similar happen last year?

Fortunately, the chase was done on the downhill section so yeah, he got back pretty quick.

Didn’t something similar happen last year?

He dropped back to the team car one year to change his wheels to deeper sections I think.

Good to see Millar in the break!

Hope he has not t blown his legs

Does anyone know is the Champs Elise is a smooth road surface or not?

Did I see Quintana wearing polka? Why not white.?

Good to see Millar in the break!

He’s been great this year, seems to be really enjoying it for sake of it too…

It’s tar maced over cobbles and pretty rough at 60kph

buzz-lightyear – Member
It’s tar maced over cobbles and pretty rough at 60kph

And what are the curb stones made from?

Surface = granite setts (cobbles).
Quintana has both but KoM is more senior award.

And what are the curb stones made from?

Stone. 🙄

😉
OK, the main road is (very worn) tarmac over cobbles, the edging is smooth granite hence why, where possible, they’ll ride right on the dge to get a slightly smoother ride. Although you do then risk clipping a pedal on the kerb edging.

The non-Champs bits (through the tunnel etc) is all normal tarmac.

Did I see Quintana wearing polka? Why not white.?

polka beats white

Spot the lucky posters who don’t have to watch ITV4 and listen to details of the road surface on every lap 😉

Stooooopid amounts of ads on BES though… 😐

There was a chance to see the road surface up close just now 😀

Stooooopid amounts of ads on BES though…

But on the plus side, Carlton Kirby doesn’t feel the need to remind me that it’s the 100th edition of the TdF every 10 seconds like Paul Sherwen does.

I’m flipping between the two depending on ad breaks.

No, but the BES commentators have the demeaner of my Dad, sitting in a chair going on about people who behave in a way they don’t like, which after three weeks I am REALLY bored of. Either way, muting and unmuting each window gets me through, and David **** Millar GO ON LAD!

I know he won’t get it, but he clearly just loves riding so much at the moment.

I’m watching ITV4, and every time they mention the road surface I have a drink.

….I’m leathered.