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When they do the presentations at the end for the yellow, green, white jersey etc they also get something else eg a Lion for the yellow jersey, a toy for the white jersey.
Does anyone know all the things given for each jersey and whether they get to keep them eg Does Nibali now have four lions or do they keep recycling the same one every day ? Thanks not sure about the other toys and things.......they're probably marketing things for the sponsors of the other jerseys I'm pretty sure at one time one of the competitions was sponsored by a cheese maker and the rider got cheese I'm pretty sure the riders get to keep them along with a jersey awarded every day.....if you stay in yellow, for example, you get a new yellow jersey every day Sean Kelly tells the tale of how he once won a cow for winning a race in Belgium......the local butcher bought it off him straight away..... |
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Now that Froome is out it's as simple as ABC.....
Anyone but Contador!! He's also a fearless descender so might be able to get a bit more time on Contador if there are big descents near to stage finishes, though you'd expect Contador might take time out of him on summit top stages |
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the lion is presented by the sponsor of the yellow jersey who is the bank, Credit Lyonnaise.......it's a play on 'Lyon'
not sure about the other toys and things.......they're probably marketing things for the sponsors of the other jerseys I'm pretty sure at one time one of the competitions was sponsored by a cheese maker and the rider got cheese I'm pretty sure the riders get to keep them along with a jersey awarded every day.....if you stay in yellow, for example, you get a new yellow jersey every day Sean Kelly tells the tale of how he once won a cow for winning a race in Belgium......the local butcher bought it off him straight away..... I can believe the cyclist getting a cow. Roger Federer was once presented with a cow in Switzerland - don't know what happened to it though |
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Sorry to burst your bubble but they are given a "speaker's handbook" which gives them detail about every notable landmark km by km.
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I'm pretty sure at one time one of the competitions was sponsored by a cheese maker and the rider got cheese . |
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Absolutely ridiculous they didn't neutralise this stage. Clearly terrible conditions given the terrain. No one wants to be deprived of the top cyclists leaving the Tour through injury but that's exactly what we are getting.
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I am favouring Nibali now as well, I have gained massive respect for him a few years back for his descending ability.
Hopefully Geraint Thomas can also have a good tour, he did very well today, and possibly could have done ever better if it wasn't for his domestique role for Porte. |
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i think he should have had wiggins in as the plan B
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I remember being on the side of the road just at the end of the Passage du Gois in 1999. There was a fall and Alex Zulle lost the thick end of 6 minutes - on stage 2. George Hincapie came by much later, trailing so many bandages he looked like an unravelling mummy.
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Anyway, a bad stage for my best, except for my bet on sagan to win green. Mind you, I only got 8/15 - he had been a bit longer than that. He must be about 1/8 now.
Just checked. 1/12 lol |
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I reckon fuglsang could have got 3 seconds out of nibali, and got himself in yellow.
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I reckon fuglsang could have got 3 seconds out of nibali, and got himself in yellow.
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I remember being on the side of the road just at the end of the Passage du Gois in 1999. There was a fall and Alex Zulle lost the thick end of 6 minutes - on stage 2. George Hincapie came by much later, trailing so many bandages he looked like an unravelling mummy.
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I remember being on the side of the road just at the end of the Passage du Gois in 1999. There was a fall and Alex Zulle lost the thick end of 6 minutes - on stage 2. George Hincapie came by much later, trailing so many bandages he looked like an unravelling mummy.
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I'm pretty sure the riders get to keep them along with a jersey awarded every day.....if you stay in yellow, for example, you get a new yellow jersey every day
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Thanks for that
I can believe the cyclist getting a cow. Roger Federer was once presented with a cow in Switzerland - don't know what happened to it though |
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I think Froome was spooked and nervous and that's never going to end well.
A bit like Wiggins in the Giro last year - the withdrawal was obviously put down to illness, but his descending went to pieces after he came down on the stage into Pescara. |
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Yeah they do - I remember an interview with Wiggins (may have been his book actually, come to think of it) where he said he'd only kept a couple, and who he'd given the others away to - a fan outside the team bus, his local pub, and a restaurant he frequents in Majorca, amongst others.
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Lance Armstrong
irrespective of the drugs, lance did pretty well fetching up, injury free for 7 years in a row,did he not, and avoiding all racing incidents.
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To do well on a stage like yesterday, you need the ability to read the race on the road not through your ear piece, a good tactical head and a huge dollop of luck. Unfortunately for Froome/Sky it possibly showed their failings in the first 2 and the third left them completely (probably because of the lack of the first 2!)
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yes Brailsfords biggest cock up of his career
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Yeah, I was wondering about that. What's going to happen if Fuglsang has the opportunity to win over Nibali. Will he take it himself. It could be like Wiggo v Froome in Team Astana.
Which is why my personal jury is out on Porte being team leader. He has a bit of form for pitching up against a bad day and losing boatloads of time. He hasn't that luxury now. |
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I think they may well focus on the Vuelta for him now.
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irrespective of the drugs, lance did pretty well fetching up, injury free for 7 years in a row,did he not, and avoiding all racing incidents.
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Bit harsh for Bradley - I thought he was the Sky guy for the Vuelta?
There's probably a good chance Wiggins will have signed a contract with another team for next year by the start of the Vuelta, so Brailsford will have even less compulsion to try and keep him happy. |
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