Le Tour

[Two_Sheds]

I guess I am a southerner, yep ~ guilty as charged.

I used to get called 'posh' at my Suffolk school (because I had a Devon accent)

[binley100]

I think my Dad watches it ..............

[Pumpkin Becki]

As long as I can be Zig. Or is it Zag. The beige one.

Your wish is my command

[scarey55]

Now if I remember rightly, Scarey is going to watch the Tour go through near her home on the 9th. Scarey, I shall need you to make a 'PB loves Stuey' banner please

* gets big sheet and red paint

[valmarg]

OH is a big fan. On Freeview 24 it is shown live in the afternoon, and highlights are shown 7-8 P.p.m. He prefers to watch the highlights each evening, which probably explains why it is very slow on here at that time.smiley, smiley

valmarg

P.S. I still dont seem to be able to insert emoticons, hence the smiley, smiley.

[Patchninja]

Wednesday it went through my town - Binic. Very exciting although the main road was closed from 12.30 to 4.30 and Mr P had to take the afternoon off work because he couldn't get there! They throw goodies from the "caravanne" - all the cars that precede the riders and we got saucisson, madeleines and a rather strange neck-wrap thing! All fun.

[Florence Fennel]

Well my gob's been smacked. Himself doesn't watch this sport. That's a first. I know he's read a book by a cyclist (? Lance Armstrong), but I've seen no interest in this. Well I never.

[Pumpkin Becki]

* gets big sheet and red paint

Good work Scarey, I'll look out for it tomorrow xx

[Nicos]

They went through our local village yesterday.
We had planned on going over to watch them but the heavens opened and it was absolutely chucking it down!
Couldn't have been very nice for them- although I bet it was refreshing as the roads here are very very demanding for cyclists.

[Pumpkin Becki]

I was so excited about them riding through Ashford, back in 2007. I knew where I was going to stand and everything...then 2 days before, I broke my foot...MrPB didn't fancy wheeling me there in a wheelbarrow, so I couldn't go! Nevermind, I watched the whole thing on the tellybox instead .

[roitelet]

Went to see the finish in Lisieux yesterday. Got a big wavey hand from the pub. caravan and waved. Got soaked but it was fun! Will watch it on the tele today in comfort.

[bobleponge]

Flat stage today, finish in Chateauroux I think. Cav's first ever stage victory. Not many sprinters stages this year, so I reckon it will all down to the last km and I'm rooting for the Manx Misslie again.

[mrbadexample]

I just have a sneaking suspicion that Mr Millar could get a foot on the podium in Paris. He won the Dauphin a couple of weeks ago so is clearly in good form.

Ahem. Mr Millar did not win the Critérium du Dauphiné a couple of weeks ago. That would be Mr Wiggins. C'mon Bradley! (And yes, I do think he has a good chance of a podium this year.) Geraint Thomas is riding very well too.

Any other followers apart from me and PB?

I'm absolutely nuts about Le Tour. I will be doing almost nothing else for the duration. I've been following it religiously since the early 1990s when Indurain dominated. This is the first year I haven't been to see any since 2007.

I was on the front page of L'Equipe in 2009, when Thomas Voeckler won in Perpignan:



Vive Le Tour.

[bobleponge]

Good spot, I of course meant Wiggins not Millar. That'll learn me to spout knowledgeably after having larrrrger!

[mrbadexample]

Good spot, I of course meant Wiggins not Millar. That'll learn me to spout knowledgeably after having larrrrger!

Ahh...larrrrger-related gibberish. I fully understand.