The Tour starts next week. Anyone follow? Anyone got any oppinions on who'll win?
It starts in Monaco a dopers paradise. So Contador and Armstrong should be nicely supercharged. Basso who finished well in the Giro's at about 200/1, as he's the best 'attempted doper' out there I might put a fiver on him. Otherwise it's Cervelo to win the team award, bit of an outsider, and Contador to win; maybe an outside for Andy Schleck.
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I'd think that doping is now less of a problem than at major level football clubs. But we'll know for sure in a few years, no doubt fourth generation EPO or something else is around the corner!
And once more in english please ;0)
True story.
Yes off there rockers
Totally my personal opinion but based on football's lamentable testing programme, Blatter's hilariously idiotic understanding of doping issues and Operation Puerto that occurred in Spain. There's enough drugs and blood for everyone and every sport. Wish they'd give me some extra blood after a working lunch.
Have a driving ban coming up so not 100% if im going yet.
No doubt they are superb athletes and at the top of their game and it's all quite incredible what they do....but as a spectaor sport it must rank as one of the most ridiculous things you could dream up....rubbish.I wouldn't go if you paid me.
I know the French have a day off and make a day out of it i.e. picnic and wine etc at the road side........but only they could do that quite frankly!
The english just have packets of Monster Munch and cheap cider and throw things at them!
And rightly so!
Armstrong won it that year and I was prompted to buy a couple of his books telling the story of how he survived cancer.
What has always amazed me is that in the non mountain stages you would watch it for a couple of hours and you would hear the commentators go through all the different names of the riders near the front and then about 100 yards from the finish you would hear, every single time, the commentator say ' ...Robie McEwen is getting into position and Robie McWen wins...' and yet his name would not have been mentioned once in the previous two hours! Mark Cavendish does the same thing now.
I find the time trial sections realy boring.
I saw a group of cyclists in a pub in Upnor a few months back and one of them...funny little fella with a bald head and a moustach) was dressed in a lime green and yellow lycra kit....put me off brussel sprouts for life.
[quote][cite]Posted By: ShootersHillGuru[/cite]Are they still all drugged up to the eyeballs ?[/quote]
Probably not all but there are some who still try to cheat themselves to winning which is a shame as it does the sport no credit at all.
Very true Soundas. Along with Golf and Motor Racing. I went to a team time trial stage on Armstrongs last tour (before he got bored with retirement) and it was one of those events that I'm glad I went to but wouldn't rush back. Bit like going to Wimbledon for the Tennis which I done once.
The evening C4 coverage used to be top drawer. 30 mins was spot on for joe public.
The other big plus is picking the stage of interest and then riding the local area when all the others have sodded off. I hope to go out to one of the big Italian mountain stages next year. What a bugger falconwood, it's about the right time to get out of our muggy summer.
For all those who don't like the sport because of drugs, watch Cavendish's interview on BBC. People must see that cycling is always in the news for drugs simply because it is a sport where athlete's are tested more than once a week. And now they are not getting away with it. How much do you want a bet sports like football and rugby would be the same if athelete's were tested, Cavendish himself was tested 64 times last year. I bet 64 players weren't even tested in the Prem, CC, L1 and L2 last year altogether.
Weirdo!
Just got into this road bike malarky and did the London to Brighton ride yesterday.
I'd like to get a Colnago Extreme C frame and build up mu own bike but hey I don't have a spare 3,000, I have to put it all towards a new car.