Tour de France 2013

They practised turning right?

They've been practicing riding 6 abreast whilst holding hands.

They've been playing audio of Brad taunting him relentlessly and calling him 'number two' while he's sleeping to give him a pathological rage and the power that only true psychosis can deliver?

They told him if he doesn't win they'll get him surgically made over to look like Cadel Evans?

Was it Shadrach off Emmerdale?

/waytoreallygowiththezeitgeistofthethread

That is a good one but no, it was a haunted looking Phd student who has some huge inner conflicts chewing away at the foundations of his soul.

I still lolled internally when I saw the resemblance though.

And wannabe time triallists.

Are you sure HTFU isn't trademarked by training peaks and doesn't actually mean 'harden the fuck up' at all?

It's probably something like 'Heartrate Training Force Units' so it's merely reminding you to establish your training zones and not (as the naive are led to believe) that it's some measure of implied toughness similar to that displayed by Mr T sitting on a tank and instructing you to "get some nuts!".

tl;dr

Time for some of the others to step up to the plate. Lopez has been anonymous so far in this Tour, so maybe they are saving him for the Alps?

If it were Wiggins leading the team, it would be more of an issue, but Froome is more versatile in the mountains, and doesn't need a steady stream of domestiques to set the pace for him.

I was just thinking about Lopez.. Strangely silent for a Sky man. Just got the odd sight of him with his helmet al akimbo.. Also Siutsou. Where's he been??

I'm also surprised that Wiggins has been sought out for any press??

They told him if he doesn't win they'll get him surgically made over to look like Cadel Evans?

I was just thinking about Lopez.. Strangely silent for a Sky man. Just got the odd sight of him with his helmet al akimbo.. Also Siutsou. Where's he been??

I'm also surprised that Wiggins has been sought out for any press??

If I were him, I would be on holiday somewhere very remote atm

Goddam - another boring sprint stage and I'm working at home all day.

'working'

And a lot of racing goes on before teh TV comes on. So it's normal to not see some guys, as they'll be burnt already. From pre-tv work.

What is your hunch then?

beetroot?! I knew it!

Yeah, he bathes in it. Makes his skin really nice and soft.

On the right track Andy.
Remember, sometimes marginal gains are about studying how you can maximise the simplest things or improve on the things you already do.

They told him if he doesn't win they'll get him surgically made over to look like Cadel Evans?

Rumbled

Somewhere near Wigan a skinny man is counting his fucking lucky stars

I like to think of him sat in his, now stained yellow jersey, in the dark , surrounded by crushed cans of special brew.

I like to think of him sat in his, now stained yellow jersey, in the dark , surrounded by crushed cans of special brew.

I feel, sadly, this might be nearer the truth than you think..

I feel, sadly, this might be nearer the truth than you think..

Bradley appears to be a very emotional creature & I am sure when we crashes ( mentally ) he really crashes, But I do find it hard to
have any sympathy for him - when we treats everyone around him with such animosity.

On the right track Andy.

do share...

^^^ this. to me it seems he's a complicated man

Hey. Thursday, July 18th. Alpe D'Huez.

We should all convene somewhere and drink beer and watch the stage. Like the olden dayzzz

Yes. Do you have anywhere in mind?

No idea. Somewhere Central would be good but it's less likely to find a place showing the Tour. I suspect that some place South will be the answer because that's where all the cool kids live these days. Half Moon or Reej?

TS, Jonny, Corny, Object, hippy - any of you lot have any suggestions?

Bueller? Bueller?

Voodoo economics....

I'll be packing for the 24hr. That place on City Road still there?
There must be a few pubs that will switch it on if you've got numbers.

I have this picture of Wiggins now.. Sat in that little turbo room of his at the end of the garden. Frayed and stinking yellow jersey. Litre bottle of Glenns vodka in one hand. A Richmond Blue cigarette in the other. Mumbling to all his tour Lions, sat neatly around him. Each has it's own name..

^^^ in for Regent etc