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    #1

    Le Tour 2008

    Le Tour is underway....

    I see PaddyPower is offering a deal where you get your stake back if your rider is thrown out for drugs.... first time this has ever been offered in any sport.

    Anyway, I really can't see anyone other than Evans winning, looking for a yellow jersey at some stage through the next 7 days for Millar. Lets hope so.

    "If Gerrard continues to play up front, leaving this lack of creativity and intelligence in Midfield, the season WILL be over by Xmas."

    I still don't think we'll finish in the top 4 this season."

    FatTony 24/08/09
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    Cracking finish - Valverde wins.
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      #3
      Cracking finish - Hushovd wins.

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        #4
        Cracking finish - Dumoulin wins.

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        Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



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            Britain's Mark Cavendish claimed his first Tour de France stage victory after a thrilling sprint finish.



            The 23-year-old beat Spaniard Oscar Freire and German Erik Zabel in a bunch sprint to become the first Briton since David Millar in 2002 to win a stage.

            Stefan Schumacher retained the overall leader's yellow jersey, while Millar remains in third, 12 seconds behind.

            "It's the biggest thing to have happened to me and to do it so young, it's a massive thing," said Cavendish.

            "I came here with the intention of winning one (stage), I would have gone home disappointed if I hadn't."

            Earlier this year the Manxman won two stages of the Giro d'Italia and in August he heads out to Beijing as part of Team GB's Olympic cycling squad.

            The 23-year-old will partner Bradley Wiggins in the men's madison and is being widely tipped to return home with a medal.

            In fact, his Olympic commitments could mean that Cavendish does not complete this year's Tour de France and he could pull out once the race enters the mountains.

            Wednesday's 232km stage from Cholet to Châteauroux was the longest in this year's Tour and was led almost from start to finish by three breakaway riders.

            The French trio of Lilian Jegou, Florent Brard and national champion Nicolas Vogondy opened up a gap of more than eight minutes, which was slowly whittled away by the chasing peloton.

            Vogondy broke away from his compatriots in the final 1.5km, only to be overhauled by the sprinters around 30 metres from the line.

            Cavendish held off late attacks from Thor Hushovd, Oscar Freire and Erik Zabel, and pulled away from his rivals in the final metres to claim glory.

            He becomes only the seventh Briton to win a stage in Le Tour and the first since Millar took the stage into Beziers six years ago - Millar's win in 2003 was removed from his record at his own request when he confessed to using EPO.

            Columbian climber Juan Mauricio Soler has become the first major casualty of this year's race after being forced to retire early in stage five.

            Soler, who won Le Tour's King of the Mountains category in 2007, had struggled on after fracturing a wrist in the opening stage on Saturday.

            But the 25-year-old crashed again in the neutral zone just before the start on Wednesday and pulled out 11km after leaving Cholet.

            http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/7498185.stm
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              #7
              Barring injury, he's going to be the most successful British pro rider ever.
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              Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



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                I spotted you Neil

                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bx2f9Ze3CA&feature=related
                Originally posted by Gordon Brown
                (1995)
                "A weak currency is the sign of a weak economy,which is the sign of a weak government"

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                  #9
                  Disqualification:

                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D568_-2E2Uo
                  Originally posted by Gordon Brown
                  (1995)
                  "A weak currency is the sign of a weak economy,which is the sign of a weak government"

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Red Chilli View Post
                    Disqualification:

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D568_-2E2Uo
                    On the Ning Nang Nong
                    Where the Cows go Bong!
                    And the Monkeys all say Boo!
                    There's a Nong Nang Ning
                    Where the trees go Ping!
                    And the tea pots Jibber Jabber Joo.
                    On the Nong Ning Nang
                    All the mice go Clang!
                    And you just can't catch 'em when they do!
                    So it's Ning Nang Nong!
                    Cows go Bong!
                    Nong Nang Ning!
                    Trees go Ping!
                    Nong Ning Nang!
                    The mice go clang!
                    What a noisy place to belong,
                    Is the Ning Nang Ning Nang Nong!!

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                      #11
                      Cavendish wins again. Huzzah
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                        #12
                        Cracking finish - Arvesen wins!



                        Wich means all participating norwegians have won a stage

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                            Originally posted by MrsB View Post

                            Great photo!

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by MrsB View Post
                              No WAY! Surely the judges are going to come down like a tonne of bricks on THAT! Riding a horse while wearing cycling clothing is not a sportsmanlike way to compete in the Tour de France.
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                              Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



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