Le Tour Stage 17 - Galibier / Croix de Fer / Alpe d'Huez

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Re: Le Tour Stage 17 - Galibier / Croix de Fer / Alpe d'Huez

Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:59 pm

Merci.

C'est bon.
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Re: Le Tour Stage 17 - Galibier / Croix de Fer / Alpe d'Huez

Postby Jon C C on a Bianchi » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:54 am

Summer holiday starts today - perfect timing

now how cool is that!

Yeah, I know...bloody teachers, 13 weeks holiday, tch tch grumble grumble

anyway...predictions:

I think Kohl will win the stage

I want Sam Sanchez to win the stage... if not him then Menchov

I don't want Evans to win (why is he so hard to love?? :D )

Vive Le Tour

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Re: Le Tour Stage 17 - Galibier / Croix de Fer / Alpe d'Huez

Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:30 pm

Early start today (in office at 7:00am - yawn) so will be whizzing home at 2:00pm :D :D :D
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Re: Le Tour Stage 17 - Galibier / Croix de Fer / Alpe d'Huez

Postby adrian » Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:41 pm

Fairly high muppet quotient on AdH today. It's getting a bit like the bull run during San Fermines in Pamplona. Still, most of them do seem to be in for severe sunburn.
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Re: Le Tour Stage 17 - Galibier / Croix de Fer / Alpe d'Huez

Postby Roy Green » Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:06 pm

Nice for us 'ole retired folk ... :)
Won't spoil it, but just to say, don't miss it.
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Re: Le Tour Stage 17 - Galibier / Croix de Fer / Alpe d'Huez

Postby John the old'un » Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:35 pm

S'funny. They got up there a lot quicker than I can.!!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Re: Le Tour Stage 17 - Galibier / Croix de Fer / Alpe d'Huez

Postby John the old'un » Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:36 pm

Mind you, I can get down a damn sight quicker than them. !!!!!!!
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Re: Le Tour Stage 17 - Galibier / Croix de Fer / Alpe d'Huez

Postby Sylv » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:01 pm

[quote="adrian"]Fairly high muppet quotient on AdH today. It's getting a bit like the bull run during San Fermines in Pamplona. Still, most of them do seem to be in for severe sunburn.

When you think that a good part of them are drunk too from being on the side of the road since the morning with nothing else to do, it's a bit scary.
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Re: Le Tour Stage 17 - Galibier / Croix de Fer / Alpe d'Huez

Postby Ian A4size » Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:15 pm

Beautiful scenery- looked a lot like my holiday there from last year.

As for the race- totally dull :roll: - best bits were the descents, i recorded it and FFWD the dull bits.
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Re: Le Tour Stage 17 - Galibier / Croix de Fer / Alpe d'Huez

Postby Jon C C on a Bianchi » Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:30 pm

[quote="Ian MunneryA1size"]As for the race- totally dull :roll:


You've got to be kidding!! Alpe d'Huez - WOW!!!

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Re: Le Tour Stage 17 - Galibier / Croix de Fer / Alpe d'Huez

Postby adrian » Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:33 am

[quote="Ian MunneryA1size"]Beautiful scenery- looked a lot like my holiday there from last year.

The scenery probably won't have changed that much since then, Ian :lol:
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