Jimidh
Veteran
- Location
- Midlothian
Kirby referring to Thomas as "G" annoys me more than all the other Kirbyisms added together and multiplied by 10.
Kirby referring to Thomas as "G" annoys me more than all the other Kirbyisms added together and multiplied by 10.
He'd got quite a Palamares already with Paris-Nice and now the Dauphine as well as one day and track success.
I've become so used to Kirby, I don't even notice when he mangles names, eh hundhosen.I don't mind Thomas referring to himself as such, or his mates doing so. But not a race commentator.
Watching today's stage on Eurosport, I was pleased to see that the rough patches on the lower section of the Cormet de Roselend descent have been resurfaced, some time after August 2017 when I last rode it, obviously on account of the impending return of the Tour de France to what's possibly my favourite Alpine climb.
Should make my annual pilgrimage to Bourg St Maurice and its environs even more enjoyable this August, as some of those ruts were severe and quite vicious at Alpine-descending speed, especially when difficult to see in the shadows, or when traffic coming the other way prevented avoidance.
Cormet de Roselend aficionados will remember what happened on the southern descent to Bourg in 1996, when Johan Bruyneel (spit) sailed off into space at a particularly dodgy bend, somehow managing to avoid serious injury going down a hefty vertical drop. I always have a good look over the precipice and down what he fell down every time I go by, marvelling at how much it would hurt if luck wasn't with you that day, and I make sure I refresh my memory as to the precise location of the bend for when I come back down from the top.