Tour de France

[BoyBrumby]

frank schleck goes down the shane warne road

Kid bro must be a bit nervous right about now. Will 2010 be the first tour title to change hands twice?

When's Armstrong finally get stripped of his seven, anyway?

 

[Jono]

Obviously I'll cop the wrath of many for saying this, but how is this sport still taken seriously?

The talk about sportsmanship with regards to what Wiggins did was all well and good, but surely the sportsmanship in this sport that needs to be stressed is the act of not taking performance enhancing drugs? Littered with stories every bloody year.

Tacks on the road the least of its problems.

 

[Spikey]

Really is amazing how dumb this is. Frank wasn't winning the tour, he wasn't being allowed to get into a breakway, he was stuck in a ****ty position. He should have just accepted it. Instead he's now pissed away two years of his career

 

[Spikey]

Talk about Wiggins' sportsmanship a bit over the top, he would have been torn limb from limb if he didn't slow down. He had to, for the sake of his tour.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Obviously I'll cop the wrath of many for saying this, but how is this sport still taken seriously?

The talk about sportsmanship with regards to what Wiggins did was all well and good, but surely the sportsmanship in this sport that needs to be stressed is the act of not taking performance enhancing drugs? Littered with stories every bloody year.

Tacks on the road the least of its problems.

Playing devil's advocate slightly here, but I could imagine cycling tragics asking the same question of cricket with its match/spot fixing scandals.

I'm not much of a cycling fan (admire the heterosexuality of the riders, cause it must ****ing kill but wouldn't ever go out of my way to watch it), but it as at least trying to put its house in order.

If/when Armstrong finally gets his (life, presumably) ban it'll make a big statement. He's still the sport's biggest name and has basically been the shop steward for drug use on the Tour. Allegedly, etc.

 

[Spikey]

To an extent, I don't think cycling fans are too bothered about slight drug use, just as long as it doesn't turn the race into a farce, like Armstrong's team during his time, and now what this Sky team looks capable of doing

 

[uvelocity]

I love watching tdf, not an expert and I don't really care who wins, don't even care if they are on drugs, even doped its still a mammoth effort to ride it.

Definitely want it to be clean, but would watch regardless.

 

[Jono]

Playing devil's advocate slightly here, but I could imagine cycling tragics asking the same question of cricket with its match/spot fixing scandals.

I'm not much of a cycling fan (admire the heterosexuality of the riders, cause it must ****ing kill but wouldn't ever go out of my way to watch it), but it as at least trying to put its house in order.

If/when Armstrong finally gets his (life, presumably) ban it'll make a big statement. He's still the sport's biggest name and has basically been the shop steward for drug use on the Tour. Allegedly, etc.

The mates that I have that love the cycling just accept its littered with drugs and don't give a ****. To paraphrase one of my mates:

"Why would I watch some regular human schmucks slowly ride up mountains? But drugged up guys riding the house down, now that's entertaining"

EDIT: I see uvelocity is of a similar view.

 

[Spikey]

As for way above. looks like Armstrong was dumb enough to ahem in his comeback (allright efftards captian was all excited bout... – more glorious than hookers and blow) too, so it's only a matter of time

couple of bmc in the breakaway

so evans will probably attack and wiggins will probably put 5 minutes into him or s/thing

 

[uvelocity]

jeez thats well written

 

[Johnners]

Voeckler always looks like he's about to keel over 'n die whilst climbing,

 

[Bobisback]

A great man once said:

"I think pro-athletes should be forced to use steroids. I think we as fans deserve the greatest athletes science can create! Lets go! Anything that will make you run faster, jump higher! I have High-Definition TV! I want my athletes like my video games! Lets go! I could care less if you die at 40. You hate life after sports anyways. I'm doing you a favor."


Couldnt agree more. I dont care if these blokes are on drugs, there is no sporting event i look forward to more every year. Sprint stages are always amazing at the end, all of the tactics involved in the lead outs. The mountain stages are even better, with all the people with no GC thoughts throwing everything at winning at stage, and then you have all of the GC riders who attack and defend all the way up every mountain. The stage the other day where the group got together near the end and you had Vinokourov and Albasini breakaway, had all of the peleton chasing, then they were caught and Luis Leon Sanchez and someone else broke away and Wiggins lead Edvald Bosen Hagan over the gap. Now that was exciting.

I can see why people who have never watched it think its boring, and think that drugs ruin it etc. But I would think that the majority of sports watching normal men would love it if they gave it a chance.

 

[Bobisback]

Also, did I see Sagan still in the Peleton? Have had a few bourbons but pretty sure I saw him in there when they went over the Tourmalet.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Another advantage of taking steroids for these boys is that they end up with less penis and testicle to squash.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Goodbye Cadel.

So it's Froome/Wiggins v Nibali, then.

 

[Spikey]

we were watching viagra ads when it happened

 

[Bobisback]

we were watching viagra ads when it happened

Prefer them then watching Cadel tbh, always disliked the ****. He might be a champion but seems like a whinger.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Also, did I see Sagan still in the Peleton? Have had a few bourbons but pretty sure I saw him in there when they went over the Tourmalet.

Probably, the bloke is ****ing ridiculous. Could see him being potentially a decent GC rider at some point in his career if he wants to. Bloke is like 22 or something FFS. Will win every one day classic in the book if he wants.

 

[benchmark00]

Playing devil's advocate slightly here, but I could imagine cycling tragics asking the same question of cricket with its match/spot fixing scandals.

I'm not much of a cycling fan (admire the heterosexuality of the riders, cause it must ****ing kill but wouldn't ever go out of my way to watch it), but it as at least trying to put its house in order.

If/when Armstrong finally gets his (life, presumably) ban it'll make a big statement. He's still the sport's biggest name and has basically been the shop steward for drug use on the Tour. Allegedly, etc.

I remember the late, great Craigos was adamant that Armstrong was on drugs long before it became 'public knowledge'. May just turn out that he was right.

 

[PhoenixFire]

It was a very commonly held opinion in cycling circles, especially in Europe, tat armstrong was a doper.