Tour de France 2014

Armchair 'extreme letterpress' from Delaware's Lead Graffiti:

(You can see 2012 and 2013's run of posters at the British Library)

Cue some armchair expert criticising his bike handling skills...

As this follows your earlier comment re a lobotomy, I guess this is aimed at me.
In a near 40 year racing career (now retired) I've had a fair few wins, and picked up a little experience along the way, but if this is how you like to be, I'll settle back into my armchair and the shut the fuck up in case I upset internet morons like you.

Bye............

In a 40 year racing career you'd think you'd learn not to make flippant comments about stabilisers then, no?

Nectarine Greg. Nectarine!

Oh shit, am I missing the most surreal event in cycling?

Seems that the commentator can't count to six.

excellent.

^ nice one Howard

Oh shit, am I missing the most surreal event in cycling?

Yeah! 200 blokes are biking round France very fast, dressed in hideously garish lycra, followed by a load of honking cars. I think it's some kind of performance piece.

Nectarine Greg. Nectarine!

haha! THIS.

I almost broke off a phone call just to shout "Nectarine" at a screen.

Charmingly ridiculous.

Quality when he broke off mid conversation to chat to an old team-mate.

I would actually pay for eurosport as long as they can guarantee that sort of telly.

Is it worth tuning in?

Dont think i can go 3 days in a row without doing any work....

Just another barrier to be pushed through.

Quality when he broke off mid conversation to chat to an old team-mate.

I would actually pay for eurosport as long as they can guarantee that sort of telly.

Did you see it yesterday when Lemond and his French(?) co presenter were interviewing the guy from Sky? "You're so good looking, you're awesome man, awesome!"

It was annoying at first, now I'm finding it charmingly shambolic :)

Anyone else getting annoyed with those idiots on ITV4 over the last couple of days saying "free lance" rather "free style" for the sprints? I know it's only the tip of the iceberg for annoying things in their coverage but it's making me want to shout obscenities at my computer in the middle of the office!

lance

uhoh.

^^Too easy to compile annoyances with Phil and Paul. The Millennium Dome cost the exact same amount in the half second between both naming its price, so at least they were in agreement while ignoring each other.

The freelance thing is Sherwen's only so far, but he's overdoing it. Not that Phil's noticing.

"You're so good looking, you're awesome man, awesome!"

"Look at you, your'e so young and athletic"

... get a room.

Almost as good as "housewives' favourite" Tommy Voekler.

I'm disappointed that neither Phil or Paul have mentioned Voeckler having 'the longest tongue in the business' or 'reaching into his suitcase of courage'. Guess we'll have to wait until the mountains for that.

Anything interesting happening?

No.

A break of 6 are a minute ahead of the peloton, with Cannondale leading the chase, but with 80-odd kms left they aren't going to survive anyway.

They used the word bum in the text commentary on the official site and I giggled.

They're talking abt Sagan on Eurosport. Couldn't agree more, the lad is a legend and really hope he becomes a GC contender.