Froome'in eck! (va va Froome) - Tour de France thread

[g88ner]

Wimbledon in the bag, British Lions victory, 1-0 up in the Ashes and Froome extends his lead on Mont Ventoux

Last summer was petty perfect, but this summer is shaping up to be yet another Great British summer!

[Top Londoner]

According to bitter Aussie's. He must be on drugs to emulate any other Brit winner.

I remember Miguel Indurain (five time winner?) No-one questioned him, or Eddie Merckx

[g88ner]

It's sad, but cycling has put itself in this position and it'll take a long time to shake off the doping tag.

As a sports fan, I can only assume the Brits are clean until evidence shows otherwise. What our cyclists have achieved in the Olympics and Tour de France is outstanding

[Tomáš]

Congrats to Froome, epic ride!

Cheers,
Thomas

[DB10GOONER]

A cycling thread? Bike riding?

Are. You. Fucking. Serious.

What next? g88ner's lawn bowls thread?

[I Hate Hleb]

To be fair, once you've had a thread about a sewing machine, then anything is up for grabs!!

[the playing mantis]

something extremely dodgy going on here. everyone knows it, todays ride highlights it further. you dont come from nowhere to improve like he has over the last 3 years 'naturally'. maybe hes not directly involved in dodgy stuff right now, but some of the stuff and things they can do have long term benefits.

something will come out in the wash. plus hes a charmless, uninteresting kenyan anyway with a mouthy bird and no sense of loyalty.

hope he crashes out.

[g88ner]

To be fair, once you've had a thread about a sewing machine, then anything is up for grabs!!

[burns718]

something extremely dodgy going on here. everyone knows it, todays ride highlights it further. you dont come from nowhere to improve like he has over the last 3 years 'naturally'. maybe hes not directly involved in dodgy stuff right now, but some of the stuff and things they can do have long term benefits.

something will come out in the wash. plus hes a charmless, uninteresting kenyan anyway with a mouthy bird and no sense of loyalty.

hope he crashes out.

Are you serious?

[the playing mantis]

something extremely dodgy going on here. everyone knows it, todays ride highlights it further. you dont come from nowhere to improve like he has over the last 3 years 'naturally'. maybe hes not directly involved in dodgy stuff right now, but some of the stuff and things they can do have long term benefits.

something will come out in the wash. plus hes a charmless, uninteresting kenyan anyway with a mouthy bird and no sense of loyalty.

hope he crashes out.

Are you serious?

very. majority of my clubs mates agree. whats part do you find so unbelivable, the fact i want him to crash out, or at least not win. or the fact his improvements are highly suspicious? or the fact he has a amouthy bird and is about as interesting as a dry slab? or is kenyan?

you do not just ride away from everyone on the ax or ventoux like that. it harks back to what bjarne riis was doing when he won.

[g88ner]

From The BBC....

The peloton arrive at a level crossing to find a locomotive barring their way. The field screech to a halt before the way is clear to proceed.

That delay cost them around 40 seconds or so, with the breakaway's lead now up to eight minutes and 11 seconds.

Seems a little ridiculous that the peloton is held up by a train whilst the riders in front extend their lead - what's next? a bus stuck on the finish line?

[Tomáš]

Great time trail today at the Tour...best I've ever seen.
Congrats to Froome again, just took 20 second of Contador of from the second time point.
Le'ts see what they can pull out tomorrow at Alpe d'Huez

Cheers,
Thomas

[g88ner]

Done it - well done Froome!