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bicycling suddenly a British speciality?!
Curt:
Congratulations, U.K., on Bradley Wiggins' winning the Tour de France 2012, and, even over the hill, Christopher Froome being number 2! Fantastic! Does Brits think the Manx is part of England? If so, they must think Mark Cavendish made the British triumph total.
However, England has only lately taken interest in bicycling-racing, so...
forgive me for thinking it, and now even saying it out loud:
I smell a doped rat - and it is speaking English!
tomos:
Congratulations, U.K., on Bradley Wiggins' winning the Tour de France 2012, and, even over the hill, Christopher Froome being number 2! Fantastic! Does Brits think the Manx is part of England? If so, they must think Mark Cavendish made the British triumph total.
However, England has only lately taken interest in bicycling-racing, so...
forgive me for thinking it, and now even saying it out loud:
I smell a doped rat - and it is speaking English!
-Curt (July 22, 2012, 01:31 PM)
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Could be the other way around - all the others stopped doping... and suddenly the British are best ;-)
IainB:
...I smell a doped rat - and it is speaking English!
-Curt (July 22, 2012, 01:31 PM)
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Nonsense. Rat's don't speak - they squeak. Put those pills away before you do yourself some harm. ;)
Renegade:
Congratulations, U.K., on Bradley Wiggins' winning the Tour de France 2012, and, even over the hill, Christopher Froome being number 2! Fantastic! Does Brits think the Manx is part of England? If so, they must think Mark Cavendish made the British triumph total.
However, England has only lately taken interest in bicycling-racing, so...
forgive me for thinking it, and now even saying it out loud:
I smell a doped rat - and it is speaking English!
-Curt (July 22, 2012, 01:31 PM)
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Kind of OT, but perhaps worth a laugh on the topic of cycling:
bicycling suddenly a British speciality?!
JennyB:
Could be the other way around - all the others stopped doping... and suddenly the British are best ;-)
-tomos (July 22, 2012, 02:28 PM)
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There's something in that. It's been a lot more consistent lately, and easier to spot the suspicious performances. The nucleus of the Sky team (not just the riders) is the same squad that was so successful at the Beijing Olympics, so it's been about seven years in preparation.
They had only one aim in mind - to win the General Classification.
The last three years Cav was riding with a team that specialised in getting him into the right position to win the sprints: this year he was leading climbs, fetching water, doing everything he could for Wiggins.
To win the GC you have to be either a great climber (like Contador) and not lose too much on the time trials, or a great time trialler like Wiggins and not lose it on the mountains. Wiggins proved he could get over the mountains two years ago when he came third, but he was on his own in the end. This time he had some great climbers to help him.
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