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The Pro Cycling Thread (Part 2)
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swingaleg
07-07-2014
Sir Dave Brailsford has apparently announced that his next target in the sport is to win the Tour with a French rider........be interesting to see who they sign up in the close season

Can anyone think of a French rider who's anywhere near being a contender ?

Rolland ?

Romain Bardet is talked of as the next big thing from France but they do tend to have a 'next big thing' every few months and obviously they usually fall by the wayside.
deivu74
07-07-2014
Pierre Rolland is the only one probably but I'd love it if Thibault Pinot could do it.
swingaleg
07-07-2014
Huge crowd in Saffron Walden............did someone say the people of east Anglia weren't interested ?

Be a bit difficult to judge the crowd in central london as there's probably 2 million people on the streets on a normal day......
James1953
07-07-2014
Just heard on the travel news that the Euro Tunnel is closed due to an electrical fault

Think most of Le Tour are booked on it this evening.....
John259
07-07-2014
Originally Posted by James1953:
“Just heard on the travel news that the Euro Tunnel is closed due to an electrical fault”

News story on the BBC's web site:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-28194074
swingaleg
07-07-2014
Oh......I just assumed that tomorrow was a rest day as they all transferred to France but it isn't !

It's Le Touquet (that's the airport ?) to Lille

The commentator on ES has said that they're flying from City Airport in Docklands......though obviously all the big trucks and team busses etc would go through the tunnel
deivu74
07-07-2014
I thought they would have been going by ferry.
divingbboy
07-07-2014
As an avid user of Strava (who jealously guards the one KOM that I currently have!), I shouldn't laugh, but I was checking out the Strava data for the last two stages. Needless to say, the fine cyclists of Yorkshire have had their leaderboards smashed to pieces by the TdF peloton!
John259
07-07-2014
Originally Posted by deivu74:
“I thought they would have been going by ferry.”

FWIW Phil or Paul used the word "ferry" earlier this afternoon in commentary but it was a very casual mention so I wouldn't read too much into it.

It is of course possible I guess that different elements of the Tour will use different methods of transport.
deivu74
07-07-2014
I was just thinking it's been too long without a crash.
James1953
07-07-2014
Originally Posted by John259:
“News story on the BBC's web site:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-28194074”


Thanks. Could be a bit tricky timewise
swingaleg
07-07-2014
Wonder what crops were in those fields that looked blue ?

any farmers here ?......
divingbboy
07-07-2014
Originally Posted by swingaleg:
“Wonder what crops were in those fields that looked blue ?

any farmers here ?......”

Lavender, probably.
deivu74
07-07-2014
Originally Posted by swingaleg:
“Wonder what crops were in those fields that looked blue ?

any farmers here ?......”

Lavender? Or purple sprouting broccoli.
swingaleg
07-07-2014
Lavender smells fantastic........I buy lavender scented clothes washing liquid just for the smell !

I bet a whole field of it would be amazing !.......
John259
07-07-2014
A Google search for:
lavender essex
brings up quite a few hits, so it looks like it is grown there. But the cultivation of lavender is one of the many subjects where my ignorance is complete, so if anyone knows better....
swingaleg
07-07-2014
here's a picture of a lavender field in Essex........this must be what it was

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pict...s.html?image=4
batdude_uk1
07-07-2014
Originally Posted by Wallasey Saint:
“There was a Leeds/Wincanton Classic

There is the 2014 Tour Of Britain in September http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Tour_of_Britain”

Ohh that Tour almost comes into Cheshire!
deivu74
07-07-2014
Do they have a cycle race in Hong Kong? All these new London skyscrapers remind me of there for some reason.
divingbboy
07-07-2014
Get out of the bloody road, you morons!!
divingbboy
07-07-2014
Would love for the break to win it. Obviously, that's very doubtful.
Dr. Claw
07-07-2014
Originally Posted by divingbboy:
“Get out of the bloody road, you morons!!”

https://vine.co/v/MPbPzrJVBI2

he gets a broken arm for it
divingbboy
07-07-2014
Looked to me as though OPQS ran out of steam.
apaul
07-07-2014
Originally Posted by divingbboy:
“Looked to me as though OPQS ran out of steam.”

Went too early as in the opening stage, but Kittel is as dominant as Cavendish used to be on the flat stages.
Jason100
07-07-2014
Missed them down my end as the commentators gave us a 10 minute virtual tour of London and a history lesson on the tower of London, when they cut back to the race they've already passed through my area! As i live near the route i was going to walk to the location they were cycling through but the bloody commentators gave me no indication of how far they were from my area!
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