Daft questions about TdF from colleagues

[Arrowfoot]

I think the Sprints jersey was only for intermediate sprints, whereas Points was also finishes. I think there's now a limit of four competition jerseys in a race, but I'm unsure which of Sprints and Best British was kept.

Sprint jersey (green also includes points at finishes besides

Apologies. It was your use of the word "indeed"



in response to the comment about GPS not being accurate enough that led me to conclude, wrongly, that you were conflating the two.

You are right. After reading it again I realise what the natural conclusion would be. Apologies,

 

[Salad Dodger]

Sprint jersey (green also includes points at finishes besides


You are right. After reading it again I realise what the natural conclusion would be. Apologies,

It should be me who is apologising. I said they carry GPS when I should have suggested that they could carry transponders instead.

 

[mjr]

What’s that particular cream called, asking for a friend?

I think the banned one was betamethasone valerate, but there's been more since!

 

[cyberknight]

Today.
Q. Has that Cavendish person won? He crossed the line in front for the second time in a week.
A. Erm, no

Q. 3 weeks? Like a relay then. Team 1, 2 and 3?
A. Erm, no. All the riders ride every day for 3 weeks except for 2 rest days and then they just clear off for a 70 mile training ride to turn their legs
Q. That’s mad. 3 weeks, 2 days off? Have they got a Union?

Better than the 70 s and ,80s where they did double stages some days so the Aso could get double payments from hosting towns

 

[Saluki]

Better than the 70 s and ,80s where they did double stages some days so the Aso could get double payments from hosting towns

Back then, I worked daft hours, with horses. Well, 70s I was at school, so not much tv as I was too busy. I wasn’t able to see what was happening except for listening to ‘grown up‘ conversations or by reading dad’s cycling mag when he wasn’t looking.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Chris Hoy should enter, he’d win it easy!

 

[Saluki]

Chris Hoy should enter, he’d win it easy!

Nobody has asked me about Hoy. Or that Texan bloke, for that matter.

 

[Profpointy]

I once got asked by a barman in a pub if I was entering the TdF. He was serious. He knew I was a pretty 'serious' (where's Bonj?) cyclist, and he thought that was the main qualification. He also thought the entire race was circuits of Paris. I'm not making this up.

To be fair to ender the World Poker Championship all you need to so to qualify is plonk your entry fee down ($50,000) and the top poker players in the world are perfectly happy to play against you

 

[Ming the Merciless]

To be fair to ender the World Poker Championship all you need to so to qualify is plonk your entry fee down ($50,000) and the top poker players in the world are perfectly happy to play against you

You mean happy to rob you?

 

[Profpointy]

You mean happy to rob you?

It's not robbing if they are better players than you, and predictably enough, do manage to win

 

[Lee_M]

Nobody has asked me about Hoy. Or that Texan bloke, for that matter.

The only difference between me and Armstrong is I could still win the TdF.

 

[Jon George]

Off the top of my head, I can't remember of note (I'll think about it) , but I have one myself: in the early years of speed cameras, were any of the support vehicles mistakenly fined?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The only difference between me and Armstrong is I could still win the TdF.

You on drugs?

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

Nobody has asked me about Hoy. Or that Texan bloke, for that matter.

Hoy? Its an island in Orkney. Has a classic rock climb up a stand alone sea stack.

 

[Eribiste]

Hoy? Its an island in Orkney. Has a classic rock climb up a stand alone sea stack.

Nice one Old Man!