July 28, 20197 yr Bernal gave his victory presentation speech in four languages: firstly in English for his team's benefit, then Italian to thank the team that first brought him to Europe, next Spanish for the benefit of his amazing number of Colombian fans who made the trip for some or all of the tour and finally French as a courtesy to the hosts. Classy.
July 28, 20197 yr 29 minutes ago, MalcolmW said: Bernal gave his victory presentation speech in four languages: firstly in English for his team's benefit, then Italian to thank the team that first brought him to Europe, next Spanish for the benefit of his amazing number of Colombian fans who made the trip for some or all of the tour and finally French as a courtesy to the hosts. Classy. Truly moving. A fantastic sporting performance by all involved, from DB to all the riders of team Ineos to all support staff of the team. As for Bernal's speech; as you say, classy. Especially from a 22 yr old who has just won the biggest bike race the world knows. Sadly, Boris Johnson is probably already working on ways to stop any future British involvement in any further European racing, as it may impede his progress to the title of the worlds number one c*nt.............
July 28, 20197 yr Jesus, let’s not turn it into another one of them threads! Any road, superb three weeks, I’ve been gripped! Not seen the Bernal victory speech yet, will find it shortly Been watching TDF a few years now, took my old man to Brittany for the Mur De Bretagne stage last year. It takes some getting into but it’s a sport in its purist form, mans endurance limits and strategy thrown in. You also get thousands going up a mountain to watch, fantastic!! I fancy doing stage 1 & 2 next year, both in Nice but stage 2 into the Alps for an early mountain. Direct train from Nice to the ski resort at the top of the mountain. Love Nice anyway so why not! Edited July 28, 20197 yr by birch-chorley
July 29, 20197 yr Serious question for fans, not a wind up this, do you suspend disbelief when you're watching and just take it as the superb spectacle it is or do you watch it as though it's sport at it's most pure like birch said ? Edited July 29, 20197 yr by ErnestTurnip
July 30, 20197 yr Watched the cycling up Rivington when the commonwealth games were on. Absolutely fantastic. To be fair, any top level sport is an eye opener when you watch it live. The speed etc takes your breath away. Remember seeing Harmison bowling, and his arm hyper extending when I saw him in a one dayer at Durham. Then the ball almost instantaneously arriving at the batsman. As a football fan, you see that game frequently, from an early age, so growing up with it, perhaps take it for granted a bit and don't realise the level some of the players are at.
August 30, 20205 yr TdF back yesterday - best sporting event of the year for me. Lots of crashes on a course that had been dry for 4 months, then it pissed down. Philippe Gilbert broke a kneecap - ouch!! 🚴♂️
August 30, 20205 yr Aye Really looking forward to this Seems a lot of question marks about it finishing though, which would be a huge shame
August 30, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, Casino said: is the only brit up for a stage win one of the bury twins? Aye Only one of the Yates brothers riding (other keeping powder dry for Giro or Vuelta) Think it’s Adam in TDF, he’s signed for Ineos for next season 👍🏻
August 30, 20205 yr 6 hours ago, birch-chorley said: Got to love Alaphilippe He's great, been one of my favourite riders for a while. Lovely human being 👍 Really do hope that the race reaches Paris
August 30, 20205 yr 7 hours ago, birch-chorley said: Aye Only one of the Yates brothers riding (other keeping powder dry for Giro or Vuelta) Think it’s Adam in TDF, he’s signed for Ineos for next season 👍🏻 Simon has unfinished business at the Giro
August 30, 20205 yr 8 hours ago, Casino said: is the only brit up for a stage win one of the bury twins? Probably, 1 is a sprinter and the other 2 are domestiques
August 31, 20205 yr 3 hours ago, jeep said: Simon has unfinished business at the Giro That the stage Froome + team made him look an amateur? Edited August 31, 20205 yr by jayjayoghani
August 31, 20205 yr On 30/07/2019 at 14:11, Tonge moor green jacket said: Watched the cycling up Rivington when the commonwealth games were on. Absolutely fantastic. To be fair, any top level sport is an eye opener when you watch it live. The speed etc takes your breath away. Remember seeing Harmison bowling, and his arm hyper extending when I saw him in a one dayer at Durham. Then the ball almost instantaneously arriving at the batsman. As a football fan, you see that game frequently, from an early age, so growing up with it, perhaps take it for granted a bit and don't realise the level some of the players are at. We had tickets for super Saturday at the Olympics. Farah won a gold, after first lap Yoof asked why they were sprinting in a long distance race. They got faster !
August 31, 20205 yr 7 minutes ago, Ani said: We had tickets for super Saturday at the Olympics. Wow! That must have been amazing.
August 31, 20205 yr I had tickets for Super Saturday in my online basket, asked my gf do you wanna go, she said no.
August 31, 20205 yr 6 hours ago, jayjayoghani said: That the stage Froome + team made him look an amateur? Was thinking more about him blowing up after being in the pink jersey for most of the race. The stage when Froome left them all behind was unbelievable! Something like 120km on his own! 😅 Edited August 31, 20205 yr by jeep Spelling
September 13, 20205 yr Jumbo-Visma blew away the field today, especially Ineos (Bernal). 2 Slovenians in 1 & 2. I like Roglic but would love to see Pogacar win it. Rest day tomorrow, then back in the mountains from Tuesday to Thursday.
September 13, 20205 yr It's farcical this year, think it was 6.2W/kg that was the limit where PED use was guaranteed and Roglic and Pogacar have both been well over 7 this year. It's a pantomime and although I've loved it since I could barely talk I've stopped watching it.
September 13, 20205 yr 24 minutes ago, ErnestTurnip said: It's farcical this year, think it was 6.2W/kg that was the limit where PED use was guaranteed and Roglic and Pogacar have both been well over 7 this year. It's a pantomime and although I've loved it since I could barely talk I've stopped watching it. Can you enlighten me as to what this means exactly. Are they monitored for power output and considered as doping above a certain level?
September 13, 20205 yr Basically yes, at one point I think it was 6.2 was considered all you could do without "assistance". These lads are pissing all over known dopers numbers and times by big margins, it's as bad as Radcliffe's marathon. Edited September 13, 20205 yr by ErnestTurnip
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