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DMF
07-27-10, 05:33 PM
I propose that the TdF institute a black jersey - the maillot noir - to signify the rider with the highest overall standing that is 35 or older at the start of Le Tour.



I was going to post this on Sunday, but five minutes after I thought it up Team RadioShack appeared in ... black jerseys. There's just too much to say about that to say anything. :twitchy:

Howzit
07-27-10, 05:44 PM
Actually not a bad idea at all.
You have my vote!
OrionKhan
07-27-10, 06:15 PM
How about maillot gris? The grey jersey.

USAZorro
07-27-10, 08:12 PM
Wouldn't the Maillot Gris be more appropriate?

<somehow OK's post didn't show until after I posted... gmta :D>
800over
07-27-10, 09:21 PM
How about maillot gris? The grey jersey.


This.

Could be presented by Metamucil or Cialis girls....
OrionKhan
07-27-10, 09:40 PM
This.

Could be presented by Metamucil or Cialis girls....

Yeah, you gotta figure Cialis or Viagra would be all over it.
colombo357
07-28-10, 12:27 AM
How about the purple jersey to reward the highest placed racer who prefers men?
nvrlnd7
07-31-10, 09:16 AM
How about the purple jersey to reward the highest placed racer who prefers men?
Yikes ! the problem is those riders in the US use the rainbow as there color.... there not all world champions,and the maillot gris would be awesome,with a big Viagra logo.
colombo357
07-31-10, 11:59 AM
the maillot gris would be awesome,with a big Viagra logo.

Hmmm... now I'm beginning to see why old guys like Pinarellos. They look a bit... droopy.
nvrlnd7
08-01-10, 10:30 PM
Hmmm... now I'm beginning to see why old guys like Pinarellos. They look a bit... droopy.

Now i will laugh everytime i see and old dude on a pinarello ! i always thought it was because they could finally afford it at that age....the pinarello,i guess the pills to.
JC 911
08-02-10, 10:48 PM
Umm, black would absorb the sun's rays much more than any other color and I'm sure that the rider's are hot enough already.
I vote something like light green plaid.....
colombo357
08-03-10, 03:15 AM
Umm, black would absorb the sun's rays much more than any other color and I'm sure that the rider's are hot enough already.

Not only that, but the extra weight of the absorbed photons would completely defeat the purpose of using ultralightweight, space age karbin fibre.
DXchulo
08-03-10, 09:40 AM
How about maillot gris? The grey jersey.

Jens proposed this in an interview a while back at Paris-Nice.

http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/03/news/voigt-leads-paris-nice-as-sagan-wins-stage_107570
DMF
12-14-10, 10:50 AM
Ah yeah. I see he suggested 'maillot gris' also. I suggested black because that color is associated with the approach of death - although that is hardly universal; in the East it is white. So I concur with 'gris' - half white, half black.

Let's see. Lance Armstrong would have been the winner last year. Who this year (2010)?
Oostal
12-15-10, 02:31 AM
how about a white and black bee-striped uniform for an ex-doper? ;)