Tour de France 2015 thread **Please use spoiler tags before midnight**

Icepick

RobFowl

Thibaut Pinot

Icepick wrote: »

He looks so athletic beside Froome !

Roquentin

Vincenzo Nibali

nairo looks confused

magicbastarder

brave move from sagan, given the anti-terror alerts in paris.

dastardly00

Alberto Contador

I can't stop laughing at that Sagan gif

L'Enfer du Nord

Roquentin wrote: »

nairo looks confused

Sub machine guns probably aren't such a laughing matter in Colombia. I think I read Quintana say somewhere that if he wasn't a cyclist his only other job option was the army.

Talib Fiasco

Nairo Quintana

It's Froome's head shake that makes it even more hilarious.

check_six

magicbastarder wrote: »

brave move from sagan, given the anti-terror alerts in paris.

Wasn't there some kind of incident with a car and the police and gunfire yesterday morning in the vicinity of the course in Paris?

He probably should have thought better of it and told the "Peter Sagan" part of his brain to shut up and stop messing.

YeahOK

Nairo Quintana

The more I see of Sagan, the deeper the man crush gets. The guy's a total legend:D Anyone see him in the background of the Nibali interview there last week. Very funny...

http://sporten.tv2.dk/cykling/tour/2015-07-08-se-den-her-sagans-photobomb-paa-nibali-er-populaer

Roquentin

Vincenzo Nibali

sagan is cheeky. pinched a woman on the bottom on the podium once. didnt go down too well with her or her boyfriend

Talib Fiasco

Nairo Quintana

He's been having a laugh with Froome all through the Tour.

dastardly00

Alberto Contador

Dave Brailsford asked Nico not to lose too much weight in the lead up to the tour.

Instead of Nicholas Roche coming in just as a climber, which he can do, we asked him specifically not to lose too much weight, to keep his power. I wanted to use his power, strength, not just come purely as a mountain guy and he stepped up and delivered fantastically as well. He’s a strong rider, a fantastic all-rounder.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/27/dave-brailsford-team-sky-chris-froome-tour-de-france-2015-win

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Roquentin wrote: »

sagan is cheeky. pinched a woman on the bottom on the podium once. didnt go down too well with her or her boyfriend

Yeah it didn't go down well with her or her boyfriend…because she doesn't really matter, being a mere human ornament sure Sagan is only 'cheeky' not a deeply disrespectful sexist chauvinist who treated her as an object for his predilection as opposed to a person with agency and a whole personality and character attached to her arse.

But it's important to note her owner/boyfriends feelings were also hurt :rolleyes:.

He may be a great rider but as he disregards and disrespects half the population based on their gender on a world stage with his behaviour I find it impossible to respect or support Sagan as one of the dismissed. I cannot consciously condone such actions and attitudes.

Although these opinions are moot until they are validated by my boyfriend...:rolleyes:

themandan6611

Vincenzo Nibali

gadetra wrote: »

Although these opinions are moot until they are validated by my boyfriend...:rolleyes:

what is he doing letting you out the kitchen ?


Seriously? Mod warning: Sexism.

Talib Fiasco

Nairo Quintana

gadetra wrote: »

Yeah it didn't go down well with her or her boyfriend…because she doesn't really matter, being a mere human ornament sure Sagan is only 'cheeky' not a deeply disrespectful sexist chauvinist who treated her as an object for his predilection as opposed to a person with agency and a whole personality and character attached to her arse.

But it's important to note her owner/boyfriends feelings were also hurt :rolleyes:.

He may be a great rider but as he disregards and disrespects half the population based on their gender on a world stage with his behaviour I find it impossible to respect or support Sagan as one of the dismissed. I cannot consciously condone such actions and attitudes.

Although these opinions are moot until they are validated by my boyfriend...:rolleyes:

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Talib Fiasco wrote: »

see:

Roquentin wrote: »

sagan is cheeky. pinched a woman on the bottom on the podium once. didnt go down too well with her or her boyfriend

It's sexism 101.


Anyway this is OT. Back to this years Tour

themandan6611

Vincenzo Nibali

themandan6611 wrote: »

what is he doing letting you out the kitchen ?


Seriously? Mod warning: Sexism.

Poster Warning - poor sarcasm

it ain't funny making a :rolleyes: every time you reference your boyfriend in a situation that you need permission to do x y z

Roquentin

Vincenzo Nibali

gadetra wrote: »

Yeah it didn't go down well with her or her boyfriend…because she doesn't really matter, being a mere human ornament sure Sagan is only 'cheeky' not a deeply disrespectful sexist chauvinist who treated her as an object for his predilection as opposed to a person with agency and a whole personality and character attached to her arse.

But it's important to note her owner/boyfriends feelings were also hurt :rolleyes:.

He may be a great rider but as he disregards and disrespects half the population based on their gender on a world stage with his behaviour I find it impossible to respect or support Sagan as one of the dismissed. I cannot consciously condone such actions and attitudes.

Although these opinions are moot until they are validated by my boyfriend...:rolleyes:

whatever:rolleyes:

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themandan6611 wrote: »

Poster Warning - poor sarcasm

it ain't funny making a :rolleyes: every time you reference your boyfriend in a situation that you need permission to do x y z

Mod voice: Do not question mod decisions in thread, PM any questions you may have.


