| Wiggo on 10:40 - Jul 13 with 1227 views | SydneyRs |
Here in Oz we get the superb Phil Liggett commentary. Like Richie Benaud to cricket, he is the voice of the sport.
Fantastic stage last night, well worth the sleep deprivation. Plenty of attacks and brilliant stuff from the Sky team to lose no time to the main contenders. Wiggo and Froome have it all in their hands now. Evans finally cracked near the end and is too far off the pace now. Doesn't have the form this year.
Great tour this year and looking like a British winner. |  | |  |
| Wiggo on 11:27 - Jul 13 with 1209 views | Aunt_Nelly |
| Wiggo on 08:46 - Jul 13 by brendan |
Frooms is Kenyan but rides on a british licence |
Born in Kenya but rides for Britain.
Good enough for me. |  | | |
| Wiggo on 11:31 - Jul 13 with 1206 views | Aunt_Nelly |
| Wiggo on 23:46 - Jul 12 by W14Hoop |
Great stage today.
I was able to watch all of it live and WIggins stayed calm throughout, although he must of thought WTF?! when Froomey went off on a charge with 2k-ish to go.
That in itself seemed amazing as Froome looked spent a bit earlier on.
Do you guys have a preference with which channel you watch it on?
I like ITV's pre and post analysis with Boardman & Imlach but prefer the live commentary of Eurosports Harmon & Sean Kelly, Harmon gets pretty excited about most things, Kelly's deadpan delivery levels it out though! |
I tend to flick between the two. Eurosport starts earlier and the ad breaks don't always match so I often switch. Comms are pretty good on both but I do prefer Boardman for the analysis. | | | |
| Wiggo on 15:40 - Jul 13 with 1168 views | Aunt_Nelly |
Millar in with a shout for the stage. | | | |
| Wiggo on 15:54 - Jul 13 with 1156 views | Aunt_Nelly |
Fantastic finish by Millar. | | | |
| Wiggo on 15:55 - Jul 13 with 1155 views | ericgen34 |
He's going through my village tomorrow, on stage 13 |  | | |
| Wiggo on 16:08 - Jul 13 with 1147 views | Tonto |
if we can get Cummings to win a stage we have the full set!
the brits have officially invaded the tdf |  |
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| Wiggo on 17:00 - Jul 13 with 1139 views | Spaghetti_Hoops |
| Wiggo on 16:08 - Jul 13 by Tonto |
if we can get Cummings to win a stage we have the full set!
the brits have officially invaded the tdf |
5th GB rider is Ian Stannard British Champion now riding in Poland.
Having first got interested in the Tour De France in the 80s and cheered on lone Brits fighting, like Robert Millar, against the odds it is amazing to see GB riders winning four stages and standing 1st and 2nd on the GC. Extraordinary progress in that sport. | | | |
| Wiggo on 17:23 - Jul 13 with 1132 views | Lofthope |
Am in France at the moment as I'm doing tomorrow's L'Etape du Tour in the Pyrenees, which is the stage the professionals will be doing on Wednesday (jeez those mountains look big!). Therefore have to listen to French commentary on the tdf....when it gets a bit dull they try and liven it up with excited voices...dead weird and at the opposite end of the commentaery spectrum to Yawn Kelly! | | | |
| Wiggo on 17:45 - Jul 13 with 1121 views | derbyhoop |
| Wiggo on 17:23 - Jul 13 by Lofthope |
Am in France at the moment as I'm doing tomorrow's L'Etape du Tour in the Pyrenees, which is the stage the professionals will be doing on Wednesday (jeez those mountains look big!). Therefore have to listen to French commentary on the tdf....when it gets a bit dull they try and liven it up with excited voices...dead weird and at the opposite end of the commentaery spectrum to Yawn Kelly! |
Good luck with l'etape. My brother in law did one 2 years ago where there was 6" of snow on the mountain tops (in July????) and less than 2000 finished out of 4300 starters. Only 4 of the finishers would have finished inside the time that disqualifies riders from the rest of the Tour. |  |
