Tour de France *Spoilers*

[deptfordmarmoset]

Those rural bus services are in a shocking state. I've never seen so many people queueing for a bus.

 

[Louch]

That bike change fitted in nicely with the natural breaks !

 

[smutchin]

What do we reckon - will Laurens ten Dam get up Buttertubs quicker than 7.22?

http://www.strava.com/segments/710900

Oops! Just realised I was looking at the route back to front, so they're actually going up it the other way, from the south... 9.24 is Ten Dam's target time. Looking at who the current KOM has as his profile pic, I'll be glad to see him lose it!

http://www.strava.com/segments/3335783

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Excellent crowds

 

[Louch]

JP is rumoured to be lance himself. Often mentioned in cycling weekly . JP being lances alias Juan Pelota ( one ball)

 

[Paul99]

Excellent crowds

Agree with this, well done Yorkshire!

 

[TVC]

One thing is already secured, the Tour will be back in the UK before long, the sponsors and organisation must be gob smacked by what they are seeing.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Agree with this, well done Yorkshire!

Yes, well done to the people of Yorkshire and elsewhere, making it a spectacle that it should be despite the best efforts of the Yorkshire organising body and some businesses to make it a money-making exercise and put a price on everything they can. Thankfully the beauty of cycle racing is that it's very difficult to charge money for all of the open road.

 

[smutchin]

JP is rumoured to be lance himself. Often mentioned in cycling weekly . JP being lances alias Juan Pelota ( one ball)

Ah! Interesting. Looking at his stats, he could well be a pro.

 

[smutchin]

I'm going to be an expert on dry stone walls by the end of this stage.

 

[Spinney]

yellow sheep !

 

[Spinney]

I'm going to be an expert on dry stone walls by the end of this stage.

No, you're not - you'd need to be listening to folks who knew what they were talking about !

 

[TVC]

Still waiting for the first outing of the phrase 'bit and bit'

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

One thing is already secured, the Tour will be back in the UK before long, the sponsors and organisation must be gob smacked by what they are seeing.

The Giro in Belfast and Dublin and the Tour in England shows that there are plenty cycling fans and those who enjoy a spectacle.

 

[Dayvo]

Yorkshire and British crowds are getting a lot of praise on Norwegian Eurosport and TV2. And too bloody right!