Tour de France 2015 Stage 21: Sèvres › Paris 109.5k

[LaFlorecita]

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Yeah. Or that AC hasn't made history by winning all 3 GT's because he was the 5th rider to do so.

You had forgotten about Nibali, hadn't you? That's ok. So did everyone until the Croix de Fer.

Contador was the 5th rider to win all 3 GTs.

 

[TMP402]

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Yeah. Or that AC hasn't made history by winning all 3 GT's because he was the 5th rider to do so.

You had forgotten about Nibali, hadn't you? That's ok. So did everyone until the Croix de Fer.

Contador did it before Nibali, so to mention Nibali is irrelevant.

 

[carton]

Re:

Let's spin it and find some history: he's the first anglophone rider to win both the overall and mountains classifications in the same Tour.

You can go a little broader. First non-continental rider, methinks.
Also, as I said, first African-born rider to win the Polka dots in the same tour the first black African rider wore it.

 

[TMP402]

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Let's spin it and find some history: he's the first anglophone rider to win both the overall and mountains classifications in the same Tour.

Indeed, but then you can wonder how relevant that is

History is never relevant or irrelevant. It just *is*.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Why are you being so sour? It is history. Nobody claimed it was a first. You would be all over it Alberto managed it.

Lol no. Just can't stand how everything Froome does is holy in the eyes of the British Sky fanboys.

People rightfully respected him for a big achievement. One that no rider in the current peloton has achiebed.

And I have no issues with that, I was just correcting MatParker as being the 7th person to do something isn't making history. No hard feelings.

You are capable of some great and knowledgable posts, it is a pity that those standards dont get met as often when Alberto doesnt win.

Ok.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

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"Making history" is often used to describe a rare accomplishment. You're welcome.

If the obelisk is returned that would be history

The asterisks? Or are we not talking about cycling?

non cycling talk.

 

[carton]

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Yeah. Or that AC hasn't made history by winning all 3 GT's because he was the 5th rider to do so.

You had forgotten about Nibali, hadn't you? That's ok. So did everyone until the Croix de Fer.

Contador did it before Nibali, so to mention Nibali is irrelevant.

Come on, I didn't want to waste a mediocre one-liner. Fine, touche.

 

[sir fly]

Would be hilarious if someone would've taken a natural break at the Champs-Élysées.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Would have loved to see Contador paying back Sagan for all his efforts today. But at least it's nice to see that he actually has a few helpers now.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Talking about Contador having a chance was irrelevant.

 

[fungusbear]

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Let's spin it and find some history: he's the first anglophone rider to win both the overall and mountains classifications in the same Tour.

Indeed, but then you can wonder how relevant that is

First British rider to win multiple tours/grand tours.

 

[Irondan]

For the last time... Shut up Jens...

 

[Eagle]

Astana start the racing

 

[nightfend]

Finally!

 

[Steven Roots]

Is it me, or a Lotto-Jumbo rider is wearing the usual kit instead of the current one ?

Well, we have our first attack.

 

[Irondan]

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Let's spin it and find some history: he's the first anglophone rider to win both the overall and mountains classifications in the same Tour.

Indeed, but then you can wonder how relevant that is

First British rider to win multiple tours/grand tours.

Only British rider to win multiple tours/grand tours

 

[MatParker117]

Break established

 

[djpbaltimore]

I don't think it is 'making history' either, but that is being overly pedantic and shouldn't take away from Froome's excellent achievements.

Wooh. Finally something to watch.

 

[TMP402]

Re: Re:

Let's spin it and find some history: he's the first anglophone rider to win both the overall and mountains classifications in the same Tour.

Indeed, but then you can wonder how relevant that is

First British rider to win multiple tours/grand tours.

Only British rider to win multiple tours/grand tours

The first British rider to lead the mountains classification whose surname is not Millar (Robert and David).

 

[sir fly]

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Let's spin it and find some history: he's the first anglophone rider to win both the overall and mountains classifications in the same Tour.

Indeed, but then you can wonder how relevant that is

First British rider to win multiple tours/grand tours.

Only British rider to win multiple tours/grand tours

The first British rider to lead the mountains classification whose surname is not Millar (Robert and David).

Now, that's a statistic!

 

[TMP402]

Luke Durbridge ceases his attack as he remembers Orica would like to pretend Michael Matthews isn't mostly gangrene by now.

 

[nightfend]

And Sky is shutting everything down again. Hilarious.

 

[Singer01]

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Let's spin it and find some history: he's the first anglophone rider to win both the overall and mountains classifications in the same Tour.

Indeed, but then you can wonder how relevant that is

First British rider to win multiple tours/grand tours.

Only British rider to win multiple tours/grand tours

are you being serious? as its only just happened first and only are exactly the same.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Would have loved to see Contador paying back Sagan for all his efforts today. But at least it's nice to see that he actually has a few helpers now.

You mean like in 2013 when Contador tried to lead out Bennati and the Lotto train was just looking at him like "the *** are you doing?"

 

[etymology]

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That's like saying winning the Giro-Tour double isn't history either as AC would have been the 8th rider to do so

Yeah. Or that AC hasn't made history by winning all 3 GT's because he was the 5th rider to do so.

Indeed, he didn't make history by winning all 3 GTs either

Cambridge online dictionary

make history
› to do something important that has not been done before and will be recorded publicly and remembered for a long time:
Margaret Thatcher made history when she became the first female British prime minister.

There ya go.

Ugh, who wants to hear from a filthy British publication.

thousands upon thousands of etymologists, linguists, and word geeks, that's who.

the aforementioned are well aware of a british publication universally acknowledged to be the undisputed authority of the british, amreican, and australian english language(s). that publication is:

the oxford english dictionary
clarendon press - oxford.