Christian Vande Velde has been forced out of this year’s Tour de France
07-05-10, 04:23 PM
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Christian Vande Velde has been forced out of this year’s Tour de France
07-05-10, 04:42 PM
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Crashed out again. The guy can't seem to stay upright on his bike. Tough luck.
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07-05-10, 06:06 PM
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Fail. It's not old news for those who perfer to watch it during the evening recap. Not everyone is willing to wake up at 5:30 in the morning to watch the race live.
In general, it's best not to put spoilers in the title thread for a current race.
In general, it's best not to put spoilers in the title thread for a current race.
07-05-10, 06:10 PM
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I feel bad for Christian. I have had the great fortune to get to know many pros over the last 30 years and Christian is one of the nicest, most down-to-earth ones.
07-05-10, 06:24 PM
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Always cracks me up with the whole spoilers thing.
Coming to massive bike website and hoping NOT to find the results seems a little counterintuitive.
pro tip: Avoid a bike website if you dont want to know the days result.
Coming to massive bike website and hoping NOT to find the results seems a little counterintuitive.
pro tip: Avoid a bike website if you dont want to know the days result.
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In general stay off BF until you watch your evening recap ok Sparky?
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mind you he was in good company today. fresh oil, wet roads and downhill are not a good combination. I was impressed he still finished the stage with two broken ribs.
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For my money one of the Schlecks is due to crash out, they are wrecking every other day whether it's their fault or not. Horner will crash out too.
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Do I need to make a Christian Vande Velde Injury Watch thread? Isn't this the 3rd Grand Tour he's crashed out of?
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Edit: the folliowing is a general rant and not directed at TommyL or anyone particular:
How much effort does it take to show a little consideration and put the content in the post and not the title? Seriously, WTF is wrong with society that we want to spend hours getting into a pissing match about who's right and who's wrong, instead of just showing some ******** courtesy? So instead of just doing the right thing, we expect others to work around our ******baggery.
Un-********-believable.
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Actually, no. Keeping spoliers off the main topic is a perfectly reasonable request and is good netiquette (even though I wouldnt log on to the pro section of BF if I wanted to avoid knowing the results, that doesnt change the fact that putting spoilers where they are visible to everyone is not a nice thing to do).
How much effort does it take to show a little consideration and put the content in the post and not the title? Seriously, WTF is wrong with society that we want to spend hours getting into a pissing match about who's right and who's wrong, instead of just showing some ******** courtesy? So instead of just doing the right thing, we expect others to work around our ******baggery.
Un-********-believable.
How much effort does it take to show a little consideration and put the content in the post and not the title? Seriously, WTF is wrong with society that we want to spend hours getting into a pissing match about who's right and who's wrong, instead of just showing some ******** courtesy? So instead of just doing the right thing, we expect others to work around our ******baggery.
Un-********-believable.
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Actually, no. Keeping spoliers off the main topic is a perfectly reasonable request and is good netiquette (even though I wouldnt log on to the pro section of BF if I wanted to avoid knowing the results, that doesnt change the fact that putting spoilers where they are visible to everyone is not a nice thing to do).
Edit: the folliowing is a general rant and not directed at TommyL or anyone particular:
How much effort does it take to show a little consideration and put the content in the post and not the title? Seriously, WTF is wrong with society that we want to spend hours getting into a pissing match about who's right and who's wrong, instead of just showing some ******** courtesy? So instead of just doing the right thing, we expect others to work around our ******baggery.
Un-********-believable.
Edit: the folliowing is a general rant and not directed at TommyL or anyone particular:
How much effort does it take to show a little consideration and put the content in the post and not the title? Seriously, WTF is wrong with society that we want to spend hours getting into a pissing match about who's right and who's wrong, instead of just showing some ******** courtesy? So instead of just doing the right thing, we expect others to work around our ******baggery.
Un-********-believable.
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How would you title this thread without a spoiler?
"Vande Velde"? The fact that there's a thread about him implies that he crashed out.
"Vande Velde"? The fact that there's a thread about him implies that he crashed out.
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