And back on topic to the Tour de France 2015

Darkglasses

Alberto Contador

https://twitter.com/olegtinkov/status/626629444954923008

https://twitter.com/olegtinkov/status/626527347274051584

I really don't like whipping up drama or ****-stirring, but Oleg Tinkov has been tweeting some real poison for the last two days. He should not be confused for some kind of lovable rogue, he's a bollocks.

bazermc

Alberto Contador

I just voted for Chris froome in the poll

What do I win?

dastardly00

Alberto Contador

https://twitter.com/Vaughters/status/625669416500400129

https://twitter.com/mihaibalanica/status/625676726853586944

Darkglasses

Alberto Contador

lennymc

Alberto Contador

Sinister Sam


Sean Eadie (ok, he is not TDF)

Darkglasses

Alberto Contador

neris

Darkglasses wrote: »

https://twitter.com/olegtinkov/status/626629444954923008

https://twitter.com/olegtinkov/status/626527347274051584

I really don't like whipping up drama or ****-stirring, but Oleg Tinkov has been tweeting some real poison for the last two days. He should not be confused for some kind of lovable rogue, he's a bollocks.

I saw bits and pieces of his conversation with vockler at the start and some his comments about money etc were true but hes going way to personal now. There was an interview during tdf with him where he he said prudahome wouldnt shake his hand, prudahome was asked after if he refused to shake hands and his reply was you need 2 people to shake hands and he hadnt seen tinkov that particular day. Hes getting more and more unlikable every race

neris

bazermc wrote: »

I just voted for Chris froome in the poll

What do I win?

A stone in a mcdonalds bag

gordongekko

Darkglasses wrote: »

https://twitter.com/olegtinkov/status/626629444954923008

https://twitter.com/olegtinkov/status/626527347274051584

I really don't like whipping up drama or ****-stirring, but Oleg Tinkov has been tweeting some real poison for the last two days. He should not be confused for some kind of lovable rogue, he's a bollocks.

He didn't start either of those rows

Darkglasses

Alberto Contador

gordongekko wrote: »

He didn't start either of those rows

That really doesn't matter to me at all, the racism is inexcusable and the personal abuse is bad enough.

Darkglasses

Alberto Contador

Last one

neris

Darkglasses wrote: »

Last one

None of them are muppets (debateable) but 2 are from sky and bert and ernie are from sesame street

Though id say Froome could be big bird

gordongekko

Darkglasses wrote: »

That really doesn't matter to me at all, the racism is inexcusable and the personal abuse is bad enough.

Well Putin was called a woman in one and maybe he was just angry in the other. By the way the account is still unofficial so may not be him.

And on here posts are being thanked that call people Muppets!!!

Darkglasses

Alberto Contador

gordongekko wrote: »

Well Putin was called a woman in one and maybe he was just angry in the other. By the way the account is still unofficial so may not be him.

And on here posts are being thanked that call people Muppets!!!

Putin was not called a woman, Vaughters pointed out that Putin looks a bit like the Mona Lisa. Pointing out that someone has a similar face to a woman is not on the same planet as calling a black person a monkey. Anger does not permit a default to racism.

And I was not calling anyone a muppet (or sesame street puppet). I have nothing but respect for Brailsford, Indurain, Porte and Froome. It was a harmless joke that I would not in the least mind being the butt of myself.

Eamonnator

Alberto Contador

Darkglasses wrote: »

Putin was not called a woman, Vaughters pointed out that Putin looks a bit like the Mona Lisa. Pointing out that someone has a similar face to a woman is not on the same planet as calling a black person a monkey. Anger does not permit a default to racism.

And I was not calling anyone a muppet (or sesame street puppet). I have nothing but respect for Brailsford, Indurain, Porte and Froome. It was a harmless joke that I would not in the least mind being the butt of myself.

OK, put up a photo of yourself, we'll take it from there.

Darkglasses

Alberto Contador

Eamonnator wrote: »

OK, put up a photo of yourself, we'll take it from there.

Sorry but I will be preserving my anonymity, as is my right. I would say I most closely resemble Count von Count. Captain Havoc and Detones (and anyone else who has seen me) can counter this if they wish.

dastardly00

Alberto Contador

neris wrote: »

None of them are muppets (debateable) but 2 are from sky and bert and ernie are from sesame street

Though id say Froome could be big bird

Bert and Ernie are also Muppets.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_and_Ernie

dastardly00

Alberto Contador

gordongekko wrote: »

Well Putin was called a woman in one and maybe he was just angry in the other. By the way the account is still unofficial so may not be him.

And on here posts are being thanked that call people Muppets!!!

I actually can't believe you are defending Tinkov.

Lusk_Doyle

gordongekko wrote: »

Well Putin was called a woman in one and maybe he was just angry in the other. By the way the account is still unofficial so may not be him.

And on here posts are being thanked that call people Muppets!!!

People who resemble muppets, not are muppets.

Lusk_Doyle

This thread reminds me of this: