The Official - Tour de France Thread - 2010

[LAFOLIE]

Who do you think the main contenders are this year? Bradley Wiggns a possibility?? Or do you think Lance will come out guns blazing!! Good to see Colnago back on the world stage of racing!

[mantheylovetohate]

Steve Peat to win the World Cup competition! Oh, different bikes...

[LAFOLIE]

I certanly think Team Sky will have their work cut out, see how they get on with the Tour Down Under. Good to see Bbox Bouygues Telecom riding Colnago's!

[LAFOLIE]

Steve Peat to win the World Cup competition! Oh, different bikes...

MTB - no thanks.......Road cycling is for the purist!

[LAFOLIE]

Does Thomas Voeckler still ride for them?

http://www.equipebouyguestelecom.fr/cyc ... 4738.shtml

[LAFOLIE]

I remember Bouygues foing really well on the time trial round Montpellier last year - Can't wait for this year

Yes, good point.......I only hope they don't repeat this................ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U31skOI80_A

[LAFOLIE]

Interesting moments in past TDF's........doesn't it make you go ahahahahahahaha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNCqqPMW4Mo&feature=fvw

[Toiler On The Sea]

I certanly think Team Sky will have their work cut out, see how they get on with the Tour Down Under. Good to see Bbox Bouygues Telecom riding Colnago's!

Hopefully the coverage wil improve now that there's a British Based Team in it.

[mantheylovetohate]

Steve Peat to win the World Cup competition! Oh, different bikes...

MTB - no thanks.......Road cycling is for the purist!

Downhill MTB is far more exciting to watch. Watch some DH stuff on http://www.freecaster.tv & you'll see...
IMHO TDF only seems interesting in the mountains or the final stage in Paris. Too many drugs & team tactics.

[LAFOLIE]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOur8qXvpnkI always enjoyed this video - Not just because it was funny, but because it was filmed where we go swimming in France (St Guilhem/St Martin de Londres area), but now my daughter, who watches TdF with us, but only over a magazine she is reading - Looked up as I watched this and shouted at the screen (2nd rider) that it was an illegal move to push them and wouldn't he be disqualified - That's when I knew she had been watching loads of TdF and my heart skipped a beat. I had turned her into a TdF fan

Great stuff...extremely funny...thanks for posting!


Whilst I'm thrilled Colnago will be backing a team in 2010 - it just leaves me a little sad that this team does not hold a pro tour licence for 2010 http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/fedr...rotour-licence
So, their only hope for a place in the 2010 TDF will be a wild card. Hopefully being French, this could work in their favour. However, how has this happend......was this the only team without sponsorship Colnago could back?? It does make my blood boil! However, Team Sky (Pro tour licence holder) strole in with Sponsership from Pinarello. Now, was this just Colnago being a little slow off the mark.....who knows ??????

[Alias]

I read this last summer:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/French-Revoluti ... 752&sr=1-1



Another good, funny read from the author of many a fine travel book, and it even got
me interested a bit in Le Tour. In has an interesting history, no doubt about it, and the
book covers it well, as well as being downright funny as the 37 year old author attempts to cycle Le Tour on a mid-life whim, having never sat on a bike sadle since he was a kid.
Well worth a read, if you haven't already.

[LAFOLIE]

I read this last summer:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/French-Revoluti ... 752&sr=1-1



Another good, funny read from the author of many a fine travel book, and it even got
me interested a bit in Le Tour. In has an interesting history, no doubt about it, and the
book covers it well, as well as being downright funny as the 37 year old author attempts to cycle Le Tour on a mid-life whim, having never sat on a bike sadle since he was a kid.
Well worth a read, if you haven't already.

Looks an interesting read, thanks for that!