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Live blog: Tour de France highlights and reaction, tributes paid to former Thai Navy SEAL and cyclist Saman Kunan, who passed away in Thai cave mission, Tiesj Benoot abandons Tour, Stage 5 updates + more
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Wed, Jul 11, 2018 14:26
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Xenophon2 20 minutes ago
Very interesting, thank you for sharing! Hope you enjoy the bike! Have to ask though, I get the Ti as it’s a titanium frame. But why Rf, a notoriously unstable synthetic and highly radioactive element?
MichaelWinnerRIP 34 minutes ago
I’m surprised by some of the comments here. I’ve always found Le Col kit pretty decent, from Pro Aqua Zero jerseys to their bib shorts, especially the Pro range.
Rendel Harris 2 hours ago
@mdavidford Quite possibly not, but there might still be 21 yellow jerseys awarded; I'm guessing, for example, that if on Sunday it's deemed too hot for a stage some form of shortened, neutralised parade stage, possibly with a sprint finish, into Barcelona would still be held with a podium ceremony afterwards. If there's any day they absolutely don't ride at all, I'm not sure what the protocol might be.
mdavidford 2 hours ago
I reckon one of the safest predictions going is that we won't get 21 [contested] stages.
Rendel Harris 2 hours ago
I agree with Dave, I think: if UAE put Pogacar into yellow tomorrow I really wouldn't put it past him to decide to go for 21 yellow jerseys. An ordinary podium contender and an ordinary team would not countenance that but he and they are neither.
Liam Mercer 4 hours ago
😉
Rendel Harris 4 hours ago
I swear you guys are just baiting Surreyrider for shits and giggles now!
Podc 5 hours ago
It is for this exact reason I never purchased any Canal+ branded jerseys. Only saw it once but it was enough.
Rendel Harris 6 hours ago
@mitsky To be fair (through gritted teeth), hasn't the main damage to Hammersmith Bridge been from IRA bombings and boat strikes, though obviously exacerbated by heavy traffic in the subsequent years?
Rendel Harris 6 hours ago
@Andrewbanshee Yes, and at every age, not just at our distinguished and noble years (I'm 57). I've known several people who have been a bit vain about having to start wearing glasses and so put it off for years even when it was quite obvious that they wouldn't pass the driving test "read a numberplate at twenty metres" requirement (which is itself inadequate, in my opinion). As I understand it, in the USA driver licences to be renewed every four to eight years, depending on the state (apart from Arizona and Massachusetts which are twelve years, for some reason), and an eye test is a compulsory element of renewal. High time that was introduced here.
10 thoughts on “Live blog: Tour de France highlights and reaction, tributes paid to former Thai Navy SEAL and cyclist Saman Kunan, who passed away in Thai cave mission, Tiesj Benoot abandons Tour, Stage 5 updates + more”
Is JOGLE really the boy’s
Is JOGLE really the boy’s surname, or is it just the acronym for John-o-Groat’s/Land’s End (even though you report he’s doing LEJOG rather than JOGLE?
CygnusX1 wrote:
If you click through to his web page it shows his real surname is Pearson.
Simon E wrote:
I tried but my company’s web filter blocked it, otherwise I might have added that snippet myself.
There’s a a family riding
There’s a a family riding LEJOG right now with 7 and 10 year old children very much doing the whole thing!
http://www.bromleytimes.co.uk/news/musical-penge-family-to-cycle-900-miles-for-the-alzheimer-s-society-1-5490134
Thiey have a blog which is being updated daily with their progress:
https://alvinmoisey2018.wordpress.com/
Looks like young Ruby could
Looks like young Ruby could do with some factor 50, and/or a glass of cold water – she’s looking rather red in the face.
CygnusX1 wrote:
Ruby by name…
Urgh 1km @ 29%!
Urgh 1km @ 29%!
I’ve loved every climb I’ve ever done apart from Rosedale Chimney and that’s nothing compared to this! I was convinced my chain was going to snap on the 33% section.
RIP Saman Kunan, the world
RIP Saman Kunan, the world lost a hero for those kids
So desperately sad about the
So desperately sad about the ex-navy diver. In those extremely difficult situations you simply can’t make a single error in judgement or take chances even if what you’re doing is trying to save a life, it’s one of the most dangerous things on the planet to do. He didn’t have to be there, he didn’t have to risk his life but he did, he stood up to be counted putting his very life on the line to save others and should be posthumously given an award for his selfless sacrifice.
the thing that makes me puke, when you hear soccer pundits (yes that’s you shearer you plumb!) calling the football players ‘hero’s’, get to fuck, no, they’re been paid a shit ton of money to play sport, they are most definitely not hero’s ffs!
Amen.
Amen.