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Tour de France 2018 - General Thread

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    #392
    cunavalos
    Registered Users Posts: 1,387 ✭✭✭cunavalos


    nee wrote: »
    I wonder if Paolo Longo Borghini is related to Elisa Longo Borghini?


    Yeah he is her brother and went on to ride for Liquigas and Cannondale afterwards


    https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/paolo-longo-borghini


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    #393
    eeeee
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    cunavalos wrote: »
    Yeah he is her brother and went on to ride for Liquigas and Cannondale afterwards


    https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/paolo-longo-borghini

    Interesting. Must be a dynasty. Always in the shade of his super sister!


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    #394
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    cunavalos wrote: »
    Yeah he is her brother and went on to ride for Liquigas and Cannondale afterwards


    https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/paolo-longo-borghini

    Don't forget about their half-brother, Paulo Tiralongo!


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    #395
    cunavalos
    Registered Users Posts: 1,387 ✭✭✭cunavalos


    Actually i remember from that Barloworld squad Jean Lee Augustyn was a very promising rider who had a spectacular crash in the Tour de France where he crashed out of the breakaway on a steep descent and was seen scrambling up the scree to rejoin the race but his bike kept on sliding down the hillside so he had to wait at the side of the road for a spare bike



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    #396
    Dr. Bre
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    cunavalos wrote: »
    Actually i remember from that Barloworld squad Jean Lee Augustyn was a very promising rider who had a spectacular crash in the Tour de France where he crashed out of the breakaway on a steep descent and was seen scrambling up the scree to rejoin the race but his bike kept on sliding down the hillside so he had to wait at the side of the road for a spare bike


    What was that climb again?


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    #397
    [Deleted User]
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    Dr. Bre wrote: »
    What was that climb again?

    Cime de la Bonette I believe


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    #398
    odyssey06
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    If Thomas wins it will mean Sky have two different GT winners in same season ... I wonder when that last happened.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #399
    retalivity
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    odyssey06 wrote: »
    If Thomas wins it will mean Sky have two different GT winners in same season ... I wonder when that last happened.

    Wait til Bernal wins the Vuelta....


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    #400
    velo.2010
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    odyssey06 wrote: »
    If Thomas wins it will mean Sky have two different GT winners in same season ... I wonder when that last happened.
    Discovery (Giro and Tour) 2005?

    I only remember that because Eurosport managed to get a live, on-air interview with Armstrong during a Giro stage when Paolo Salvodelli was in the pink jersey.


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    #401
    [Deleted User]
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    retalivity wrote: »
    Wait til Bernal wins the Vuelta....

    You know I'd nearly cheer him on in spite of the sky jersey


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    #402
    cunavalos
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    Surely Bernal will be confined to domestique duties for Tao Geoghegan Hart, Jon Dibben, Chris Lawless or Owain Doull:rolleyes:


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    #403
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    I hate it when 'G' and co refer to Chris Froome as 'Froomy'.

    So cringeworthy.


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    #404
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    I hate it when 'G' and co refer to Chris Froome as 'Froomy'.

    So cringeworthy.

    You don't use nicknames for any of your mates?


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    #405
    Macy0161
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    cunavalos wrote:
    Who would have known back in 2009 that the Barloworld Bianchi Procontinental squad would go on to dominate professional cycling 9 years later. Talk about a team of late developers
    In fairness, Thomas was very young that tour. And can't be argued that he didn't have potential.


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    #406
    Brian?
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    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    You don't hmuse nicknames for any of your mates?

    I do. But they're a little more inventive. If I was mates with Froome I'd probably call him Skeletor, Mantis boy or Sally.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #407
    Eamonnator
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    Brian? wrote: »
    I do. But they're a little more inventive. If I was mates with Froome I'd probably call him Skeletor, Mantis boy or Sally.

    Nick names should be affectionate, not offensive.
    Otherwise they can be a form of bullying.


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    #408
    ford2600
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    It's a pity the Tour and the other GTs get distilled down to how believable or not the winner is. In the present we'll never really know for sure; to me its a waste of energy to even bother.


    What we do know is Lawson Craddock has ridden almost the entire race with a broken scapula while raising $100,000 plus for his home track. Not every Texan on a bike is a cnut. Sam Bennet did similar in 16 with broken fingers.


    The man with more stage wins in the Tour than anyone else, was disqualified in the Alps for being outside the cut off.


    176 riders took to start line, sometimes the more interesting stories are buried in the pack. I remember talking to Damien Peacock(he has been videoing UK audax events & PBP etc for years) in 2014; his take was the better stories were always at the back of the field. The rider recovering from cancer, the rider back doing PBP after a 25 year gap etc etc.


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    #409
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    You don't hmuse nicknames for any of your mates?
    In private sure, but when addressing them in public I think you should speak their full name.


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    #410
    Shedite27
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    ford2600 wrote: »
    176 riders took to start line, sometimes the more interesting stories are buried in the pack. I remember talking to Damien Peacock(he has been videoing UK audax events & PBP etc for years) in 2014; his take was the better stories were always at the back of the field. The rider recovering from cancer, the rider back doing PBP after a 25 year gap etc etc.
    Have a read of Lanern Rouge if you get a chance - lots of great stories of the guys at the back of the pack


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    #411
    Sal Butamol
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    Eamonnator wrote: »
    Nick names should be affectionate, not offensive.
    Otherwise they can be a form of bullying.

    Alright there snowflake? :D


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    #412
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    Sal Butamol wrote: »
    Alright there snowflake? :D

    See. That's what I mean, right there.
    I just feel the love.


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    #413
    CantGetNoSleep
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    ford2600 wrote: »

    The man with more stage wins in the Tour than anyone else, was disqualified in the Alps for being outside the cut off.


    Didn't know Eddy was still racing


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    #414
    sy
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    Dan Martin gets the Super Combativity Award from TDF judges. So he will be on the podium tomorrow. We'll deserved and well done Dan


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    #415
    [Deleted User]
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    First British born winner. Took them a long time.


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    #416
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    First British born winner. Took them a long time.

    Of course, a British winner. Not Welsh mind, but firstly British.


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    #417
    selwyn froggitt
    Registered Users Posts: 475 ✭✭selwyn froggitt


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    First British born winner. Took them a long time.

    Petty......
    You might remind me where Dan Martin and Nico Roche were born?


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    #418
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    selwyn froggitt wrote: »
    Petty......
    You might remind me where Dan Martin and Nico Roche were born?

    Doesn't matter. They have never won the tour!


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    #419
    selwyn froggitt
    Registered Users Posts: 475 ✭✭selwyn froggitt


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    Doesn't matter. They have never won the tour!

    Petty.
    So on the podium tomorrow in Paris will be the tours most combative rider.
    Please step forward Daniel Martin (from Birmingham)
    Bloody Hypocrisy


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    #420
    letape
    Registered Users Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭letape


    selwyn froggitt wrote: »
    Petty......
    You might remind me where Dan Martin and Nico Roche were born?

    Nothing petty about the previous post - just someone stating a fact.


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    #421
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    selwyn froggitt wrote: »
    Petty.
    So on the podium tomorrow in Paris will be the tours most combative rider.
    Please step forward Daniel Martin (from Birmingham)
    Bloody Hypocrisy

    Petty, no. Sarcastic, yes.


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