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    After second rest day, who will win the Tour de France 2017

    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.
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    2016 Vuelta a España, stage 18: Requena > Gandía 200.6km

    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...
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    ***Book Club***

    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...
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    Should the grupetto have been DQ'd on Stage 15?

    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...
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    Is anyone not a Fan of anyone?

    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!'
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    Is anyone not a Fan of anyone?

    Re: Re: That's the spirit!
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    The 2016 Tour of Britain (2.HC) 04/09-11/09/2016

    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...
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    Is anyone not a Fan of anyone?

    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...
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    Is anyone not a Fan of anyone?

    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...
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    Is anyone not a Fan of anyone?

    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...
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    Cyclist's father causes crash

    a €300 euro fine? That'l teach him!
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    Is anyone not a Fan of anyone?

    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...
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    2016 Vuelta a España, stage 10: Lugones > Lagos de Covadonga

    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?
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    Esteban Chaves Discussion Thread

    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.
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    Answers to questions posed by the titles of songs…

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