Tour De France

[kaiser]

At least 2 riders from my dream team crashed today

 

[Lysander]

I was unaware that McKechnie's Pies was represented at this year's race.............

* of course, this is obviously a joke- McKechnie's make breid rolls..........

 

[dyna-ti]

And what a pile up so close to the end :shock: :shock:

 

[johntheboy]

watching ITV4 highlight show ( sky plus is a wonderful thing ) each night. Will try and watch at least 1 or more one of the big mountain stages from start to finish.

 

[jbsteven]

Armstrong on the top step of the podium on the Champs!

 

[Steve Kish]

I've gradually lost interest in the TDF since giving up road riding in the late 90's. There just isnt the characters like there used to be

I went through this as well but TBH, as there's so much crap on TV these days, I'm gonna spend some time looking at it today.

Yesterday's highlights - 13.00 to 14.00
Tea, wee and food - 14.00 to 14.30
Live today - 14.30 to 16.30

Gonna be a good day off for me!

 

[suburbanreuben]

And to think it started as half an hour in the morning, as a warm up for the Sumo wrestling...
I love it! There's no better way to spend a day in Spain (they usually have an interest in the result, unlike the French 0)than having a leisurely late breakfast whilst watching the start, having a few beers and a chat, with half an eye on the racing, maybe watching a breakawy developing, then lunch, a few more beers, watching the breakaway being hauled in, then shouting a lot!

 

[suburbanreuben]

A great day's racing on the cobbles!

 

[Tazio]

A great day's racing on the cobbles!

I was so inspired by it I cycled home by a route that was about 90% cobbles just to see how bad it could be.

And it was bloody awful, and that was only 3 miles of it on fairly well maintained city cobbles. Mind you I'd hope that a a state of the art road bike set up specifically for today would be a it better than my rigid (and I mean really rigid!) 12 year old aluminium mountain bike with a super short wheelbase.

Say what you like about pro road riders they are bloody tough.

 

[suburbanreuben]

Yup, it was great to see them bouncing along and where possible taking to the dirt along the edge, kicking up clouds of dust. Cadel musta loved it!