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TDU Stage 6
So whats your final stage team looking like?
I've just gone obvious with mine
Andre Greipel (LOT)
Edvald Boasson Hagen (SKY)
Simon Gerrans (GRE)
Alejandro Valverde (MOV)
Christopher Sutton (SKY)
Jonathan Cantwell (SAX)
Tiago Machado (RSN)
Rohan Dennis (USA)
William Clarke (USA)
My transfers for today were
William Clarke in for Luke Roberts
Tiago Machado in for Martin Kohler
Alejandro Valverde in for Oscar Freire
I can see Gerrans and Valverde going hell for leather because they are on the same time in the GC
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Indeed, thats who i was waiting for, i love to see him bashing his balls about
Mr Murray?
In Aus with new balls????
Nothing else to do while i was waiting for Mr Murray to hit my tv screen this morning
@ gkam84
I think I picked McH last year but UCI had him banned as his frame didn't comply & spectators noticed erratic cornering, possibly drug induced.
PS - do we have too much time on our hands
Now there is a major slip up, telling everyone about him
Took me a min to work it out as my french is very poor
But if were are going to give away inside secerts like that, you might aswell know my whole team with all their stats and wins
http://bit.ly/wrC9cH, http://bit.ly/Arjgjm, http://bit.ly/w4eAsR, http://bit.ly/ycKI2N, http://bit.ly/yhPLVI, http://bit.ly/yB4Mpb,
http://bit.ly/ADg0So, http://bit.ly/zc6bDW,
http://bit.ly/xSDN8S,
If anyone picks ALL my riders and wins, you've owe me a prize
Your picking Derek Rucker?? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Rucker
But i'm guessing now, He rides for Lotto and is a Belgian
Why you feeling sorry for me??
Climbers it is, in fact i think i'll have at least 8 of them in my squad
oops, i misread an earlier post GKAM and thought you were moaning about a low position in the tdu. . . it was someone else.
Why only 8 climbers?
I think i might have unearthed a gem for qatar . . . . he's 184cm tall and 80kg...so decent stats . . . but keeping it to myself as the one to bring me the extra points i need to sneak ahead. . . and i hope he can climb the big hills of the qatar golf club.
Laugh, I nearly got a round of drinks in
& I've got McHenry of Le Manège enchanté
I am feeling so sorry for you GKAM, , , yiu should try listening to your own advice.
Pick some decent climbers for QATAR,
I think it was about 10 °C and pretty clear.
Aaus, really jealous, what was the temperature?
Filthy wind this morning, only good in #onedirection
Oh yeah, this isn't Twitter...
Dont worry Simon, I did something like that last week, on the road home, i decided to stop in past a shop, all fine, bought my lotto and jumped on the bike, getting towards the junction, i saw it was busy, so tried to unclip, no way was my pedal letting go, so i thought, i'll just try a track stand, can normally hold them for a good 45 seconds, NOT today the wind though, just got into position to track it and BANG, a gust of wind from no where and i was on the deck, only about 5 cars and a couple of pedestrians about, i must have gone as red as my top
Yeap...been a wee bit blustery over here in Ireland too...
Twisterville...lol
If only Garmin had anemometers in their Edge series....
@stumps - if you can hold the bike down to get on it, it's not windy
Am in Norfolk for a long weekend and has been cracking weather. Looked at the Scottish weather 70Mph wind ouch!!
Clip in left foot, push off (slightly uphill) go to clip right foot in, massive gust of wind, bike and me fall over to left-hand (clipped in) side.
As I lay on the ground, I thought, at least there's no-one around to witness my shame.
Then I saw the neighbours at their kitchen window pissing themselves laughing...
I could have posted a picture of north east England today but all it would have shown was lush blue skies, perfect riding weather i here you say, unfortunately the 40+ mph winds dont seem to show up on my camera
Ach. That's just a wee skiff gkam
though on thursday I got caught out - snow and hail back to back. Feet were like blocks of ice. Should have grabbed my overshoes 
Hi,
After a dream-like week, I finished my first fantasy tour on top.
My biggest gratitude goes to Alejandro Valverde who takes me 15 steps up yesterday
The game is really incredible. Can't wait till march!
Cheers from Turkey.
Just south of Glenshee ski centre
To be fair, that picture was this morning, but its been on and off with the sun coming out in between and high winds
Well done aaus, enjoy your new wheels and hope you stick about the forums and have a chat now and then
Thanks a lot. I think, from now on I will spend more time here.
By the way, the weather was awful here in Istanbul as well for all week. Finally, I did my training in a nearby island today. Here:
http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/orig...
GUYS why on earth did you take Greipel out??
I wanna see the prizes going to the people involved in the forum's
I did my PB of the TDU today 138
Nah mate, its Sunday, should be out cycling
Come join me and i'll go out cycling
But NOT in this http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/2168/39577210150477483297056.jpg
In the background there is normally a hill, this one
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/37284_408039512055_...
Visibility just now is down to about 3 foot, just dont trust the drivers around here
Where even are you? Weather Xtra says that there are no reports of snow in the UK ATM.
Oh, and I've done some research, and resistance pools are about £13k off eBay, worth a look for the 'Therapist.
Phew, 117 points & moved up the leagues.
Got a long ways to go yet though chasing the epicycling nerdy types
Pretty happy, only mistake was not putting in Moreno on stage 4, because I was saving a transfer, that would have given me 40 points over 4/5 enough to win, but hindsight is easy.
I might do ok in Paris-Nice, but I am rubbish at one day races, so expect to dive bomb then. Well played all.
Ended up first in North East region league and upto 67th in whole comp so cant be to down....
Bring on the next races
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