Tour de France 2015

Lotto Jumbo are doing this now.

edit - beaten to it.

Along with about 90% of UK TT scene too.

CW article

Tomorrow and this stage will be key I think.

Tomorrow because the transition from flat roads to the mountains, especially a single summit finish and the day after a rest day, is always difficult.

Thursday will be tough because the Plateau de Beille is one of the toughest final climbs the Tour uses, combined with a tough stage and the cumulative effect of three days in the high mountains.

Should be great!

Hope to see Pinot and Bardet both have a crack at the polka dots now they're effectively out of the GC.

Never underestimate the race to be first Frenchman.

Basso has just told the press he has testicular cancer and will leave the Tour today.

I wish him well.

As do I

It seems he's had ongoing pain there since a crash on stage 5. Went for a scan in Pau this morning, this was the diagnosis.

Poor old Basso, lets hope for a positive outcome.

Christ. Hopefully it's been caught early. If it is, then he'll be thankful for that crash.

Fingers crossed for him. Get well soon.

He should have a word with Lance while he's around.

(too soon?)

Yup, sounds like it was a lucky crash sort of.
I just checked and Dr. Google says that survival rates for testicular cancer are 98-99%

Can't tell if serious or sarcastic. Lotto Jumbo were using NoPinz pockets.

It is still very unpleasant and hopefully it has been caught early. Good luck to him. I would suggest that everyone has a check in the shower on a regular basis.

Being a doper, I can't say I like the guy but that's not nice news for anyone. Hope it was caught early enough to be sorted out.

has a check in the shower on a regular basis

Worst euph for masturbating ever

News just in; dopers are still human.

dopers are still human.

Now I've seen you around on the intwebz a bit but it seems you haven't quite got the nuances of what's going on here; no one is human on the internet.

I thought my post was quite clear.

Check your pills every payday. Its easier to remember that way.

Such a shame about Basso, hope it goes well for him.

I'm also hoping for some real aggression tomorrow from various quarters, I really want them to take the fight to Froome. Nibali and Quintana in particular need to be aggressive, Contador will always attack if he can anyway. I'd love Froome to lose some time tomorrow even, keep things really interesting.

Nah, it was the lycra that did that.

Have to remember the best rest day piss take of all time

2011

2012

Priceless. He was constantly moaning but he must have enjoyed some of the 2012 tour.

Also: HealTFU Ivan.