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| Wiggo on 19:55 - Jul 13 with 1108 views | Writtler |
Classic Sherwin bullsh1t on todays commentary - "I would say 99 times out of a 100 the breakaway doesn't succeed but today is the 1" er no it's the 3rd breakaway winner this week and you've commentated on each of them - knob.... | | | |
| Wiggo on 20:04 - Jul 13 with 1104 views | Aunt_Nelly |
| Wiggo on 17:23 - Jul 13 by Lofthope |
Am in France at the moment as I'm doing tomorrow's L'Etape du Tour in the Pyrenees, which is the stage the professionals will be doing on Wednesday (jeez those mountains look big!). Therefore have to listen to French commentary on the tdf....when it gets a bit dull they try and liven it up with excited voices...dead weird and at the opposite end of the commentaery spectrum to Yawn Kelly! |
Good luck tomorrow. | | | |
| Wiggo on 20:29 - Jul 13 with 1093 views | Writtler |
| Wiggo on 17:23 - Jul 13 by Lofthope |
Am in France at the moment as I'm doing tomorrow's L'Etape du Tour in the Pyrenees, which is the stage the professionals will be doing on Wednesday (jeez those mountains look big!). Therefore have to listen to French commentary on the tdf....when it gets a bit dull they try and liven it up with excited voices...dead weird and at the opposite end of the commentaery spectrum to Yawn Kelly! |
Good luck mate - will be joining you next year! | | | |
| Wiggo on 01:32 - Jul 14 with 1080 views | MrSheen |
| Wiggo on 17:23 - Jul 13 by Lofthope |
Am in France at the moment as I'm doing tomorrow's L'Etape du Tour in the Pyrenees, which is the stage the professionals will be doing on Wednesday (jeez those mountains look big!). Therefore have to listen to French commentary on the tdf....when it gets a bit dull they try and liven it up with excited voices...dead weird and at the opposite end of the commentaery spectrum to Yawn Kelly! |
Sean Kelly comes over clear as day to me. But then, my Dad was from Tipperary. [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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| Wiggo on 23:27 - Jul 14 with 896 views | Lofthope |
| Wiggo on 01:32 - Jul 14 by MrSheen |
Sean Kelly comes over clear as day to me. But then, my Dad was from Tipperary. [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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Bloke at work from Dublin thinks Kelly is awful.
Plenty of Irtish lads on L'Etape du Tour today, Weather was bad up the mountains but I got around Ok. Pleanty of camper vans allover the place (especially on the Tourmalet) grabing their positions for Wednesday's stage. With all those people plus all the locals coming out to cheer it was lamost like being in the tour itself.
Can't really see the fun in parking a camper van up a mountain for 5 days just to watch the riders go by....but they probably have camper van parties each night or something.
This stage is a monster 2 HC climbs and 2 cat 1s, apart from the time trial I think this could be a decisve stage.
Bed time now, my legs ache! | | | |
| Wiggo on 23:39 - Jul 14 with 888 views | TW_R |
| Wiggo on 23:27 - Jul 14 by Lofthope |
Bloke at work from Dublin thinks Kelly is awful.
Plenty of Irtish lads on L'Etape du Tour today, Weather was bad up the mountains but I got around Ok. Pleanty of camper vans allover the place (especially on the Tourmalet) grabing their positions for Wednesday's stage. With all those people plus all the locals coming out to cheer it was lamost like being in the tour itself.
Can't really see the fun in parking a camper van up a mountain for 5 days just to watch the riders go by....but they probably have camper van parties each night or something.
This stage is a monster 2 HC climbs and 2 cat 1s, apart from the time trial I think this could be a decisve stage.
Bed time now, my legs ache! |
Fair play to you my friend. To be able to do that is awesome. I was in Andorra last year and I got tired driving up those slopes!!
