Tour de France

Ditchling Beacon is the high point, i.e. a beacon. I cycled up Ditchling
Beacon and went down the other side. When I did it a few years back (when
the trains allowed you to come back on them) a few people did cycle 'against
the traffic'. Muppets.

I cycled all the way up, but no way managed to get up without stopping a
couple of times. Too many people not able to keep left when walking.

 

Pantini's was over a full day too, just that he didn't have to stop.

Don't know why you're getting so worked up about it though.

 

Not the stuff you quoted, YTC. His full day average would be _much_
faster than that.

I'm not. I just want you to learn to read. It's for your own good, I
promise.

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Okay, I fucked that round up.

Well, I've got better things to do, like work, that don't involve having an
online debate. I'll go and do that instead. At least I can then be insulted
by people who pay me for the privilege.

 

I'll give you a tenner if I can call you a ****.

 

I think you just did for free ...

 

Well I could say you're 'pretty much' a **** but Ace would probably
come along and say you're 3mph away from true cunthood and therefore
not a **** at all. Nothing like, oh dear me no.

 

<last word>

 

Which is pretty much my view of things. I find it terribly disappointing
when people are being dragged out because of cheating but I imagine the
pressure on people to succeed is enormous.

I do boggle at what the cyclists actually do and how they do it.

And Ulrich has been booted off the T Mobile team permanently. He also
faces potential prosecution in Germany. This is looking very bad indeed.

Well this year's Tour has been a yo-yo event like nothing I've seen for
years. The almost sole break away by Landis the other day to regain
almost the 8 minutes he lost the day before was incredible.

 

The amazing thing is that they may pass several "cols" closely tough as
the Alpe d'Huez over nearly 200kms.

To be noticed: Pantani was disqualified several years later for ilegal
drugs usage and eventually died in strange conditions. Concerning the
use of stimulants in professional cycling, a cyclist said "you can't do
those things going on spaghetti".

 

Ace () wrote:
: Actually, you're talking about the Alpe d'Huez section, right? So they
: won't be _that_ fast up there.

While touring abroad last summer I hired a bike and cycled the Alpe
d'Huez (3300ft in 8 miles) Took 1h20 .. twice as long as the TdF guys!
Thought I was doing OK-ish then folk start zipping past like you're
going backwards.
Also hired a bike and cycled up the east side of the Stelvio ... it's
about 6000ft climb in 15 miles but had quite a few stops on that one.

 

But half as long as it would take you on the BMW!