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Thread: 2014 Tour de France
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25th July 2014, 05:54 #51
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Dang, that Nibali is something. One thing I really feel sorry about is Nico Roche losing all that time when he crashed and then had to wait around for Contador who to me never looked comfortable. Froome got caught in the most unfortunate of accidents. Poor guy must have been in agony. Good guy and seems to be well liked by everyone except Sir Bradly (sic). Suspicious of that guy. Why no more tours. The Yates kids seem good. Dan Martin would have been a good rival for Nibali. Although I do believe he is on drugs, there is a suspicion for me at least about all these guys coming from nowhere. Same thing at the Giro.
One thing that was great at this tour was the start. The French could not match the enthusiasm of the launch in the UK. What amazing crowds. Sad to see Cavendish fall. He was lucky not to have been killed. The amount of energy when he hit the ground on his back made me cringe. Classy the way he took the blame.
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25th July 2014, 14:05 #52
I too was surprised by the British crowds, as much I was surprised by the Irish, when the Giro started there. Just amazing !!!
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25th July 2014, 15:02 #53
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Went to the Giro start (days 1 and 2) and went to the Grand depart (all three days) and had a great time on both occasions. The tour has been great for as its turned out completely different thow I thought it would pan out. I'm not sure about Nibali, he was amazing in the run up to his Giro win last year and has been pretty rubbish since then. They do say it takes a year to recover from winning a grand tour so maybe he was about to come back into form anyway. I suppose we'll never know how he would have faired if everyone else hadn't faltered but you cant hold that against him as he's won four stages and thats no mean feat.
For me the two days in Yorkshire were the best of all. Even better that I live in Yorkshire and can relive it whenever I want to.My phone has an alarm clock! Ner Ner! :p
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25th July 2014, 15:54 #54
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26th July 2014, 06:55 #55
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Mark, who covers the tour for you and who are your commentators?
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26th July 2014, 09:31 #56
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4th August 2014, 19:44 #58
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I know its quite poor, but here is a video I took while nearly getting crashed into by the tour.
When it came through Chelmsford
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnv6RID26SMI still exist and still find the forum occasionally. Busy busy
I think we saw this one coming, didn't we?
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