Tour De France 2020 with SPOILERS

[Dave Davenport]

'all riders and team personnel must be fluent in and converse solely in Esperanto' (possibly).

 

[Eziemnaik]

I pity those who do not believe in miracles.
We got rid of doping cancer in TDF and now we can all enjoy our clean races with the same avarege speed as of that disgusting era.
Seriously, if you think Pogacar, Bernal or Froome ride faster than Armstrong, Urlich or Pantani because they are doping you are greatly mistaken

 

[Adam4868]

I pity those who do not believe in miracles.
We got rid of doping cancer in TDF and now we can all enjoy our clean races with the same avarege speed as of that disgusting era.
Seriously, if you think Pogacar, Bernal or Froome ride faster than Armstrong, Urlich or Pantani because they are doping you are greatly mistaken

If I genuinely believed every "he must be doping because he won" Froome,Pogacar etc I'd probally give up watching it.Id prefer to go with innocent until proven guilty.

 

[Eziemnaik]

My point really
Who really cares as long as we get to see a race as great as this one?

 

[Martinsnos]

English is a lot easier to understand than French.

 

[Adam4868]

Article on Pogacar if anyone's interested.It was meticulous planning even down to the gearing for his TT.He knew exactly what he had to do.
https://pezcyclingnews.com/intervie...iper-talks-tadej-pogacar-2020-tour-de-france/

 

[matticus]

This post from Pog's [pro cyclist] girlfriend brought actual tears to my eyes; from just before they both went to race in France.

View: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEcMyphlCYH/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=12


[hope that's the right link, as it's actually blocked from this PC!]

 

[Adam4868]

Yeah. I treat all professional athletes - whatever the sport - with a healthy dose of scepticism, (some more than others ). But I feel it would be daft to meet trouble halfway by getting disappointed in them without direct evidence.

I'll wait until we get a scandal and then I'll say "ah ... he never fooled me, you know, I always had my suspicions". But until then I'll enjoy the spectacle.

I go with the totally nieve "well I'd never have believed it" until proven guilty.Helps me enjoy sport more 😁

 

[matticus]

Some folks - especially on the internet - get more pleasure out of their cynicism than out of the sport itself. I've noticed they tend not to follow any other sports, such as the ones where drugs has been much less of a problem.
It's almost like they enjoy trying to show how clever they are; but I can't imagine that's why people join social media, oh no ...

 

[mjr]

other sports, such as the ones where drugs has been much less of a problem.

I think you mean "sports where they don't tackle doping as strongly".

It's almost like they enjoy trying to show how clever they are; but I can't imagine that's why people join social media, oh no ...

Physician, heal thyself!

 

[mjr]

the daffodil-yellow jersey of the winner:

Now that's a jersey design I don't want to see!

(too much knowledge of this site's swear filter is needed for that joke)

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Why does everybody assume the whole world speaks English?

Because it is the universal language of commerce, just like the US dollar, which means they just did a better job than everybody else to get the rules changed in their favour.

 

[matticus]

gavroche said:
Why does everybody assume the whole world speaks English?


Because it is the universal language of commerce, just like the US dollar, which means they just did a better job than everybody else to get the rules changed in their favour.

Now, about these "Swiss Francs" things ... :P

 

[gavroche]

Because it is the universal language of commerce, just like the US dollar, which means they just did a better job than everybody else to get the rules changed in their favour.

It is probably because it is an easy language to learn, dominated by the USA nowadays, sad to say.

 

[Venod]

Some more doubters.

https://www.velonews.com/events/tou...campaign=b7fd033a-ea27-4559-b91e-bbaa686c1c8b