Tour de France 2020 NO SPOILERS !

[Shadow]

Ok,ok he's worth it

Wot? €2.6m? I'm with your first post of 'WTF'.
I was merely pointing out - courtesy of PCS - what he has won. Not a lot for that money IMO.

 

[roadrash]

lets be honest he needs that bit extra , hes hardly in demand for advertising as the face of.... (insert company name here)

 

[mjr]

lets be honest he needs that bit extra , hes hardly in demand for advertising as the face of.... (insert company name here) View attachment 544702

I don't know what you mean. That is the face of several medical procedures!

 

[SWSteve]

Matt White has a shocker here


View: https://twitter.com/mitcheltonscott/status/1300360865850499072?s=21

 

[suzeworld]

I think I might have said a few sweary words watching that long slide into the street sign!

Again and again. ITV showed it about 50 times! Argh

 

[matticus]

As well as providing grist to the disk v rim brakes mill with his stuck thru axle on stage 1, Alaphilippe seems to be the first rider (or first rider for ages) to win a road stage on regular clincher tyres with inner tubes.

https://cyclingtips.com/2020/08/tubed-clinchers-just-won-their-first-tour-de-france-stage/

I'm sure that people who care about such things will be stoking up an argument somewhere on the internet.

Intereting - although they updated it to say Cjiapucci did it in 1992.

(not quite "just won their first tour" !)

 

[matticus]

Best opening 4 days in a looooong time. The weekend had everything!


(apart from the unfortunate crash victims - but that's pretty normal for 1st week sadly)

 

[matticus]

Ha ha! I ain't clicking on that, you won't catch me out THAT easily !!!

 

[Poacher]

While idly glancing at the start town info for tomorrow, Millau, I noticed an intriguing local delicacy:

Specialties: aligot (mash and cheese), estofinade, Roquefort, Fleur d’Aubrac (meat), Aveyron veal, spit cake, farçous, truffade (truffle omelette), fouace, soleil de Marcillac, tripous, trénels, cheese soup, flaune, échaudés…

Can't wait to try that one! Not!
https://www.letour.fr/en/heritage/stage-7/town/millau

 

[matticus]

Like a spit-roast then?

 

[Contador86]

Tom Dumoulin, Outsider hidden behind Primoz Roglic ?

French press before Stage 6 : https://cafecremesport.com/2020/09/03/tdf-2020-tom-dumoulin-cantonne-a-un-role-de-numero-2/

For me, Primoz Roglic take the yellow jersey today ! But Dumoulin will be very strong for the end of Tour de France...

 

[DRM]

It's not a mis-translation. It's a cake, cooked on a spit.

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170407-the-cake-french-people-cook-on-a-spit

A cake. On spit.
The dirty bastards.
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And this was in Millau he went barmy !

 

[Adam4868]

Spoiler: Spoiler

Two wins on two days...I'm on the up ! Last of the big spenders.We dine on Lager and Lobster tonight 😁

 

[Shadow]

 

[randynewmanscat]

I get to see three finishes and one start this year and for the first time I will see the finish in Paris from the street rather than the better view on the TV. If the corona does not spoil things.