Tour de France 2021

As a player I can see it's unbelievably easy to tunnel into a world of self-hatred and anger when shots that have been made hundreds of thousands of times begin to seem impossible to make in the face of a clever opponent (or a bad day).

As someone that played tennis competitively as a teenager this hits a bit too close to home.

Can we split 4) into

a) normal multimillionares-rolling-about-the-floor football (bunch rolling along on a flat day)
b) penalty shootouts (bunch sprint)

As a player I can see it's unbelievably easy to tunnel into a world of self-hatred and anger when shots that have been made hundreds of thousands of times begin to seem impossible to make in the face of a clever opponent (or a bad day).

This is exactly what I have come to love about watching it. It may seem obvious but the entertainment is in watching the player rather than the game. Yes, someone wins/loses and there are some incredible shots, but seeing how each player responds to the ebb and flow of the match is the fascinating bit. They’re all good at the top level, but how well they cope with loss – of a point, game or set – usually decides who wins.

Presumably you'll get coke mixed with something else to dull the pain and get a kick. Much like caffeine but "better"

Pot Belge

Yeah I know. I'm like @ElGonzo though, I played a lot of tennis at a medium/low level at high school and the frustration becomes too real to make it enjoyable.

@leggy_blonde both good points but are footnotes to all the gammon. What is c) the spicy one-day classic in football? FA Cup game when say Crawley beats a brain-dead Arsenal to get to the 5th round?

Pot Belge

Yeah I know. I'm working on it but for now I just wear looser clothing.

6) Darts - best sport for substance abuse

I had never thought about this. Ritalin?

Beer!

I thought the averages went way up when they stopped drinking beer on stage?

THE OLD CLASSICS.

Would be interested to see a tour raced entirely on pot belge.

Arkea Samsic sunnies sponsor won't be happy their product just falls off riders faces for no reason.

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A classics race has broken out

Politt/Mohoric deathmatch I reckon

lol mohoric just rolls off the front by accident. Politt as next strongest being forced to chase. We like the s(t)ocks.

Mohoric is a monster. Stage over.

#hornywatch

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Fs in chat for this celebration pls
https://mobile.twitter.com/LVCKV/status/1416048650279694345

That was dope!

Get it?

I appreciate he was a kid when it happened, but reminiscent of Armstrong’s gesture to Simeoni in 2004.

Which isn’t a good look when your team is being investigated for alleged doping.

me when user amey posts a new bike in the gravel thread

What is going on in Slovenia?

Some sort of dumpling?