Tour de France

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  1. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Not if the present yellow jersey is a Frenchman, and the action of dismissal affects the teams lying 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th. Isnt the UCI French based - when was the last French winner of the Tdf?

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  2. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    I agree Martin DQ was a bit harsh but I think Rowe had to go.
     
  3. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Quite a day. Never saw a stage stopped because of snow before.
     
  4. stolpi

    stolpi Well-Known Member

    And all this while we're having a record heat in Holland of over 40 degrees Celsius ... for three days on row.
     
  5. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Ay lad - these whimps of today - wer'nt like that in ma day
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    A native of Luxembourg, Charly Gaul recorded his lone Tour de France victory in 1958


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    Goustave Garrigou walks past six foot snow drifts in 1910
     
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  6. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    That was a rather large mudslide that blocked the course.
     
  7. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Good race this year. I didn't see all of it but watched a good amount. Not as many WWII related sites as years past except for some veteran cemeteries during the first couple of days. Did I miss anything else of note? I have all the stages on Roku.
     
  8. stolpi

    stolpi Well-Known Member

    ... we came far and gained a 3rd place ... good work Kruijswijk :cheers:
     
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  9. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Dave55 are you watching ?
    It's started.
     

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  10. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Wow! No. I had no idea it was on this year.

    Thanks!

    EDIT: I see it isn't going through Normandy this year but I'm sure it will still be great.
     
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    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

  12. KevinC

    KevinC Slightly wierd

    Today's stage is a grime reminder of starting the Tour so late in the year. Expect a lot of crashes over the next 3 weeks
     
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  13. canuck

    canuck Closed Account

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  14. KevinC

    KevinC Slightly wierd

    Monsoon weather in France today
     
  15. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Ewan looked he was shot from a gun at the end. Fantastic.

    And he crowded Peter Sagan during the sprint, which can be hazardous to ones's health.
     
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  16. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    America has beautiful countryside and natural wonders but the historic sites in Europe leave us in the dust. I'd collapse in sensory overload if I lived over there.

    Phil Liggett named this one and said it was ruined in Louis XIII's time. They apparently have an information sheet with a short blurb on the sites along each stage. Any chance anyone knows if those sheets are available online anywhere? They seem to be describing a lot less of the building this year. Still showing them from the drones and helicopters though.


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  17. JimHerriot

    JimHerriot Ready for Anything

    Stage 10 today, and it's canoe country folks (but the blokes are still on their bikes).

    Time to dust off the cockle!

    Kind regards, always,

    Jim.
     
  18. Robert-w

    Robert-w Banned

    Well there's been longer to accumulate
    The house found at the Star Carr archaeological site in 2010 is not only the oldest known dwelling in the United Kingdom, but it is most likely the oldest house in the world that has been discovered so far. A team of archaeologists from the universities of Manchester and York also uncovered a wooden platform, which they believe is the oldest example of carpentry in Europe.

    According to archaeological research, the remains of the house have been carbon dated to about 8500 BCE
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    Today the site looks out over the N Sea but when built it was on the edge of a vast plain across which one could have cycled (had bikes existed) into the heart of the continent. The Tour de Yorkshire could be routed past it today.
     
  19. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Have car horn rules changed in Europe?

    I don't hear the multi note 'Tour de France' horns from the support cars this year.
     
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  20. KevinC

    KevinC Slightly wierd

    The horns are socially distancing.
     
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