Can't stand Kelly either. Can understand him perfectly well - it's just the amount of "ers" and "ums" he says in every sentence. I know they've got to commentate for 5 hours, but I don't want to hear 2 hours of "er....um....yeah"! |  | | |
| Wiggo on 23:58 - Jul 14 with 882 views | qprmick |
| Wiggo on 10:40 - Jul 13 by SydneyRs |
Here in Oz we get the superb Phil Liggett commentary. Like Richie Benaud to cricket, he is the voice of the sport.
Fantastic stage last night, well worth the sleep deprivation. Plenty of attacks and brilliant stuff from the Sky team to lose no time to the main contenders. Wiggo and Froome have it all in their hands now. Evans finally cracked near the end and is too far off the pace now. Doesn't have the form this year.
Great tour this year and looking like a British winner. |
Sydney, I have my fingers crossed, Evans will not give up and the next few days climbing will sort out a few. | |
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| Wiggo on 11:48 - Jul 15 with 846 views | W14Hoop |
| Wiggo on 23:27 - Jul 14 by Lofthope |
Bloke at work from Dublin thinks Kelly is awful.
Plenty of Irtish lads on L'Etape du Tour today, Weather was bad up the mountains but I got around Ok. Pleanty of camper vans allover the place (especially on the Tourmalet) grabing their positions for Wednesday's stage. With all those people plus all the locals coming out to cheer it was lamost like being in the tour itself.
Can't really see the fun in parking a camper van up a mountain for 5 days just to watch the riders go by....but they probably have camper van parties each night or something.
This stage is a monster 2 HC climbs and 2 cat 1s, apart from the time trial I think this could be a decisve stage.
Bed time now, my legs ache! |
Fantastic effort fella, what's it like standing on your pedals for that, calf muscles recovered yet?
Nearest I could ever get to that is the "Col Du Ham" in Richmond Park which is quite frankly nowhere near! |  | | |
| Wiggo on 15:13 - Jul 15 with 829 views | Lofthope |
Thanks for all the kind words fellas!
Back in Blighty now (just) and watching the TDF with the reassuring sound if Ligget and Sherwin.
Wriitler - hope to catch up with you if you are planning to do L'Etape next year. I'm hoping it will include the Ventoux next year. Have you done a L'Etape before? | | | |
| Wiggo on 15:38 - Jul 15 with 822 views | Writtler |
| Wiggo on 15:13 - Jul 15 by Lofthope |
Thanks for all the kind words fellas!
Back in Blighty now (just) and watching the TDF with the reassuring sound if Ligget and Sherwin.
Wriitler - hope to catch up with you if you are planning to do L'Etape next year. I'm hoping it will include the Ventoux next year. Have you done a L'Etape before? |
no mate will break my duck next year at the ripe old age of 48! | | | |
| Wiggo on 16:17 - Jul 15 with 804 views | Lofthope |
| Wiggo on 15:38 - Jul 15 by Writtler |
no mate will break my duck next year at the ripe old age of 48! |
Writtler - maybe we should have a beer before a home game and compare notes once we know the stage?
Apparently there was a high drop out yesterday...Not sure how many started but bib numbers went up to the late 9,000s yet only 3,820 finished according to the official website.
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| Wiggo on 17:04 - Jul 15 with 787 views | 18StoneOfHoop |
| Wiggo on 15:38 - Jul 15 by Writtler |
no mate will break my duck next year at the ripe old age of 48! |
48 ?!? Are you sure,John?
At age 46 I'd have a Coronary if I attempted a 10 yard run.
Hope you've written that will,Writtler.
I'll take the QPR programmes and memoribilia |  |
| 'I'm 18 with a bullet.Got my finger on the trigger,I'm gonna pull it.."
Love,Peace and Fook Chelski!
More like 20StoneOfHoop now.
Let's face it I'm not getting any thinner.
Pass the cake and pies please. |
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| Wiggo on 18:26 - Jul 15 with 750 views | Aunt_Nelly |
Wiggo won a few more friends today. | | | |
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