Recent content by Chippers

From what I've seen the British media is too busy sining the praises of Cavendish and Wiggins to worry about some old fella falling out with some young gun. The British media (national newspapers instead of cycle mags) seems more interested in the olympics than taking any long term interest in...

Right. Andy and Frank Schleck are AMAZING climbers. On a good day they (and Contador) would have left Armstrong for dead. Which, in my mind, means that on a bad day (not bonking, just not 100%) they will be at the same pace as him. Let me guess, the next thing you'll be saying is that Wiggins...

He had brain-fade and forgot that he turned into LA's domestique for the day until Lance gave a little cough. Obvious really.

Seriously? Are you being serious? I mean, that's some serious stuff.

Anyone else think the school holidays must have started?

I think it's an utter disgrace. How dare their roads have white lines on them? And as for the rain? They should all ride in a velodrome and not be allowed withon 20 metres of each other. That should stop the crashes (maybe).

I suppose today's stage was a disgrace as well. What were there? 5 crashes? And one in the neutral zone. Neutral zones are a disgrace and should be banned from the tour (just in case my favourite rider falls over)!!!!

So you're saying if out of 180(ish) people 8 people crashing means the course is a disgrace. Could it be that these riders aren't as good?

Can't argue with that one really. The Bad could be Pat McQuaid though.

From a sponsors point of view they are definitely the most bankable. I realised how hard they work for their sponsors when Cav crossed the line yesterday with his daft phone celebration. I didn't even realise HTC were a phone company until then. Astana who?

No. What makes you think that interteam competition won't ruin their tour in the later part of the second week?

First post here, and probably a slightly contentious one. In rallying if a driver crashes do they blame the course of the fact the driver was going to quick? It's the same in any motorsport. In Mountain biking (my cycling routes) do they blame a course for being dangerous? No they blame either...