Tour de France 2012

Fuck Evans.. Fuck him in the face.

Well it does look like a bum

Well.. That's the evening TV sorted.. Me and Mrs Brave going to watch the recording of the entire stage...

nibbles, cuddles, wiggles and froomey... these are pet rabbit names, right ??

Well.. That's the evening TV sorted.. Me and Mrs Brave going to watch the recording of the entire stage...

Are you going to sit on turbos?

Don't they always?

Where the fuck is Francis?
Feeling honoured somewhere?

Pedantically, probably not. Unless he's typing while turboing now.

Francis is actually called Dan. Just so you know. Dan Francis. Not Francis Francis.

Dan?

Tour de Dan doesn't have the same ring to it does it..

Are you going to sit on turbos?

Don't they always?

Me rollers.. Her turbo..

Right, I'm working Sunday morning so get a lieu day next week. I want to take it on the day that has the most exciting stage and head to LMNH to watch it. What day do I ask for?

Tour de Dan doesn't have the same ring to it does it..

It fits better with the Kraftwerk song.
Tour de Dan Tour de Dan

Kraftwerk - Tour De France - YouTube

Right, I'm working Sunday morning so get a lieu day next week. I want to take it on the day that has the most exciting stage and head to LMNH to watch it. What day do I ask for?

http://inrng.com/tour/#BigStages

grupetto is outside the time limit at the mo!

Cav & Bernie finished 15s behind bulk of grupetto... could get the chop #hopenot

Right, I'm working Sunday morning so get a lieu day next week. I want to take it on the day that has the most exciting stage and head to LMNH to watch it. What day do I ask for?

for me it has to be wednesday. am trying to wangle afternoon off

Best Tour in years and it's only just hit the mountains.

^This!

Shame it finishes next week...

for me it has to be wednesday. am trying to wangle afternoon off

You going to LMNH or watching elsewhere? Wednesday probably works well for a day off, too.

^ yeah possibly head to lmnh as it ain't too far away if i can get out.

Amazing riding from everyone, sad for Evans. He must be really disapointed with him self.

If this really is the post-doping era maybe it's also the end of incredible back-to-back tour wins, in which case good on him for trying anyway. Maybe unassisted humans have a longer recovery time than one year. That said he's only a few minutes off the lead and barely a minute behind 2nd and 3rd.. lots of steep windy miles to go.

Gesink out. He did seem so optimistic in interviews but obviously wasn't on it at any point, shame.

Wag war on twitter. Mrs Froome vs Mrs Wiggins. Funny stuff. Seems Mrs Froome initiated with a comment about being beyond disappointed when Froome was put back on the leash. This could get tasty.

This from Millar;

Oh SNAP! Sky have WAG WAR on Twitter. This shit just got real.

Word from Wiggins and Froome post race:

When Wiggins was asked whether the attack was planned and who called Froome back, he said:
"I didn't call him back, I didn't have my radio in at that point, my piece had fallen out. But we talked about Chris maybe attacking in the final."
"This morning we were planning on Cadel still being there and Chris maybe making the twenty-one seconds up [today] to move to second on GC because Chris wasn't 100% confident he'd get the better of Cadel in the last time-trial. As long as I stayed with Vincenzo and those guys, that was the plan."

Questions fired at him in a finish line scrum, Chris Froome talked about sticking to team orders.
"Our plan is to look after Bradley and I'm here to do that."

When asked if he was frustrated, Froome said:
"No, I follow orders at all costs. I'm part of the team and I have to do what the team asks me to do... Bradley is just as strong as me and stronger than me in the time-trials."
"You realise you can win the Tour?" a journalist asked. "... Maybe one day," he replied.
"We feel you're able to win the Tour," another persisted moments later. "Thanks for the compliment, but I think Bradley's in a better position," Froome said.

Link.

Great day. Tough one.
Froome is so strong. Good to see such loyalty.
Sky seem to have it sorted at the moment. Nice touch between wiggo and nibali
Fascinating tour