OT: Tour de France

[forty_three]

Frank Schleck has tested positive (diuretic) according to the UCI.

Oy.

Didn't he test positive once already?

 

[forty_three]

OKay - looked it up. He paid a dope doc once, but never was proven to have doped.

 

[elocomotive]

OKay - looked it up. He paid a dope doc once, but never was proven to have doped.

I often give crack dealers money, but ask them for nothing in return.

 

[elocomotive]

Well, barring a crash from Wiggins, he wrapped it up today. Not a very interesting finish this year. Cadel Evans fell way back. None of the leaders battled it out in the mountains. Pretty boring. Especially when you get the feeling that if Chris Froom didn't have to defer to his Captain, he could have taken him in the Pyrenees.

Congrats to the Brits for their pending first ever win.

The British are having their best athletic summer in decades - win the Tour, first Wimbledon title in like 80 years, and the Olympics are coming.

 

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The British are having their best athletic summer in decades - win the Tour, first Wimbledon title in like 80 years, and the Olympics are coming.

:second:

 

[jstewismybastardson]

:second:

i think they won in the toothless midget division

 

[elocomotive]

:second:

No, I meant in men's doubles. There was a Danish-British team. First Wimbledon title ever for the Danes, first British champ since the 1930s. And a guy in the men's singles final on top of that.

 

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No, I meant in men's doubles. There was a Danish-British team. First Wimbledon title ever for the Danes, first British champ since the 1930s. And a guy in the men's singles final on top of that.

Oh, all-righty then. For a second, I thought you have stepped into a parallel universe and Murray was victorious in the final.

 

[naslundfan19]

Tadej Pogacar with a ride for the ages in the time trial and makes a 57 deficit into a 1 minute lead on Primoz Roglic in the penultimate day.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

the other day i thought hey isnt tour de france going on and looked around to see what channel it was on and found out its only streaming on a website/app in canada

/i ended up going down wormholes and watching this instead lol

 

[forty_three]

Tadej Pogacar with a ride for the ages in the time trial and makes a 57 deficit into a 1 minute lead on Primoz Roglic in the penultimate day.

They should do at least one mountain time trial every year.

 

[naslundfan19]

the other day i thought hey isnt tour de france going on and looked around to see what channel it was on and found out its only streaming on a website/app in canada

/i ended up going down wormholes and watching this instead lol

NBCSN here in the States

 

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I honestly didn't know that the Tour de France was being held this year.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

I honestly didn't know that the Tour de France was being held this year.

The womens event this year is only a one day race lol

/flobikes.com (???) if you want to watch

 

[forty_three]

Tadej Pogacar

Second youngest tour winner ever. The only younger one was in the second ever tour who won when the top 4 got disqualified.

He also wins the White (young rider - first entry), polka dot (best climber) and yellow (Overall winner). Last (and only) guy to do that was Eddy Merckx.

Eddy Fucking Merckx

 

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