Recent content by PatrickLeeds

Re: Oh? in that case, I vote for Andy Schleck :) I went with my heart and voted Bardet. My head says otherwise, but a Bardet/Uran/Froome podium would restore my faith in sport.

Re: I never understood it either, commentator yesterday explained it again and it made sense - imagine there is a team time trial every day, based on third man to finish, and the Team Classification is the aggregate of that. People also keep saying 'Most Cycling Fans don't give a damn about...

Ummm right... so...... Books? For people who liked 'The Road' I would heartily recommend 'Riddley Walker' by Russel Hoban. You have to stick with it.... it takes a few pages before you can understand what the words mean, but by the end of the book you are reading at normal speed. Then you pick...

Re: Re: Yes..... I got a strong 'Headmaster talking to Local Paper after his kids smash up school bus' vibe from his comment. I am pretty sure they had an 'assembly' the night before in the Hotel, and he and Dave were screaming 'You know what? you DESERVED to get DQ'd after today..' May I...

Right, at least if I knew who everyone supported I would know how to react to their posts, and not be scratching my head over 'Bloggs is going to MASSACRE this stage tomorrow, it's custom made for him!'

Re: Re: That's the spirit!

Re: Re: They should have it in the Lake District - ONE day there will be a Bike Race in the Lakes and it's not raining, and it will look gorgeous and viewers will go 'OOOOOOOOOooooohhh that looks nice' and the Lake District Tourist Board will be over the moon. Of course the unsuspecting...

ARE YOU *** INSANE? ANY FOOL KNOWS THAT JOE BLOW WAS FAR MORE ENTERTAINING AND THAT..... nah just kidding. He was oddly entertaining, and it made a a nice change, but he didn't have much competition did he? I don't think the '"Could the '03 Maurice Garin have beaten Chavez without the...

Re: Good Point movingly made. I was cheering for Wiggins in 2012 in a way I could never cheer for Froome, despite them both using the same general approach to winning the 'same' race. Not because I like one and dislike the other.... Grand Tours are never 'The Same Race' are they? Though your...

Re: I don't HATE that - for some people that's their way of getting some pleasure out of the sport, and who am I to tell you 'You are enjoying yourself wrong!' What bugs me is the discussion of Incidents, events or moments where it goes like this. Rider A picks up shovel, hits rider B over...

a €300 euro fine? That'l teach him!

Apologies if this has been done before, I am trying to find my legs on here. Are the overwhelming majority of the posters on here fans of a particular rider? I find it quite hard to read threads when I have no idea if the posts are objective or subjective, and I imagine the only way to work out...

picked a terrible weekend to be without a TV that's for sure, not much to add but to say having watched it - best stage of a GT this year so far. Who was it said 'That's it, the race is over' after stage 1?

Re: You mean he is not from just outside Washington DC? Heck, not even the West Coast of Canada?? I have gone right off the cheerful little Columbian fella.

'Is it Love you're after?' Love of course, now get your knickers off, Linda... Lorna? Whatever.