So what you're saying is that the STW Petrolhead massive actually know what they're talking about

pmsl. are you hora in disguise?

no, but i think he's trying to prove that he's not a self centred arrogant b*stard
failed miserably at that…

Contador did nothing more than nick back the 20 seconds that Armstrong himself ascribed to luck anyway.
time-wise, agreed. All other aspects – disagree entirely.
Team orders? Armstrong? pmsl. He hasn't got the legs, simple as that. Of course he'll play the 'team orders' card to try to cover up the fact that he can't cope with Bertie.
Would have loved to see Bertie against a 2000-vintage Armstrong, now that would have been worth watching!

Isn't this a kids' programme?

so does anyone really believe there's any contest there still?

AndyP how come nobody else is agreeing with this profound expert analysis of yours.
Armstrong is. That do you?

with the cheese you get a fraction of the amount you think you're buying
doesn't the pre-grated cheese have the weight marked on the packaging?

Its like going and watching a football match seeing a team score in the first few minutes and then saying they have won the game.

almost. it's like seeing a very very good team score 5 in the first few minutes, against a very very poor team.

Don't know much but I guess this being his first tour may disappoint.
you certainly don't know much!

you always have been able to. Only they're now doing the boring non-pickled variety

56 not out. FACT.

christ on a bike, when will this warbling bint shut up so the cricket can start?

As Crofty said, Glamorgan is playing for Wales, playing for England is like playing for the Lions.
their only chance for sporting glory? If only there were a Lions equivalent for footie…

'spolier'?

Can't wait. Agreed Harmison should be in but at least Sidebottom ain't.
Going to be a close one, really close. As you say, England need to go flat out from the first ball.

Still sadly lacking in mawkish grief compared to your average scouser.

of course anything could happen in the next 2 weeks. Contador could crash. Shleck could get good at time trialling. Cavendish could sprint ahead and get a 3 hour lead on the Ventoux. Aliens could mindwash Contador so that he forgets how to ride a bike. All possible, if unlikely. (well, the Shleck one isn't possible)
hence 'pretty much' sewn up, rather than completely. Armstrong appears to think the same according to his interview yesterday.

Best climber in the race puts nearly 2 minutes into his nearest rival – and nearly 3 into most others – before the race even hits the first cat 2 climb. All over bar the shouting.

Are you scotch? To be fair, scotch summer is over around 24th June.

Millar said he’d not felt that knackered for ages. If he had he might have won a bit more often.
genius 🙂

yes I can.

Read earlier post.
1999 tour was sewn up after 2 days, FWIW.

you went to buy tea, and came back with chili? Stagg chili is nice but really doesn’t hit the spot when one fancies a nice cuppa

…I’ll be finished work for the summer. Not back in again until Thursday 20th August.

Thursday 20th August is still summer.

HTFU and get some rollers.

What’s the middle one Barnes?

Dr North controls the TV in this house. I haven’t got a hope….
a one-room bedsit?

don’t watch?

WTF ARE YOU ON ABOUT
Sorry: The Tour de France.

that’s pretty much sewn up the Tour for Contador. Evans, Menchov way off the pace, Shleck has lost a fair chunk of time. All over bar the shouting…

aye, all the time. My wife drives for work/getting the kids to and from nursery but I commute, get all the shopping by bike etc.

meh…it’s a poor man’s porkgasm. And my god, that bloke is freaky-looking.

hora in ‘someone else talking sh1te’ claim shocker.
pot/kettle scenario maximised.

Lexi – the japanese Mercedes. Back of the net.

having watched baggage handlers dealing with bikes, it’s a hard case every time.

Plus the whole of Astana was late apparently due to traffic in Marseille, but did still sign autographs etc. ‘for the people’

nothing to do with sitting drinking coffee with Ben Stiller. No, not at all. Traffic. yes, that’ll do it.

they’re the poor man’s dark choc hobnob. Milk choc indeed….pah.

arms and legs covered in scars. I’m either a cyclist, or a goth. And I usually arrive at the office in Sidis rather than those gothwellies with metal shinpads.

My rose has left me
she’s in a mood
she’s gone to Kenya
with the bloke from Allied Carpets
She wasn’t immunised
that’s a legal requirement
I’m getting all arsey
because I can’t take my foot off the accelerator and obey the law.

unless there are some crashes, he won’t pick up many places on the GC. Still, I don’t think he’ll give a toss about that one way or another…

aye, Cav’s teammate.

£350 on some handlebars. It sounds wrong even to me.