Tour de France 2009

I for one am willing to punt a fiver towards sending Cav a POC tshirt in honour of this acheivement. Anyone else in.

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On french TV the host just asked Nocentini if he was allowed to sleep with his wife on the tour but the way he frazed it was 'how often does you wife have the pleassure of sleeping with you?' To which Nocentini replied 'She has the pleassure once or twice'

you had to be there

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It is, however, noticeable that other teams are not really helping Columbia chase down breaks. You can understand their reluctance given Cavendish's dominance. It's likely that in the some of the remaining flat stages we'll see some breakaways succeed, especially as the Columbia riders tire.

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It is, however, noticeable that other teams are not really helping Columbia chase down breaks. You can understand their reluctance given Cavendish's dominance. It's likely that in the some of the remaining flat stages we'll see some breakaways succeed, especially as the Columbia riders tire.

And, to top all of that, I forgot about the time trial.

Stand at ease.

Stephen Roche seemed to think that Columbia will sit back on tomorrow's stage if there's a decent breakaway as they'll mop up the intermediate sprints and possibly the stage win (keeping Cav in green) which also means they're not too tired for the upcoming mountains..

Apparently Voeckler was born around the area of tomorrow's stage too so might be a shout for a breakaway stage win..

david millar speaks french! what a legend

Most pro-tour riders speak a variety of european languages.. It's quite funny watching 'Overcoming' and hearing Bjarne Riis mixing them all together

david millar speaks french! what a legend

He rode as an amateur in France, turned pro with a French team and lived there for at least 5 years. I'd be more shocked if he didn't speak French!

Cancellara has the ultimate stealth bike but I don't know if the UCI will allow it:

http://photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com/

Did I just watch yesterday's stage again by accident?

Oh wait, Cav said something different (while still arrogant).

david millar speaks french! what a legend

A hell of a lot of people round the world speak more than one language, what of it? considering he's lived in France it would be bloody rude if he didn't!...

I'm bored of Cav winning all the time, proud but bored....

Is the competition there? it's not like the days of McEwen, Zabel, Cipollini, Jan Kirsipuu, Tom Steels, Cooke, Moncassin all battling it out together is it? Boonen and Freire clearly aren't their normal selves this year.

cough biological passport cough

Most pro-tour riders speak a variety of european languages.. It's quite funny watching 'Overcoming' and hearing Bjarne Riis mixing them all together

I believe French is the "Lingua Franca" of the peloton....as it should be!

I believe French is the "Lingua Franca" of the peloton....as it should be!

Really? I quite like that.

Good; because it's not really true anymore. English is replacing French as the language of cycling.

I think French used to be the language of the peleton but, in a reflection on the real world, it's been replaced by English now.

What did I just say?

That you agree with me.

While also being snarky. Will is such a jerk. Why are you such a jerk, Will?

Can I have that beer today?

I do not

Yes you do.

We all speak french at Herne Hill and Palace...

but really, has it changed? granted that there are more anglophones, but don't they have to "fit in or fuck off?" oh, I forgot about Lance.

While also being snarky. Will is such a jerk. Why are you such a jerk, Will?

Can I have that beer today?

Yes, I'll just top it up with piss and bring it right over. That's how you seal clubbers like it isn't it?

I think French used to be the language of the forum but, in a reflection on the real world, it's been replaced by English now.

Really? I didn't know that.