Wish I'd had a bowl like that. I'd have stuck on my head and beat the sides with soup ladles till she'd finished.
Tour de France 2012 (with SPOILERS)
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Wish I'd had a bowl like that. I'd have stuck on my head and beat the sides with soup ladles till she'd finished.
toby123
Senior Member
- Location
- West Sussex
Great day for British cycling, made all the better for me personally when, after I switched on the TV during the early parts of the coverage, my children asking to get their bikes out. Today, of all days, my daughter finally mastered cycling on her own (as great as it was watching them on the Champs Elysees today, seeing her beaming when she finally sussed it was magical) and then taking my 8 year old for a 5 mile ride with him repeatedly passing me out pretending he was Cavendish.
All sports seem to have adopted this malarky of getting someone in to sing the national anthem - was much better when they just played the music and let the crowd do the rest.
All sports seem to have adopted this malarky of getting someone in to sing the national anthem - was much better when they just played the music and let the crowd do the rest.
kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
so proud to be a cyclist today, well done Sky, Wiggo, Cav and the rest,
so proud, brought a teat to my eye when Cav won
so proud, brought a teat to my eye when Cav won
kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
Ref the Anthem, I'm pleased to announce that if the French win gold during the Olympics, we've lined up a due to do their special song:
LMFAO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quality mate
It did make me chuckle.
Based on my p1ss poor French, the articles seem positive but many of the reader comments are a little tangy. You'd think the next Sky Ride will be filled with 4-year-olds 'prepared' on HGH and Tixylix cracking out 14 minute 10ks on Like-a-bikes.
Ditto. Youngest son got it sorted this morning then couldn't get him off his bike. Clearly I'm hoping this happening on the day Wiggo won is a good omen....
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
That was the cake, with icing, cream, a cherry on top ... and sprinkles !So what we need for 'the icing on the cake' is for Cav to win the Champs Elysée sprint - led out by the full team, with Wiggins giving it laldy like he did at the World Champs.
That will be something !
Perfect !
Now:
- Olympic Road Race Gold for Cav
- Olympic TT - Wiggins and Froome in Gold and Silver (in either order)
... then it's all downhill for the rest of the year !
I bet he'll, ahem, feel a bit of a tit when he realises what he wrote.
Small Norm I has really got into the TdF over the last few days, asking questions about tactics, how the timings work, why so many finish on the same time, what the different sections are about, what the various jersey colours mean. It's helped that the last 3 days have produced Cav's steam-train finish, Wiggins' dominance on the time trial and reeling in the break-away today but he actually wanted not only to watch the race live earlier but then wanted to watch it again on the highlights show.
I know the weather's been better for the last few days but there's been no doubt in my mind that there are many more cyclists around than is usual. I had a mechanical today that forced me to finish my ride on the L-L canal and there were lots of mothers and fathers beaming at their kids as they got the hang of cycling. A truly wonderful sight. Mr. Wiggins, you are are steely-eyed missile man!
Andy_R
Hard of hearing..I said Herd of Herring..oh FFS..
- Location
- County Durham
Small boy has really got the bug too....asked for his next Islabike to be a Luath. Spent all of 10 minutes a few weeks ago explaining jerseys etc to him; clicked. He actually said today "Wiggins is leading Cav out isn't he." Spent over 20 minutes today explaining jerseys etc to Mrs R and she still don't get it.......
