Tour de France 2009

I called it here and I think the aussies I'm with are upset I'm going for cav.

Did peyresourse today and did much better than tourmalet.

Worked jason over and won the stage again :)

Col addict.

Agnes tomorrow.

Renshaw has done a superb job as lead out man for Cavendish. He's one of your mob isn't he?

Watch out for bears on the Agnes.

I wouldn't be surprised if that nice man and impressive linguist Mr David Millar speaks it Biarritz was his home town for years.

He got his EPO from the Euskatel team doctor too.

Peyrousorde is much easier than the tourmalet. I've driven up the tourmalet in a Lada. Not many people on here can say that.

Et-chay-barr-ea

Bless you.

Swine flu, innit. :-)

Yeah I saw renshaw race back home. He's the real reason cav wins.. Cav is just friendlier with the podium girls so they let him do the winning ;)

it just annoys me how so many brits have such casual contempt for our froggy friends :)

It's important to distinguish between the French and France in this. Traditionaly, we dislike France (the republic) for a whole raft of sound historic political reasons, but equally traditionally many of us have close friends in France. I'm sure it works the other way, too.

It's important to distinguish between the French and France in this. Traditionaly, we dislike France (the republic) for a whole raft of sound historic political reasons, but equally traditionally many of us have close friends in France. I'm sure it works the other way, too.

What is a sound historic reason to dislike France?

no, please, no

Sorry, I retract my question.

What is a sound historic reason to dislike France?

They have consistently proved themselves to be better lovers

Theres a bloody game

france is crap at war.
vietnam was a cock-up.
had the WWII allied troops written out of the history books and had the french liberating Paris as it made themselves look good.
when de gaulle pulled france out of nato he spoke to the u.s. president asking for all american troops based in france to leave.
"what about the thousands buried in it's graveyards?" was the reply
(lol touché!)

the only reason to like france is it's attitude to macdonalds and lance armstrong.

tres bon monsiour smyth

Peyrousorde is much easier than the tourmalet.

Tell that to Ullrich.

Tell that to Ullrich.

In French, English, or German?

American.

Brilliant stuff from Wiggo's twitter to add to his great comments in his post ride interview today:

Cav your a star, good job, don't worry about what we spoke about, I know he's your manager but I'm sure he was'nt serious, was he?

about 3 hours ago from mobile web Kicking back in the back of the Garmin bus chillin to' Strawberry Fields'
about 4 hours ago from mobile web Crazy stage, got my 15sec back, I think they make it up as they

The man is a star.

Also great stuff from his wife's twitter:

gonna take Ben to the park on his bike, he said he wants to practise Madison changes, he's 4, so better late than never...
about 4 hours ago from web

This is a good one from Mrs W, too:

black socks located, near yellow jersey towards front of bunch

Should we get Cav a MLP jersey if he wins the Green (or if he doesn't?)

Great one from Mark Renshaw's twitter upon which Cav is making the odd appearance. At the end of Day 9:

To all aspiring cyclists. If you ever fancy that harmless chocolate bar, look at todays stage profile. Believe me, it's so not worth it! Cav
2:31 AM Jul 12th from TwitterFon

Friday's radio ban abandoned

To put an end to the controversy which is compromising the running of the Tour de France, the International Cycling Union (UCI) Management Committee has decided not to repeat the experiment of a stage without radio communication on Friday 17th July.

The UCI Management Committee, it should be remembered, had given its approval, at the request of the organisers, to ban radios during two stages of the French race (14thand 17th July) as a trial and with a view to evaluating such a measure.

This proposition was discussed and supported by representatives of the riders (CPA), teams (AIGCP) and organisers (AIOCC) who met in Geneva on June 3rd and decided to submit the proposition to the UCI Management Committee.

The UCI pursues the debate on the appropriateness of using radios during racing and will continue to consult all those involved in cycling as far as their use is concerned.

Lame. Tour riders need a dose of HTFU.

a would highly doubt millar speaks it. Its very rare to come across anyone is France who speaks Basque, especially in Biarritz as its modern and a bit posh

I was in Biarritz last summer, and not only did I see a few bits of ETA graffiti, I also saw someone riding a brakeless, deep v'd, skidding 'well sick' fixie bike!
Maybe it was Miller.

Can I vote for Winston, Wiganwill, Andyp, Horatio and Mr. Smyth to run the commentary on the stages from now on?

You lot are much funnier and far more entertaining than Eurosport.